Exam question 3 · West Highland Tales, Ian the Soldier's Son, part 7: Ian ou…

In what manner does Ian prepare himself, according to the counsel of the raven, before confronting the second giant?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ian · What happens: prepare, accord, confront · To what, where: Ian, manner, second giant

This is exam question 3 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 prepare	obl
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 prepare	aux
5	Ian	Ian	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 prepare	nsubj
6	prepare	prepare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	6 prepare	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 counsel	punct
9	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 counsel	case
10	to	to	ADP	_	9 according	fixed
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 counsel	det
12	counsel	counsel	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 prepare	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 raven	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 raven	det
15	raven	raven	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 counsel	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 confronting	punct
17	before	before	SCONJ	_	18 confronting	mark
18	confronting	confront	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 prepare	advcl
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 giant	det
20	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	21 giant	amod
21	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 confronting	obj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 prepare	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	prepare	present · do-support	Ian	Ian	what manner	accord the counsel of the raven	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient
2	accord	gerund					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
3	confront	gerund	Ian not said here	the second giant			vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent giant=Theme

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

He bathes in clean water and anoints his body with balsam

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 bathes	nsubj
2	bathes	bathe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 water	case
4	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 water	amod
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bathes	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 anoints	cc
7	anoints	anoint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 bathes	conj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 body	nmod:poss
9	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 anoints	obj
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 balsam	case
11	balsam	balsam	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 anoints	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bathe	present	He					in clean water	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in water=Theme
2	anoint	present	He not said here	his body				with balsam	vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent body=Destination with balsam=Theme

Option 2

He bathes in water

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 bathes	nsubj
2	bathes	bathe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 water	case
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bathes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bathe	present	He					in water	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in water=Theme

Option 3

He washes in clean water and dries himself

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 washes	nsubj
2	washes	wash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 water	case
4	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 water	amod
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 washes	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 dries	cc
7	dries	dry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 washes	conj
8	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	7 dries	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	present	He			clean water			vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	dry	present	He not said here	himself = he					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient himself=Result

Option 4

He eats a meal and rests his body

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 eats	nsubj
2	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 meal	det
4	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 eats	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 rests	cc
6	rests	rest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 eats	conj
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 body	nmod:poss
8	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rests	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	He	a meal					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meal=Patient
2	rest	present	He not said here	his body					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location body=Theme

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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