Exam question 1 · Grimm's Tales, The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet,…

Which of the following best describes the principal purpose of the excursion undertaken by Chanticleer and Partlet to the mountains?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: excursion · What happens: follow, describe, undertake, purpose · To what, where: principal purpose, excursion

This is exam question 1 of lesson 738 «Grimm's Tales, The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet, part 14: the goose-girl is avenged, then the friends drive to visit Mr Korbes» 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	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 purpose	det
8	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 purpose	amod
9	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 excursion	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 excursion	det
12	excursion	excursion	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 purpose	nmod
13	undertaken	undertake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 excursion	acl
14	by	by	ADP	_	15 Chanticleer	case
15	Chanticleer	chanticleer	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 undertaken	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 Partlet	cc
17	Partlet	partlet	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 Chanticleer	conj
18	to	to	ADP	_	20 mountains	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 mountains	det
20	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 undertaken	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the principal purpose of the excursion	of the best	tree rules
3	undertake	participle		the excursion not said here	by Chanticleer and Partlet; to the mountains	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
4	purpose		the excursion			nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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

To collect eggs for the market

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 collect	mark
2	collect	collect	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 collect	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 market	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 market	det
6	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 collect	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	collect	to-infinitive		eggs				for the market	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Theme

Option 2

To hunt for a pleasant meal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 hunt	mark
2	hunt	hunt	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	6 meal	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 meal	det
5	pleasant	pleasant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 meal	amod
6	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hunt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt	to-infinitive						for a pleasant meal	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for meal=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

To travel far and collect the ripest nuts for a feast at home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 travel	mark
2	travel	travel	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 travel	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 collect	cc
5	collect	collect	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 travel	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 nuts	det
7	ripest	ripe	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 nuts	amod
8	nuts	nut	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 travel	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 feast	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 feast	det
11	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 travel	obl
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 home	case
13	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 travel	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	travel	to-infinitive		the ripest nuts		home		for a feast; far property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme nut=Trajectory
2	collect	infinitive							vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

To gather and consume ripe nuts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 gather	mark
2	gather	gather	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 consume	cc
4	consume	consume	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 gather	conj
5	ripe	ripe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 nuts	amod
6	nuts	nut	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consume	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gather	to-infinitive							vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	consume	infinitive		ripe nuts					vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nut=Asset

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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