Exam question 2 · Brown Fairy Book, The Magic Kettle: a kettle turns into a…

In what manner did the proprietor of the booth conduct the public exhibition?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: proprietor · What happens: do, conduct · To what, where: manner, public exhibition

This is exam question 2 of lesson 724 «Brown Fairy Book, The Magic Kettle: a kettle turns into a tanuki and makes its owner rich» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 proprietor	det
6	proprietor	proprietor	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conduct	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 booth	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 booth	det
9	booth	booth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 proprietor	nmod
10	conduct	conduct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 exhibition	det
12	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 exhibition	amod
13	exhibition	exhibition	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conduct	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past				what manner			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	conduct	present	the proprietor of the booth	the public exhibition					vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent exhibition=Theme

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

by inviting spectators to inspect the object

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 inviting	mark
2	inviting	invite	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	spectators	spectator	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 inviting	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 inspect	mark
5	inspect	inspect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 inviting	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 object	det
7	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 inspect	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invite	gerund		spectators					vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent spectator=Recipient clause=Topic
2	inspect not said to happen	to-infinitive	spectators not said here	the object					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent object=Theme

Option 2

by letting visitors touch the kettle freely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 letting	mark
2	letting	let	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 touch	advcl
3	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 letting	obj
4	touch	touch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kettle	det
6	kettle	kettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 touch	obj
7	freely	freely	ADV	_	4 touch	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	gerund	you not said here	visitors					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent visitor=Theme
2	touch	imperative	you not said here	the kettle				freely property	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme kettle=Co-Theme

Option 3

by sending the crowd home each night and bringing the kettle back to the booth the next morning

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 sending	mark
2	sending	send	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 crowd	det
4	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sending	obj
5	home	home	ADV	_	2 sending	advmod
6	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	7 night	det
7	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sending	obl:unmarked
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 bringing	cc
9	bringing	bring	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 sending	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 kettle	det
11	kettle	kettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bringing	obj
12	back	back	ADV	_	9 bringing	advmod
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 booth	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 booth	det
15	booth	booth	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 back	obl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 morning	det
17	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 morning	amod
18	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bringing	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	gerund		the crowd			night	home property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crowd=Theme
2	bring	gerund		the kettle			morning		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent kettle=Theme

Option 4

by leading the crowd up to a raised stage and asking each visitor to inspect the object with care, slowly

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 leading	mark
2	leading	lead	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 asking	advcl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 crowd	det
4	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leading	obj
5	up	up	ADP	_	2 leading	compound:prt
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 stage	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 stage	det
8	raised	raise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 stage	amod
9	stage	stage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leading	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 asking	cc
11	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
12	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	13 visitor	det
13	visitor	visitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 asking	obj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 inspect	mark
15	inspect	inspect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 asking	xcomp
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 object	det
17	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 inspect	obj
18	with	with	ADP	_	19 care	case
19	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 inspect	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 slowly	punct
21	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	11 asking	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	lead up	gerund	the crowd		to a raised stage	tree rules
2	raise	participle				vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	ask speech: ask	gerund		each visitor	slowly property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent visitor=Recipient clause=Topic
4	inspect not said to happen	to-infinitive	the object		with care	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent object=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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