Exam question 2 · Mouse Tales, The Mouse's Tale, part 202: the fourth mouse…

According to the narrative, what did the turnkey remark concerning the prisoner's conduct?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: turnkey remark, prisoner · What happens: accord, do, concern, conduct · To what, where: turnkey remark, conduct

This is exam question 2 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	According	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 narrative	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 According	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 narrative	det
4	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 did	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 did	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 did	nsubj
7	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 remark	det
9	turnkey	turnkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 remark	compound
10	remark	remark	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 did	obj
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 remark	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 prisoner	det
13	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 conduct	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 prisoner	case
15	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	do	past		the turnkey remark	accord the narrative	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remark=Eventuality
3	concern	gerund	the turnkey remark not said here	the prisoner's conduct		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus conduct=Experiencer
4	conduct		the prisoner			nom conduct «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

That the affair resembled the making of soup of sausage skewers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 affair	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 affair	det
3	affair	affair	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 resembled	nsubj
4	resembled	resemble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 making	det
6	making	making	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 resembled	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 soup	case
8	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 making	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 skewers	case
10	sausage	sausage	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 skewers	compound
11	skewers	skewer	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 soup	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 resembled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	resemble	past	that affair	the making of soup of sausage skewers					tree rules
2	make		soup of sausage skewers						nom making «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

That the prisoner was innocent.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 prisoner	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 prisoner	det
3	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 innocent	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 innocent	cop
5	innocent	innocent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 innocent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	that prisoner					innocent property	tree rules

Option 3

That the prisoner had spoken foolishly about the soup.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 prisoner	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 prisoner	det
3	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spoken	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 spoken	aux
5	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	foolishly	foolishly	ADV	_	5 spoken	advmod
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 soup	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 soup	det
9	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spoken	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 spoken	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past · perfect · passive		that prisoner				about the soup; foolishly property	tree rules

Option 4

That the prisoner's remarks were quite entirely harmless.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 prisoner	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 prisoner	det
3	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 remarks	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 prisoner	case
5	remarks	remark	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 harmless	nsubj
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 harmless	cop
7	quite	quite	ADV	_	9 harmless	advmod
8	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	9 harmless	advmod
9	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 harmless	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	that prisoner's remarks					entirely, harmless property	tree rules
2	remark		that prisoner						nom remark «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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