Exam question 2 · Just So Stories, The Butterfly that Stamped, part 1: a wis…

Ascertain the consequence of Suleiman's attempt to feed all the animals of the world in a single day.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Suleiman · What happens: ascertain, feed, attempt · To what, where: consequence, animals

This is exam question 2 of lesson 96 «Just So Stories, The Butterfly that Stamped, part 1: a wise king, a hungry Animal and a butterfly's boast» 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	ADP	_	7 attempt	case
5	Suleiman	Suleiman	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 attempt	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Suleiman	case
7	attempt	attempt	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 consequence	nmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 feed	mark
9	feed	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 attempt	acl
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 animals	det:predet
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 animals	det
12	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 feed	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 world	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 world	det
15	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 animals	nmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	19 day	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 day	det
18	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 day	amod
19	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 feed	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the consequence of Suleiman's attempt			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic
2	feed	to-infinitive	you not said here		all animals of the world	day	vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Recipient
3	attempt		Suleiman				nom attempt «act transitive»: poss=agent

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 · ✓ the right answer

The entire meal was consumed by one Animal from the sea in three mouthfuls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 meal	det
2	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 meal	amod
3	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consumed	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 consumed	aux:pass
5	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 Animal	case
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 Animal	nummod
8	Animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consumed	obl
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 sea	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sea	det
11	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consumed	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 mouthfuls	case
13	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 mouthfuls	nummod
14	mouthfuls	mouthful	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 consumed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	past · passive	one Animal	the entire meal		the sea		in three mouthfuls	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Asset

Option 2

It was eaten by ants

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 eaten	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 eaten	aux:pass
3	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 ants	case
5	ants	ant	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 eaten	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past · passive	ants	It					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 3

The feast was divided fairly among all the hungry animals in the palace garden

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 feast	det
2	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 divided	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 divided	aux:pass
4	divided	divide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	fairly	fairly	ADV	_	4 divided	advmod
6	among	among	ADP	_	10 animals	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 animals	det:predet
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 animals	det
9	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 animals	amod
10	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 divided	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 garden	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 garden	det
13	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 garden	compound
14	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 animals	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	divide	past · passive		the feast				among all hungry animals in the palace garden; fairly property	vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

The whole banquet vanished under a great wave from the sea, which nobody saw

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 banquet	det
2	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 banquet	amod
3	banquet	banquet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 vanished	nsubj
4	vanished	vanish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	under	under	ADP	_	8 wave	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 wave	det
7	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 wave	amod
8	wave	wave	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 vanished	obl
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 sea	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sea	det
11	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wave	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 saw	punct
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 saw	obj
14	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	15 saw	nsubj
15	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 wave	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	vanish	past	the whole banquet			a great wave from the sea			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	see	past	nobody	a great wave from the sea					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus

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