Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Garden of Paradise, part 144:…

What was the fate of the buffalo that Zephyr observed in the river?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: fate, Zephyr · What happens: be, observe, fate · To what, where: buffalo, river

This is exam question 4 of lesson 933 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Garden of Paradise, part 144: the lost prince shelters in the Winds' cave and hears the North and West Winds tell their adventures» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fate	det
4	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 buffalo	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 buffalo	det
7	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fate	nmod
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 observed	mark
9	Zephyr	Zephyr	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 observed	nsubj
10	observed	observe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 buffalo	acl:relcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 river	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 river	det
13	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 observed	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	past	the fate of the buffalo			tree rules
2	observe	past	Zephyr	the buffalo not said here	the river	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent buffalo=Topic
3	fate			the buffalo		nom fate «event 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

It was hurled over the great waterfall by the rising tide and the strong wind

The tree, 15 words

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 hurled	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hurled	aux:pass
3	hurled	hurl	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	over	over	ADP	_	7 waterfall	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 waterfall	det
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 waterfall	amod
7	waterfall	waterfall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hurled	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	11 tide	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tide	det
10	rising	rise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 tide	amod
11	tide	tide	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hurled	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 wind	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 wind	det
14	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 wind	amod
15	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tide	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurl	past · passive	the rising tide and the strong wind	It		the great waterfall			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent subject=Theme over waterfall=Destination
2	rise	gerund							vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It was hurled over the waterfall by the tide

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 hurled	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hurled	aux:pass
3	hurled	hurl	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	over	over	ADP	_	6 waterfall	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 waterfall	det
6	waterfall	waterfall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hurled	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 tide	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tide	det
9	tide	tide	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hurled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurl	past · passive	the tide	It		the waterfall			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent subject=Theme over waterfall=Destination

Option 3

It was hurled over the waterfall by the tide and never seen again

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 hurled	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hurled	aux:pass
3	hurled	hurl	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	over	over	ADP	_	6 waterfall	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 waterfall	det
6	waterfall	waterfall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hurled	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 tide	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tide	det
9	tide	tide	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hurled	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 seen	cc
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 seen	advmod
12	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 hurled	conj
13	again	again	ADV	_	12 seen	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurl	past · passive	the tide	It		the waterfall			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent subject=Theme over waterfall=Destination
2	not see	participle	the tide not said here				again		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

It was carried off by the strong current

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 carried	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 carried	aux:pass
3	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	off	off	ADP	_	3 carried	compound:prt
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 current	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 current	det
7	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 current	amod
8	current	current	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry off	past · passive	the strong current	It					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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