Exam question 3 · Grimm, The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean: three runaways a…

Which consequence is attributed in the narrative to the tailor's use of black thread?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: tailor · What happens: attribute, use · To what, where: consequence, narrative, black thread

This is exam question 3 of lesson 730 «Grimm, The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean: three runaways almost die, and a bean ends up with a black seam» 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 consequence	det
2	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 attributed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 attributed	aux:pass
4	attributed	attribute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 narrative	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 narrative	det
7	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 attributed	obl
8	to	to	ADP	_	12 use	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 tailor	det
10	tailor	tailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 use	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 tailor	case
12	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 attributed	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 thread	case
14	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 thread	amod
15	thread	thread	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 use	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 attributed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attribute	present · passive		which consequence		the narrative		to the tailor's use of black thread	tree rules
2	use		the tailor	black thread					nom use «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

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

All beans since then bear a black seam

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 beans	det
2	beans	bean	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bear	nsubj
3	since	since	ADP	_	4 then	case
4	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 bear	obl
5	bear	bear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 seam	det
7	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 seam	amod
8	seam	seam	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	infinitive	all beans	a black seam					vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seam=Patient

Option 2

All beans since then bear a black seam from the tailor's thread and the coal

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 beans	det
2	beans	bean	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bear	nsubj
3	since	since	ADP	_	4 then	case
4	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 bear	obl
5	bear	bear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 seam	det
7	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 seam	amod
8	seam	seam	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bear	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	13 thread	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tailor	det
11	tailor	tailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 thread	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 tailor	case
13	thread	thread	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bear	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 coal	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 coal	det
16	coal	coal	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 thread	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	infinitive	all beans	a black seam		the tailor's thread and the coal			vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seam=Patient

Option 3

They are cooked fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 cooked	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cooked	aux:pass
3	cooked	cook	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 cooked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cook	present · passive		They				fast property	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Option 4

Beans now cook faster than before

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Beans	bean	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cook	nsubj
2	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 cook	advmod
3	cook	cook	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 cook	advmod
5	than	than	ADP	_	6 before	case
6	before	before	ADV	_	4 faster	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cook	present	Beans				now	fast property	vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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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