Exam question 4 · Mouse Tales, The Mouse's Tale, part 202: the fourth mouse…

By what means did the fourth mouse reach the largest town, according to her own account?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: fourth mouse, mouse · What happens: mean, reach, accord, account · To what, where: largest town

This is exam question 4 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 reach	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 reach	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mouse	det
6	fourth	fourth	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 mouse	amod
7	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reach	nsubj
8	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 town	det
10	largest	large	ADJ	Degree=Sup	11 town	amod
11	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reach	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 account	punct
13	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 account	case
14	to	to	ADP	_	13 according	fixed
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 account	nmod:poss
16	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 account	amod
17	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reach	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 reach	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	reach	past · do-support	the fourth mouse	the largest town	accord mouse's own account	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent town=Theme
3	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
4	account		mouse			nom account «communication 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

By concealing herself in a goods train and travelling by railway.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 concealing	mark
2	concealing	conceal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 concealing	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 train	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 train	det
6	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	7 train	compound
7	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 concealing	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 travelling	cc
9	travelling	travel	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 concealing	conj
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 railway	case
11	railway	railway	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 travelling	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 concealing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	gerund		herself = she		a goods train			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent herself=Patient in train=Location
2	travel	gerund						by railway	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by railway=Trajectory

Option 2

By sneaking aboard a steam engine and riding the rails.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 sneaking	mark
2	sneaking	sneak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	aboard	aboard	ADP	_	6 engine	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 engine	det
5	steam	steam	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 engine	compound
6	engine	engine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sneaking	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 riding	cc
8	riding	ride	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 sneaking	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 rails	det
10	rails	rail	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 riding	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sneaking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sneak	gerund						aboard a steam engine	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	ride	gerund		the rails					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent rail=Location

Option 3

By walking all the way.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 walking	mark
2	walking	walk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 way	det:predet
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 way	det
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 walking	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 walking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	gerund		all way					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme way=Trajectory

Option 4

By climbing into a wagon and crossing the long fields.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 climbing	mark
2	climbing	climb	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 wagon	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 wagon	det
5	wagon	wagon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climbing	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 crossing	cc
7	crossing	cross	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 climbing	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fields	det
9	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 fields	amod
10	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 crossing	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 climbing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	gerund				a wagon			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into wagon=Destination
2	cross	gerund		the long fields					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent field=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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