Exam question 2 · Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 1: a carp…

Ascertain the reason advanced by Tegumai for the inclusion of a feeler across the mouth of the carp.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, advance, include · To what, where: reason, feeler

This is exam question 2 of lesson 87 «Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 1: a carp-fish's mouth, a tail, an egg and a snake» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	advanced	advance	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reason	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 Tegumai	case
6	Tegumai	Tegumai	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 advanced	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 inclusion	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 inclusion	det
9	inclusion	inclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 advanced	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 feeler	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 feeler	det
12	feeler	feeler	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 inclusion	nmod
13	across	across	ADP	_	15 mouth	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 mouth	det
15	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 feeler	nmod
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 carp	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 carp	det
18	carp	carp	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 mouth	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the reason		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	advance	participle		the reason not said here	by Tegumai; for the inclusion of a feeler across the mouth of the carp goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for inclusion=Goal
3	include			a feeler across the mouth of the carp		nom inclusion «state transitive»: 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

That perches and trouts possess no feelers, so the carp may not be mistaken

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 perches	nsubj
2	perches	perch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 possess	cc
4	trouts	trout	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 possess	nsubj
5	possess	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 perches	conj
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 feelers	det
7	feelers	feeler	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 possess	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 mistaken	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	15 mistaken	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 carp	det
11	carp	carp	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 mistaken	nsubj:pass
12	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 mistaken	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 mistaken	advmod
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 mistaken	aux:pass
15	mistaken	mistake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 perches	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	perch	present	That		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	possess	present	trouts	no feelers	vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot feeler=Theme
3	not mistake	may · passive		the carp	tree rules

Option 2

That perches and trouts lack feelers, so the carp is clear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 perches	nsubj
2	perches	perch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 lack	cc
4	trouts	trout	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 lack	nsubj
5	lack	lack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 perches	conj
6	feelers	feeler	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 lack	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 clear	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	12 clear	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 carp	det
10	carp	carp	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 clear	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 clear	cop
12	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 perches	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	perch	present	That			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	lack	present	trouts	feelers		tree rules
3	is	present	the carp		clear property	tree rules

Option 3

It looks finer

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	2 looks	nsubj
2	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	finer	fine	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 looks	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	It					fine property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

That feelers keep the carp dry when the river rises during the wet season

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 feelers	det
2	feelers	feeler	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 keep	nsubj
3	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 carp	det
5	carp	carp	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 keep	obj
6	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 keep	xcomp
7	when	when	SCONJ	_	10 rises	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 river	det
9	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rises	nsubj
10	rises	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 keep	advcl
11	during	during	ADP	_	14 season	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 season	det
13	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 season	amod
14	season	season	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rises	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	that feelers	the carp				dry property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carp=Theme
2	rise	present	the river				season		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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