Exam question 3 · Just So Stories, The Butterfly that Stamped, part 1: a wis…

It is given that the Butterfly boasted to his wife. Select the response most consistent with the content of the boast.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Butterfly, you · What happens: give, boast, select · To what, where: It, wife, response

This is exam question 3 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

Sentence 1: It is given that the Butterfly boasted to his wife.

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 boasted	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Butterfly	det
6	Butterfly	Butterfly	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 boasted	nsubj
7	boasted	boast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 wife	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 wife	nmod:poss
10	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 boasted	obl
11	.	.	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	boast speech: other	past	the Butterfly		Butterfly's wife				vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to wife=Recipient

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 content of the boast.

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	_	8 content	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 content	det
8	content	content	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consistent	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 boast	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 boast	det
11	boast	boast	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 content	nmod
12	.	.	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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

That his stamping would cause the Palace and garden to vanish in a clap of thunder

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 stamping	det
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 stamping	nmod:poss
3	stamping	stamping	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cause	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 cause	aux
5	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Palace	det
7	Palace	Palace	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 cause	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 garden	cc
9	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 Palace	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 vanish	mark
11	vanish	vanish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 cause	advcl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 clap	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 clap	det
14	clap	clap	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 vanish	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 thunder	case
16	thunder	thunder	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 clap	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	cause	would	his stamping	the Palace and garden		vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition palace=Patient
2	vanish	to-infinitive	his stamping not said here		a clap of thunder	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	clap			thunder		nom clap «event transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

That he was very brave and had once fought a great Djinn of the desert

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 brave	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 brave	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 brave	cop
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 brave	advmod
5	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 fought	cc
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 fought	aux
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	9 fought	advmod
9	fought	fight	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 brave	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 Djinn	det
11	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 Djinn	amod
12	Djinn	Djinn	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 fought	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 desert	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 desert	det
15	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 Djinn	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	That					brave property	tree rules
2	fight	past · perfect	That not said here	a great Djinn of the desert				once property	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent djinn=Co-Agent

Option 3

That the Palace would fall down if he sneezed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 Palace	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Palace	det
3	Palace	Palace	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 fall	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 fall	aux
5	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	down	down	ADP	_	5 fall	compound:prt
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 sneezed	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sneezed	nsubj
9	sneezed	sneeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fall	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall down	would	the Palace						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sneeze a condition, not said to happen	past	Palace						vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

That his stamping would cause the Palace and garden to vanish in a clap of thunder, and the Queens too

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 stamping	det
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 stamping	nmod:poss
3	stamping	stamping	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cause	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 cause	aux
5	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Palace	det
7	Palace	Palace	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 cause	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 garden	cc
9	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 Palace	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 vanish	mark
11	vanish	vanish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 cause	advcl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 clap	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 clap	det
14	clap	clap	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 vanish	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 thunder	case
16	thunder	thunder	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 clap	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 Queens	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 Queens	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Queens	det
20	Queens	queen	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 cause	parataxis
21	too	too	ADV	_	5 cause	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	cause	would	his stamping	the Palace and garden		vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition palace=Patient
2	vanish	to-infinitive	his stamping not said here		a clap of thunder	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	clap			thunder		nom clap «event transitive»: of=patient

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