Exam question 4 · The Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Hero Makoma, part…

Identify the object which Makoma employed to strike the giant upon the head.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Makoma · What happens: identify, employ, strike · To what, where: object, giant

This is exam question 4 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 object	det
3	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 employed	obj
5	Makoma	Makoma	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 employed	nsubj
6	employed	employ	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 object	acl:relcl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 strike	mark
8	strike	strike	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 employed	xcomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 giant	det
10	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 strike	obj
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 head	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 head	det
13	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 strike	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the object		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme
2	employ	past	Makoma	the object		vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme clause=Attribute
3	strike	to-infinitive	Makoma not said here	the giant	upon the head	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent giant=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

The sharp iron knife named Nu-endo which he kept hidden in his belt

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 knife	det
2	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 knife	amod
3	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 knife	compound
4	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 endo	amod
6	Nu	Nu	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 endo	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 Nu	punct
8	endo	endo	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 knife	conj
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 kept	obj
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 kept	nsubj
11	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 knife	acl:relcl
12	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 knife	acl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 belt	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 belt	nmod:poss
15	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	name	participle				vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	keep	past	he	the sharp iron knife and named Nu endo		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme
3	hide	participle		the sharp iron knife and named Nu endo not said here	his belt	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in belt=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The iron hammer named Nu-endo

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 hammer	det
2	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hammer	compound
3	hammer	hammer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 endo	compound
4	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 hammer	acl
5	Nu	Nu	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 named	xcomp
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 Nu	punct
7	endo	endo	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name	participle		the iron hammer not said here					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The heavy iron hammer named Nu-endo that his mother had given him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hammer	det
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hammer	amod
3	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hammer	compound
4	hammer	hammer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 endo	nsubj
5	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 endo	amod
6	Nu	Nu	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 endo	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 Nu	punct
8	endo	endo	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 given	obj
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 mother	nmod:poss
11	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 given	nsubj:pass
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 given	aux
13	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 endo	acl:relcl
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 given	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name	participle							vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	give	past · perfect · passive		his mother	him = he				tree rules

Option 4

The old club

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 club	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 club	amod
3	club	club	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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