Exam question 4 · Andersen, George and Emily, part 158: the saddle, the mask…

What reason did the General advance for the saddle's origin, prior to the revelation at the masked ball?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: reason · What happens: do, mask · To what, where: General advance

This is exam question 4 of lesson 947 «Andersen, George and Emily, part 158: the saddle, the masked ball, and George's dinner invitation» 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	3 did	obj
2	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 advance	det
5	General	general	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 advance	amod
6	advance	advance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	11 origin	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 saddle	det
9	saddle	saddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 origin	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 saddle	case
11	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 revelation	punct
13	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	16 revelation	case
14	to	to	ADP	_	13 prior	fixed
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 revelation	det
16	revelation	revelation	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 origin	appos
17	at	at	ADP	_	20 ball	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 ball	det
19	masked	mask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 ball	amod
20	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 revelation	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	reason	the General advance				for the saddle's origin	tree rules
2	mask	participle							vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

That it came from his own wife

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 came	nsubj
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 wife	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 wife	nmod:poss
6	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wife	amod
7	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	That					from his own wife	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from wife=Initial_Location

Option 2

That it came from the Count

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 came	nsubj
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 Count	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Count	det
6	Count	count	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	That			the Count			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from count=Initial_Location

Option 3

That it was a joke by Emily

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 joke	nsubj
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 joke	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 joke	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 joke	det
5	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 Emily	case
7	Emily	Emily	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 joke	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	That	a joke				by Emily	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

That it came from his own wife, who had bought it at the market

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	3 came	nsubj
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 wife	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 wife	nmod:poss
6	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wife	amod
7	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 bought	punct
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 bought	nsubj
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 bought	aux
11	bought	buy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 wife	acl:relcl
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 bought	obj
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 market	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 market	det
15	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	That					from his own wife	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from wife=Initial_Location
2	buy	past · perfect	his own wife	it		the market			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme at market=Asset

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