Exam question 2 · West Highland Tales, Ian the Soldier's Son, part 7: Ian ou…

Which implement does the raven furnish to Ian for the decapitation of the first giant?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: implement · What happens: furnish · To what, where: Ian

This is exam question 2 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 implement	det
2	implement	implement	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 furnish	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 furnish	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 raven	det
5	raven	raven	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 furnish	nsubj
6	furnish	furnish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 Ian	case
8	Ian	Ian	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 furnish	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 decapitation	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 decapitation	det
11	decapitation	decapitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 furnish	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 giant	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 giant	det
14	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	15 giant	amod
15	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 decapitation	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 furnish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	furnish	present · do-support	which implement		Ian			for the decapitation of the first giant	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to ian=Recipient

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

A sword kept beneath the giant's bed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sword	det
2	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 sword	acl
4	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	8 bed	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 giant	det
6	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bed	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 giant	case
8	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	participle		a sword not said here		the giant's bed			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent beneath bed=Location

Option 2

A knife hidden beneath the raven's left wing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 knife	det
2	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 knife	acl
4	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	9 wing	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 raven	det
6	raven	raven	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wing	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 raven	case
8	left	left	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 wing	amod
9	wing	wing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	participle		a knife not said here		the raven's left wing			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beneath wing=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A knife concealed beneath the raven's right wing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 knife	det
2	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 knife	acl
4	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	9 wing	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 raven	det
6	raven	raven	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wing	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 raven	case
8	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 wing	amod
9	wing	wing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 concealed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	participle		a knife not said here		the raven's right wing			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent beneath wing=Location

Option 4

A knife concealed beneath the raven's right wing, sharp enough to cut a rope

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 knife	det
2	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sharp	nsubj
3	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 knife	acl
4	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	9 wing	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 raven	det
6	raven	raven	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wing	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 raven	case
8	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 wing	amod
9	wing	wing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 concealed	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 sharp	punct
11	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
12	enough	enough	ADV	_	11 sharp	advmod
13	to	to	PART	_	14 cut	mark
14	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 sharp	advcl
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 rope	det
16	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 cut	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	participle		a knife not said here		the raven's right wing			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent beneath wing=Location
2	cut	to-infinitive		a rope					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rope=Product

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