Exam question 1 · Greek Tales, The Stag Who Shed Red Tears, part 41: a stray…

To whom did the mother sing her song of the stag in the hut?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mother, stag · What happens: sing · To what, where: song, hut

This is exam question 1 of lesson 830 «Greek Tales, The Stag Who Shed Red Tears, part 41: a stray girl becomes a sister, then the father dies» 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	To	to	ADP	_	2 whom	case
2	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 sing	obl
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sing	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 mother	det
5	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sing	nsubj
6	sing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 song	nmod:poss
8	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sing	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 stag	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 stag	det
11	stag	stag	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 song	nmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 hut	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 hut	det
14	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sing	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 sing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past · do-support	the mother	mother's song of the stag		the hut			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent song=Topic to whom=Recipient
2	sing		the stag						nom song «communication 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 · ← Mova's choice

To the little girl by the fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	ADP	_	4 girl	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 girl	det
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 girl	amod
4	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 fire	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fire	det
7	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 girl	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

To her husband at the door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	ADP	_	3 husband	case
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 husband	nmod:poss
3	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 door	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 door	det
6	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 husband	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To the narrator, while bread baked in the ashes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	ADP	_	3 narrator	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 narrator	det
3	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 bread	punct
5	while	while	SCONJ	_	6 bread	mark
6	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 narrator	appos
7	baked	bake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 bread	acl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 ashes	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ashes	det
10	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 baked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bake	participle		bread not said here				in the ashes	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V PP.result PP.instrument»: agent=Patient in ash=Instrument

Option 4

To the narrator, who was sitting near the hearth while the robbers slept

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	ADP	_	3 narrator	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 narrator	det
3	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 sitting	punct
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 sitting	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 sitting	aux
7	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 narrator	acl:relcl
8	near	near	ADP	_	10 hearth	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hearth	det
10	hearth	hearth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sitting	obl
11	while	while	SCONJ	_	14 slept	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 robbers	det
13	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 slept	nsubj
14	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 sitting	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past · progressive	the narrator			the hearth			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent near hearth=Location
2	sleep	past	the robbers						vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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