Exam question 1 · Household Tales, The Frog King, part 11: the wrens win the…

Which of the following accurately describes the means by which the frog recovered the golden ball from the spring?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: the, frog · What happens: follow, describe, mean, recover · To what, where: golden ball · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 735 «Household Tales, The Frog King, part 11: the wrens win their war, and a frog bargains with a princess» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 means	nsubj
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 describes	ccomp
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 recovered	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 frog	det
12	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 recovered	nsubj
13	recovered	recover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 means	ccomp
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 ball	det
15	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 ball	amod
16	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 recovered	obj
17	from	from	ADP	_	19 spring	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 spring	det
19	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 recovered	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present				accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	mean	present	the				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	recover	past	the frog	the golden ball	spring		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=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

He found it floating on the surface of the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 found	nsubj
2	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 found	obj
4	floating	float	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 found	xcomp
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 surface	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 surface	det
7	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 floating	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 water	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 water	det
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 surface	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	He	it					vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute clause=Theme
2	float	gerund				the surface of the water			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on surface=Trajectory

Option 2

He dived beneath the water of the spring, found the ball in the mud, and carried it up in his mouth

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dived	nsubj
2	dived	dive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	5 water	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 water	det
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dived	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 spring	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 spring	det
8	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 water	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 found	punct
10	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 dived	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 ball	det
12	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 found	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 mud	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 mud	det
15	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 found	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 carried	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 carried	cc
18	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 dived	parataxis
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 carried	obj
20	up	up	ADP	_	18 carried	compound:prt
21	in	in	ADP	_	23 mouth	case
22	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 mouth	nmod:poss
23	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	dive	past	He		the water of the spring	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beneath water=Location
2	find	past	He not said here	the ball	the mud	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Topic
3	carry up	past		ball	his mouth	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Value in mouth=Location

Option 3

He dived beneath the cold water of the spring and brought the golden ball up in his mouth to the princess

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dived	nsubj
2	dived	dive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	6 water	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 water	det
5	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 water	amod
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dived	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 spring	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 spring	det
9	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 water	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 brought	cc
11	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 dived	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 ball	det
13	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 ball	amod
14	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 brought	obj
15	up	up	ADV	_	11 brought	advmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 mouth	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 mouth	nmod:poss
18	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 brought	obl
19	to	to	ADP	_	21 princess	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 princess	det
21	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 brought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dive	past	He			the cold water of the spring			vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beneath water=Location
2	bring	past	He not said here	the golden ball	the princess	his mouth			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ball=Theme to princess=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He dived beneath the water and brought the ball up in his mouth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dived	nsubj
2	dived	dive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	5 water	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 water	det
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dived	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 brought	cc
7	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 dived	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ball	det
9	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 brought	obj
10	up	up	ADP	_	7 brought	compound:prt
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 mouth	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 mouth	nmod:poss
13	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 brought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dive	past	He			the water			vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beneath water=Location
2	bring up	past	He not said here	the ball		his mouth			vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent ball=Patient

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