Exam question 3 · Household Tales, Frederick and Catherine: the door falls o…

On what ground did Frederick object to the dropping of the door?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do · To what, where: Frederick object, ground

This is exam question 3 of lesson 753 «Household Tales, Frederick and Catherine: the door falls on the thieves» 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	On	on	ADP	_	3 ground	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 ground	nsubj
3	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Frederick	Frederick	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 object	compound
6	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 dropping	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dropping	det
9	dropping	dropping	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 door	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 door	det
12	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dropping	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		Frederick object		ground		to the dropping of the door	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent object=Eventuality

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

it would alert the whole village and bring the constable to their door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 alert	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 alert	aux
3	alert	alert	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 village	det
5	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 village	amod
6	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 alert	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 bring	cc
8	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 alert	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 constable	det
10	constable	constable	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bring	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 door	case
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 door	nmod:poss
13	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	alert speech: other	would	it	the whole village					vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent village=Recipient
2	bring	infinitive		the constable		their door			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent constable=Theme to door=Destination

Option 2

it might frighten the poor thieves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 frighten	nsubj
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 frighten	aux
3	frighten	frighten	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 thieves	det
5	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 thieves	amod
6	thieves	thief	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 frighten	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	frighten	might	it	the poor thieves					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus thief=Experiencer

Option 3

it would reveal the house to the thieves who were coming back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 reveal	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 reveal	aux
3	reveal	reveal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 house	det
5	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reveal	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 thieves	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 thieves	det
8	thieves	thief	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 reveal	obl
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 coming	nsubj
10	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 coming	aux
11	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 thieves	acl:relcl
12	back	back	ADV	_	11 coming	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reveal	would	it	the house	the thieves				vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent house=Topic to thief=Recipient
2	come back	past · progressive	the thieves						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

it would betray their hiding place

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 betray	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 betray	aux
3	betray	betray	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 place	nmod:poss
5	hiding	hiding	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 place	compound
6	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 betray	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	betray	would	it	their hiding place					tree rules

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