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Exam question 3 · Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 2: t…

It is given that the curtain fell of its own accord. Select the response most consistent with the narrative's explanation.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: curtain, you, narrative · What happens: give, fall, select, explain · To what, where: It, response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 94 «Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 2: the bargain, the Bat and the Baby» 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

Sentence 1: It is given that the curtain fell of its own accord.

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 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 fell	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 curtain	det
6	curtain	curtain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fell	nsubj
7	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 accord	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 accord	nmod:poss
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 accord	amod
11	accord	accord	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fell	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	fall	past	the curtain					of curtain's own accord	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme of accord=Initial_Location

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.

Sentence 2: Select the response most consistent with the narrative's explanation.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 consistent	advmod
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
6	with	with	ADP	_	10 explanation	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 narrative	det
8	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 explanation	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 narrative	case
10	explanation	explanation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consistent	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	explain		the narrative						nom explanation «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

The options

Option 1

The Woman forgot to close it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Woman	det
2	Woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forgot	nsubj
3	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 close	mark
5	close	close	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 forgot	xcomp
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 close	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	past	the Woman						tree rules
2	not close	to-infinitive	the Woman not said here	it					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 2

It was the Baby's doing

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	6 doing	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 doing	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Baby	det
4	Baby	Baby	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 doing	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Baby	case
6	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · progressive	It						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It remembered the bargain

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 remembered	nsubj
2	remembered	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bargain	det
4	bargain	bargain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remembered	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remember	past	It	the bargain					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent bargain=Theme

Option 4

It fell because the Cat was clever and the bargain made it remember the Woman's word

The tree, 17 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	2 fell	nsubj
2	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 clever	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Cat	det
5	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 clever	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 clever	cop
7	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 fell	advcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 made	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bargain	det
10	bargain	bargain	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 made	nsubj
11	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 fell	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 made	obj
13	remember	remember	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 made	xcomp
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Woman	det
15	Woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 word	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 Woman	case
17	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 remember	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	It						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	past	the Cat					clever property	tree rules
3	make	past	the bargain	Cat					tree rules
4	remember	infinitive	Cat not said here	the Woman's word					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent word=Theme
5	word		the Woman						nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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