Exam question 2 · The Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Hero Makoma, part…

Describe the manner in which Makoma defeated the crocodiles of the deep pool.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Makoma · What happens: describe, defeat · To what, where: manner, crocodiles

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1135 «The Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Hero Makoma, part 1: a strong boy beats crocodiles and a giant» 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 defeated	obl
6	Makoma	Makoma	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 defeated	nsubj
7	defeated	defeat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 manner	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 crocodiles	det
9	crocodiles	crocodile	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 defeated	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 pool	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 pool	det
12	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 pool	amod
13	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 crocodiles	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the manner					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	defeat	past	Makoma	the crocodiles of the deep pool		the manner			tree rules

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

He jumped in and killed them

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 jumped	nsubj
2	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADV	_	2 jumped	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 killed	cc
5	killed	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 jumped	conj
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 killed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump in	past	He						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	kill	past	He not said here	them = they					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 2

He swam and stabbed them

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 swam	nsubj
2	swam	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 stabbed	cc
4	stabbed	stab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 swam	conj
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stabbed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	past	He						vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stab	past	He not said here	them = they					vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 3

He waited on the bank until they came out and then struck them one by one

The tree, 16 words

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 waited	nsubj
2	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 bank	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bank	det
5	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 waited	obl
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 came	mark
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 came	nsubj
8	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 waited	advcl
9	out	out	ADV	_	8 came	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 struck	cc
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 struck	advmod
12	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 waited	conj
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 struck	obj
14	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 struck	obj
15	by	by	ADP	_	16 one	case
16	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 one	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	past	He		the bank			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on bank=Location
2	come out	past	they				out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient
3	strike	past	He not said here	them = they		then		vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent they=Patient one=Result

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He leapt into the water and slew them

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 leapt	nsubj
2	leapt	leapt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 water	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 water	det
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leapt	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 slew	cc
7	slew	slay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 leapt	conj
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 slew	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leapt	past	He			the water			tree rules
2	slay	past	He not said here	them = they					vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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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