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

Ascertain the consequence of the Magic made with the little finger of the Magician's left hand.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Magic · What happens: ascertain, make · To what, where: consequence

This is exam question 2 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 consequence	det
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 made	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Magic	det
6	Magic	Magic	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 made	nsubj
7	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 consequence	acl
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 finger	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 finger	det
10	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 finger	amod
11	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 made	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	17 hand	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Magician	det
14	Magician	Magician	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 hand	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 Magician	case
16	left	left	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 hand	amod
17	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 finger	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the consequence					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic
2	make	past	the Magic	the consequence not said here				with the little finger of the Magician's left hand	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Product

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

Pau Amma's shell fell from him as a husk from a coconut, and he sank into the sand

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pau	Pau	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 shell	nmod:poss
2	Amma	Amma	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Pau	flat
3	's	's	PART	_	1 Pau	case
4	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fell	nsubj
5	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fell	obl
8	as	as	ADP	_	10 husk	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 husk	det
10	husk	husk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fell	obl
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 coconut	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 coconut	det
13	coconut	coconut	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 husk	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 sank	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 sank	cc
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 sank	nsubj
17	sank	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fell	advcl
18	into	into	ADP	_	20 sand	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 sand	det
20	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 sank	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	Pau's shell					from Pau; as a husk from a coconut	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from he=Initial_Location
2	sink	past	shell			the sand			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Pau Amma's shell fell from him as a husk from a coconut, and was given to the Magician's girl

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pau	Pau	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 shell	nmod:poss
2	Amma	Amma	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Pau	flat
3	's	's	PART	_	1 Pau	case
4	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fell	nsubj
5	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fell	obl
8	as	as	ADP	_	10 husk	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 husk	det
10	husk	husk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fell	obl
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 coconut	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 coconut	det
13	coconut	coconut	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 husk	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 given	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 given	cc
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 given	aux:pass
17	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 fell	parataxis
18	to	to	ADP	_	22 girl	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Magician	det
20	Magician	Magician	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 girl	nmod:poss
21	's	's	PART	_	20 Magician	case
22	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 given	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	Pau's shell					from Pau; as a husk from a coconut	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from he=Initial_Location
2	give	past · passive			the Magician's girl				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: to girl=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Pau Amma's shell fell from him as a husk from a coconut

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pau	Pau	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 shell	nmod:poss
2	Amma	Amma	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Pau	flat
3	's	's	PART	_	1 Pau	case
4	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fell	nsubj
5	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fell	obl
8	as	as	ADP	_	10 husk	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 husk	det
10	husk	husk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fell	obl
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 coconut	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 coconut	det
13	coconut	coconut	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	Pau's shell			a coconut		from Pau; as a husk	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from he=Initial_Location from coconut=Destination

Option 4

The shell fell off him like a leaf from a tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 shell	det
2	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fell	nsubj
3	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	off	off	ADP	_	5 him	case
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fell	obl
6	like	like	ADP	_	8 leaf	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 leaf	det
8	leaf	leaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fell	obl
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 tree	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 tree	det
11	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall off	past	the shell	him = he		a tree		like a leaf	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient he=Extent from tree=Initial_State

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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