Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer: the mo…

Which statement most accurately records the cause of the mouse's departure from the prisoner's cell?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: statement, mouse · What happens: record, cause, depart · To what, where: cause, departure, cell

This is exam question 3 of lesson 992 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer: the mouse's adventures end in a wedding and a critics' complaint, then storks appear on a roof» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 records	nsubj
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 accurately	advmod
4	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	5 records	advmod
5	records	record	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cause	det
7	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 records	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	12 departure	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mouse	det
10	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 departure	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 mouse	case
12	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cause	nmod
13	from	from	ADP	_	17 cell	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 prisoner	det
15	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 cell	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 prisoner	case
17	cell	cell	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 departure	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 records	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	record	present	which statement	the cause of the mouse's departure from the prisoner's cell		accurately property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cause=Theme
2	cause			the mouse's departure from the prisoner's cell			nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient
3	depart		the mouse		the prisoner's cell		nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=agent from=place

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 jailer removed her from the cell and placed her into a cage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 jailer	det
2	jailer	jailer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 removed	nsubj
3	removed	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 removed	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 cell	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cell	det
7	cell	cell	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 removed	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 placed	cc
9	placed	place	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 removed	conj
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 placed	obj
11	into	into	ADP	_	13 cage	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 cage	det
13	cage	cage	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 placed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	past	the jailer	her = she		the cell			vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent she=Theme from cell=Source
2	place	past	the jailer not said here	jailer		a cage			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 2

The cat chased her out of the tower and into the field

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cat	det
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chased	nsubj
3	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 chased	obj
5	out	out	ADP	_	8 tower	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 tower	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tower	det
8	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chased	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 field	cc
10	into	into	ADP	_	12 field	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 field	det
12	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tower	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	past	the cat	her = she		the tower and the field			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme out tower=Trajectory

Option 3

The jailer removed her from the cell and placed her into a small cage with a lid on top.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 jailer	det
2	jailer	jailer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 removed	nsubj
3	removed	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 removed	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 cell	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cell	det
7	cell	cell	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 removed	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 placed	cc
9	placed	place	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 removed	conj
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 placed	obj
11	into	into	ADP	_	14 cage	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 cage	det
13	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 cage	amod
14	cage	cage	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 placed	obl
15	with	with	ADP	_	17 lid	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 lid	det
17	lid	lid	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 placed	obl
18	on	on	ADP	_	19 top	case
19	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 placed	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 removed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	past	the jailer	her = she		the cell			vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent she=Theme from cell=Source
2	place	past	the jailer not said here	jailer		a small cage		with a lid; on top	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme on top=Destination

Option 4

The owl seized her in the wood and carried her away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 owl	det
2	owl	owl	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seized	nsubj
3	seized	seize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 seized	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 wood	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wood	det
7	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seized	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 carried	cc
9	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 seized	conj
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 carried	obj
11	away	away	ADV	_	9 carried	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seize	past	the owl	her = she		the wood			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
2	carry away	past	the owl not said here	owl				away property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

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