Exam question 1 · Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 2…

Identify the description of the escaped beast furnished by the little girl-daughter.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, escape, furnish, describe · To what, where: description, escaped beast

This is exam question 1 of lesson 91 «Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 2: Pau Amma loses his shell» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 description	det
3	description	description	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 beast	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 beast	det
6	escaped	escape	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 beast	amod
7	beast	beast	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 description	nmod
8	furnished	furnish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 beast	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	14 daughter	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 daughter	det
11	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 daughter	amod
12	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 daughter	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 girl	punct
14	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 furnished	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the description of the escaped beast		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent description=Theme
2	escape	participle				vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	furnish	participle		the escaped beast not said here	by the little girl daughter	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	describe			the escaped beast		nom description «communication 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

Round and flat, with eyes upon stalks, walking sideways, armoured upon the back, and a great golden voice

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 eyes	amod
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 flat	cc
3	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Round	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 eyes	punct
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 eyes	case
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 stalks	case
8	stalks	stalk	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 eyes	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 walking	punct
10	walking	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 eyes	conj
11	sideways	sideways	ADV	_	10 walking	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 armoured	punct
13	armoured	armour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 eyes	conj
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 back	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 back	det
16	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 armoured	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 voice	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 voice	cc
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 voice	det
20	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 voice	amod
21	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 voice	amod
22	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 eyes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	gerund						sideways property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	armour	participle						upon the back	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Round and flat, with eyes upon stalks, walking sideways, armoured upon the back

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 eyes	amod
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 flat	cc
3	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Round	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 eyes	punct
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 eyes	case
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 stalks	case
8	stalks	stalk	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 eyes	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 walking	punct
10	walking	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 eyes	conj
11	sideways	sideways	ADV	_	10 walking	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 armoured	punct
13	armoured	armour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 eyes	conj
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 back	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 back	det
16	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 armoured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	gerund						sideways property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	armour	participle						upon the back	tree rules

Option 3

Round and flat, with eyes upon stalks, walking forwards, armoured below

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 eyes	amod
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 flat	cc
3	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Round	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 eyes	punct
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 eyes	case
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 stalks	case
8	stalks	stalk	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 eyes	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 walking	punct
10	walking	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 eyes	conj
11	forwards	forwards	ADV	_	10 walking	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 armoured	punct
13	armoured	armour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 eyes	conj
14	below	below	ADV	_	13 armoured	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	gerund						forwards property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	armour	participle						below property	tree rules

Option 4

Round and flat, with eyes upon stalks, walking sideways, armoured upon the back, and with twelve legs

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 eyes	amod
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 flat	cc
3	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Round	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 eyes	punct
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 eyes	case
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 stalks	case
8	stalks	stalk	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 eyes	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 walking	punct
10	walking	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 eyes	conj
11	sideways	sideways	ADV	_	10 walking	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 armoured	punct
13	armoured	armour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 eyes	conj
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 back	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 back	det
16	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 armoured	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 legs	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 legs	cc
19	with	with	ADP	_	21 legs	case
20	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	21 legs	nummod
21	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 eyes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	gerund						sideways property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	armour	participle						upon the back	tree rules

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