Exam question 4 · Household Tales, Frederick and Catherine: thieves flee fro…

Which means did the countryman employ to convey the parson to the field?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: countryman · What happens: mean, employ, convey · To what, where: parson, field · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 of lesson 108 «Household Tales, Frederick and Catherine: thieves flee from what they think is the Evil One» 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	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 employ	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 countryman	det
5	countryman	countryman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 employ	nsubj
6	employ	employ	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	ccomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 convey	mark
8	convey	convey	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 employ	xcomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 parson	det
10	parson	parson	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 convey	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 field	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 field	det
13	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 convey	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	employ	past · do-support	the countryman			vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute
3	convey	to-infinitive	the countryman not said here	the parson	the field	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent parson=Topic to field=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.

The options

Option 1

He lifted him up and carried him on his back all the way

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lifted	nsubj
2	lifted	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lifted	obj
4	up	up	ADP	_	2 lifted	compound:prt
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 carried	cc
6	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 lifted	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 carried	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 back	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 back	nmod:poss
10	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 carried	obl
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 way	det:predet
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 way	det
13	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 carried	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift up	past	He	him = he					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	carry	past	He not said here	him = he		his back		all way obl:unmarked	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He carried him on his back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 carried	nsubj
2	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 carried	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 back	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 back	nmod:poss
6	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	He	him = he		his back			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3

He pushed him on a cart

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pushed	nsubj
2	pushed	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pushed	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 cart	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cart	det
6	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pushed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	past	He	him = he		a cart			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent he=Theme on cart=Trajectory

Option 4

He carried him on his back across the wet fields

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 carried	nsubj
2	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 carried	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 back	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 back	nmod:poss
6	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carried	obl
7	across	across	ADP	_	10 fields	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fields	det
9	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 fields	amod
10	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	He	him = he		his back		across the wet fields	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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