Exam question 1 · Mouse Tales, The Mouse's Tale, part 202: the fourth mouse…

Which of the following describes the manner in which the fourth mouse entered the kitchen?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: fourth mouse · What happens: follow, describe, enter · To what, where: manner, kitchen

This is exam question 1 of lesson 991 «Mouse Tales, The Mouse's Tale, part 202: the fourth mouse bursts in and tells of her jail escape» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 manner	det
7	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 entered	obl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 mouse	det
11	fourth	fourth	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 mouse	amod
12	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 entered	nsubj
13	entered	enter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 manner	acl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 kitchen	det
15	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 entered	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the manner		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
3	enter	past	the fourth mouse	the kitchen	the manner	vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme kitchen=Destination

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

She entered swiftly, like an arrow, overturning the sausage peg while the whole kitchen watched in silence and fear.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 entered	nsubj
2	entered	enter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	swiftly	swiftly	ADV	_	2 entered	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 arrow	punct
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 arrow	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 arrow	det
7	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 entered	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 overturning	punct
9	overturning	overturn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 entered	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 peg	det
11	sausage	sausage	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 peg	compound
12	peg	peg	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 overturning	obj
13	while	while	SCONJ	_	16 kitchen	mark
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 kitchen	det
15	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 kitchen	amod
16	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 overturning	obl
17	watched	watch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 kitchen	acl
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 silence	case
19	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 watched	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 fear	cc
21	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 silence	conj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 entered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	enter	past	She			like a arrow; swiftly property	vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	overturn	gerund	She not said here	the sausage peg		the whole kitchen obl	tree rules
3	watch	participle		the whole kitchen not said here	silence and fear		vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in silence=Location

Option 2

She entered swiftly, like an arrow, overturning the sausage peg and scattering the crumbs across the floor completely.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 entered	nsubj
2	entered	enter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	swiftly	swiftly	ADV	_	2 entered	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 arrow	punct
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 arrow	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 arrow	det
7	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 entered	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 overturning	punct
9	overturning	overturn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 entered	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 peg	det
11	sausage	sausage	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 peg	compound
12	peg	peg	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 overturning	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 scattering	cc
14	scattering	scatter	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 overturning	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 crumbs	det
16	crumbs	crumb	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 scattering	obj
17	across	across	ADP	_	19 floor	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 floor	det
19	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 scattering	obl
20	completely	completely	ADV	_	14 scattering	advmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 entered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	enter	past	She			like a arrow; swiftly property	vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	overturn	gerund	She not said here	the sausage peg			tree rules
3	scatter	gerund	She not said here	the crumbs	the floor	completely property	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent crumb=Theme

Option 3

She entered hastily, bowing low before the cook, then stopped.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 entered	nsubj
2	entered	enter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	hastily	hastily	ADV	_	2 entered	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 bowing	punct
5	bowing	bow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 entered	advcl
6	low	low	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 bowing	advmod
7	before	before	ADP	_	9 cook	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cook	det
9	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bowing	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 stopped	punct
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 stopped	advmod
12	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 entered	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 entered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	enter	past	She			hastily property	vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	bow	gerund	She not said here	the cook		low property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before cook=Location
3	stop	past	She not said here		then		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She entered swiftly, like an arrow, overturning the sausage peg.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 entered	nsubj
2	entered	enter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	swiftly	swiftly	ADV	_	2 entered	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 arrow	punct
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 arrow	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 arrow	det
7	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 entered	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 overturning	punct
9	overturning	overturn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 entered	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 peg	det
11	sausage	sausage	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 peg	compound
12	peg	peg	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 overturning	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 entered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enter	past	She					like a arrow; swiftly property	vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	overturn	gerund	She not said here	the sausage peg					tree rules

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