Exam question 3 · The Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Hero Makoma, part…

State the reason why the giant Chi-eswa-mapiri consented to become a servant.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Chi · What happens: mapiri, consent, become · To what, where: giant eswa mapiri, servant

This is exam question 3 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reason	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 reason	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mapiri	det
6	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 mapiri	amod
7	Chi	Chi	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 mapiri	nsubj
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 Chi	punct
9	eswa	eswa	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 mapiri	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 mapiri	punct
11	mapiri	mapiri	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 why	nsubj
12	consented	consent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 mapiri	acl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 become	mark
14	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 consented	advcl
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 servant	det
16	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 become	xcomp
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mapiri		Chi		tree rules
2	consent	participle		the giant eswa mapiri not said here	vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	become	to-infinitive		a servant	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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 was beaten by the strong blow

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	3 beaten	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 beaten	aux:pass
3	beaten	beat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 blow	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 blow	det
6	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 blow	amod
7	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 beaten	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beat	past · passive	the strong blow	He					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme

Option 2

He was overcome by the blow of the hammer and could no longer stand upright

The tree, 15 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	3 overcome	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 overcome	aux:pass
3	overcome	overcome	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 blow	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 blow	det
6	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 overcome	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 hammer	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hammer	det
9	hammer	hammer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 blow	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 stand	cc
11	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 stand	aux
12	no	no	ADV	_	13 longer	advmod
13	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	14 stand	advmod
14	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 overcome	conj
15	upright	upright	ADV	_	14 stand	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	overcome	past · passive	the blow of the hammer	He		vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Theme
2	stand	could	the blow of the hammer not said here		long, upright property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	blow		the hammer			nom blow «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He was overcome by the blow of the hammer

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	3 overcome	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 overcome	aux:pass
3	overcome	overcome	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 blow	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 blow	det
6	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 overcome	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 hammer	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hammer	det
9	hammer	hammer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 blow	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	overcome	past · passive	the blow of the hammer	He					vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Theme
2	blow		the hammer						nom blow «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

He surrendered to the hunters

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 surrendered	nsubj
2	surrendered	surrender	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 hunters	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hunters	det
5	hunters	hunter	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 surrendered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	surrender	past	He		the hunters				vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to hunter=Recipient

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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