Exam question 4 · Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror, part 1: Gopani-Kufa…

What did the Great Spirit Mulimo command the two heroes to do?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Great Spirit · What happens: do, command · To what, where: two heroes · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1137 «Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror, part 1: Gopani-Kufa frees a python king and is promised a reward» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Spirit	det
4	Great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 Spirit	amod
5	Spirit	Spirit	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 command	nsubj
6	Mulimo	Mulimo	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Spirit	flat
7	command	command	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	parataxis
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 heroes	det
9	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 heroes	nummod
10	heroes	hero	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 command	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 do	mark
12	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 command	advcl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	command	present	the Great Spirit	the two heroes	vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent hero=Eventuality
3	do	to-infinitive	the Great Spirit not said here		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

to rule the land of Pita

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 rule	mark
2	rule	rule	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 land	det
4	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rule	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Pita	case
6	Pita	Pita	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 land	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rule	to-infinitive		the land of Pita					vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

to live forever in the clouds with him and to never return to the earth

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 live	mark
2	live	live	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	forever	forever	ADV	_	2 live	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 clouds	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 clouds	det
6	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 live	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 clouds	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 return	cc
10	to	to	PART	_	12 return	mark
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 return	advmod
12	return	return	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 live	conj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 earth	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 earth	det
15	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 return	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	to-infinitive				the clouds with him		forever property	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cloud=Location
2	not return	to-infinitive						to the earth result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to earth=Result

Option 3

to climb the mountain and bring back the giant's treasure to the spirits of their fathers

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 climb	mark
2	climb	climb	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 mountain	det
4	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climb	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 bring	cc
6	bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 climb	conj
7	back	back	ADV	_	6 bring	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 giant	det
9	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 treasure	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 giant	case
11	treasure	treasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bring	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 spirits	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 spirits	det
14	spirits	spirit	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bring	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 fathers	case
16	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 fathers	nmod:poss
17	fathers	father	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 spirits	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	climb	to-infinitive		the mountain		vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location mountain=Theme
2	bring back	infinitive		the giant's treasure	the spirits of spirits's fathers	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme to spirit=Destination
3	treasure		the giant			nom treasure «possession transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

to dwell with him in the clouds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 dwell	mark
2	dwell	dwell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 him	case
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dwell	obl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 clouds	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 clouds	det
7	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 dwell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dwell	to-infinitive				the clouds		with him = he	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cloud=Location

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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