Exam question 1 · West Highland Tales, Ian the Soldier's Son, part 7: Ian ou…

What is the principal event recounted in the portion of the narrative under consideration?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: principal event · What happens: be, recount · To what, where: principal event, portion

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1141 «West Highland Tales, Ian the Soldier's Son, part 7: Ian outwits the raven and slays the second 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 event	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 event	amod
5	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	recounted	recount	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 event	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 portion	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 portion	det
9	portion	portion	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 recounted	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 narrative	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 narrative	det
12	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 portion	nmod
13	under	under	ADP	_	14 consideration	case
14	consideration	consideration	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 narrative	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the principal event						tree rules
2	recount speech: other	participle		the principal event not said here		the portion of the narrative under consideration			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The defeat of the second giant by Ian, aided by the raven

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 defeat	det
2	defeat	defeat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 giant	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 giant	det
5	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 giant	amod
6	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 defeat	nmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 Ian	case
8	Ian	Ian	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 giant	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 aided	punct
10	aided	aid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 defeat	acl
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 raven	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 raven	det
13	raven	raven	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 aided	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	aid	participle		the defeat of the second giant by Ian not said here				by the raven	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	defeat			the second giant by Ian					nom defeat «event transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The escape of Ian from the house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 escape	det
2	escape	escape	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Ian	case
4	Ian	Ian	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 escape	nmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 house	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 house	det
7	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 escape	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	escape		Ian			the house			nom escape «act intransitive»: of=agent from=place

Option 3

The capture of the raven by the giant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 capture	det
2	capture	capture	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 raven	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 raven	det
5	raven	raven	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 capture	nmod
6	by	by	SCONJ	_	8 giant	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 giant	det
8	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 capture	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	capture			the raven					nom capture «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The rescue of the brothers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rescue	det
2	rescue	rescue	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 brothers	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 brothers	det
5	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 rescue	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rescue			the brothers					nom rescue «act transitive»: of=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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