Exam question 2 · Gutenberg 3027, Gopani-Kufa and the Magic Mirror, part 4:…

Which action did the chief undertake when his daughter reported the theft?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action, daughter · What happens: undertake, report · To what, where: theft

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1138 «Gutenberg 3027, Gopani-Kufa and the Magic Mirror, part 4: the Mirror is stolen and the white men take all the power» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 undertake	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 undertake	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 chief	det
5	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 undertake	nsubj
6	undertake	undertake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 reported	advmod
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 daughter	nmod:poss
9	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reported	nsubj
10	reported	report	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 undertake	ccomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 theft	det
12	theft	theft	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reported	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 undertake	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undertake	past · do-support	which action						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	report	past	chief's daughter	the theft					vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent theft=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 summoned the wasp Zengi-mizi for counsel and then sent warriors out to search the whole country

The tree, 18 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 summoned	nsubj
2	summoned	summon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mizi	det
4	wasp	wasp	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mizi	nsubj
5	Zengi	Zengi	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 mizi	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 mizi	punct
7	mizi	mizi	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 summoned	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 counsel	case
9	counsel	counsel	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mizi	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 sent	cc
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 sent	advmod
12	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 summoned	conj
13	warriors	warrior	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 sent	obj
14	out	out	ADV	_	12 sent	advmod
15	to	to	PART	_	16 search	mark
16	search	search	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 sent	advcl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 country	det
18	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 country	amod
19	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 search	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	summon	past	He				vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	mizi		wasp			for counsel	tree rules
3	send out	past	He not said here	warriors	then	out property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warrior=Theme
4	search	to-infinitive	He not said here	the whole country			vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent country=Location

Option 2

He called for the old fakeer to advise him

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 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	6 fakeer	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fakeer	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fakeer	amod
6	fakeer	fakeer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 advise	mark
8	advise	advise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 called	advcl
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 advise	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	He					for the old fakeer	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for fakeer=Recipient
2	advise speech: other	to-infinitive	He not said here		him = he				vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 3

He consulted the old priest in private

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 consulted	nsubj
2	consulted	consult	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 priest	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 priest	amod
5	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consulted	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 private	case
7	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 consulted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consult	past	He	the old priest		private			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent priest=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He summoned the wasp Zengi-mizi for counsel

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 summoned	nsubj
2	summoned	summon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mizi	det
4	wasp	wasp	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mizi	compound
5	Zengi	Zengi	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 mizi	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 Zengi	punct
7	mizi	mizi	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 summoned	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 counsel	case
9	counsel	counsel	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mizi	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	summon	past	He	the wasp Zengi mizi				for counsel	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mizi=Recipient

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