Exam question 2 · Grimm, Eisenkopf, part 45: Peter's nut-born herds, his wed…

What was the immediate cause of Eisenkopf's failure to pass through the fire?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Eisenkopf · What happens: be, pass, fail · To what, where: immediate cause, fire

This is exam question 2 of lesson 705 «Grimm, Eisenkopf, part 45: Peter's nut-born herds, his wedding, and his flight from Eisenkopf» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 cause	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 cause	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cause	det
4	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cause	amod
5	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 failure	case
7	Eisenkopf	Eisenkopf	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 failure	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Eisenkopf	case
9	failure	failure	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cause	nmod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 pass	mark
11	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 failure	acl
12	through	through	ADP	_	14 fire	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 fire	det
14	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pass	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 cause	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the immediate cause		of Eisenkopf's failure	tree rules
2	pass	to-infinitive			the fire		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through fire=Location
3	fail		Eisenkopf				nom failure «act intransitive»: poss=agent

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

The opening had closed behind Peter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 opening	det
2	opening	opening	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 closed	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 closed	aux
4	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	behind	behind	ADP	_	6 Peter	case
6	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 closed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close	past · perfect · passive		the opening		Peter			vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

The fire turned to ice when Peter stepped across the burning line and ran

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fire	det
2	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turned	nsubj
3	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 ice	case
5	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turned	obl
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 stepped	advmod
7	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 stepped	nsubj
8	stepped	step	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 turned	advcl
9	across	across	ADP	_	12 line	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 line	det
11	burning	burning	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 line	compound
12	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stepped	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 ran	cc
14	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 turned	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	turn	past	the fire	ice	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to ice=Trajectory
2	step	past	Peter	the burning line	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across line=Trajectory
3	run	past	the fire not said here		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The flames grew too tall to cross

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 flames	det
2	flames	flame	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 grew	nsubj
3	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 tall	advmod
5	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 grew	xcomp
6	to	to	PART	_	7 cross	mark
7	cross	cross	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 tall	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	the flames					tall property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	cross	to-infinitive	the flames not said here						vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Peter's napkins had put the whole fire out completely and the path opened

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 napkins	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Peter	case
3	napkins	napkin	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 put	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 put	aux
5	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fire	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 fire	amod
8	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 put	obj
9	out	out	ADP	_	5 put	compound:prt
10	completely	completely	ADV	_	5 put	advmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 opened	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 path	det
13	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 opened	nsubj
14	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 put	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put out	past · perfect · passive		Peter's napkins				completely property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Asset fire=Goal
2	open	past	the path						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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