Exam question 1 · Africa Tales, The Rover of the Plain, part 35: the girl br…

Which action of the stranger girl, namely her attempt to restore the buffalo to life, is described in this passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: stranger girl, girl · What happens: restore, describe, act, attempt · To what, where: buffalo, life, action, passage

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1169 «Africa Tales, The Rover of the Plain, part 35: the girl brings the dead buffalo back to life, and her husband spies on her» 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	19 described	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 girl	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 girl	det
5	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 girl	compound
6	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 action	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 attempt	punct
8	namely	namely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 attempt	amod
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 attempt	nmod:poss
10	attempt	attempt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 action	appos
11	to	to	PART	_	12 restore	mark
12	restore	restore	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 attempt	acl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 buffalo	det
14	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 restore	obj
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 life	case
16	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 restore	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 action	punct
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 described	aux:pass
19	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 passage	case
21	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	22 passage	det
22	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 described	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	19 described	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	restore	to-infinitive		the buffalo	life		vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent buffalo=Theme to life=Recipient
2	describe	present · passive		which action of the stranger girl		this passage	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme
3	act		the stranger girl				nom action «act intransitive»: of=agent
4	attempt		girl				nom attempt «act transitive»: poss=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

She bandages the head with a cloth.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bandages	nsubj
2	bandages	bandage	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 head	det
4	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bandages	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 cloth	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cloth	det
7	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bandages	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 bandages	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bandage	present	She	the head				with a cloth	vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent head=Destination with cloth=Theme

Option 2

She sings a dirge.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sings	nsubj
2	sings	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dirge	det
4	dirge	dirge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sings	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sings	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	present	She	a dirge					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location dirge=Theme

Option 3

She rubs deer fat on the cut.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rubs	nsubj
2	rubs	rub	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	deer	deer	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 fat	nmod:poss
4	fat	fat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rubs	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 cut	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cut	det
7	cut	cut	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rubs	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 rubs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub	present	She	deer's fat		the cut			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent fat=Theme on cut=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She applies a horn, deer fat, and a dirge to the wound.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 applies	nsubj
2	applies	apply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 horn	det
4	horn	horn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 applies	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 fat	punct
6	deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fat	compound
7	fat	fat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 horn	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 dirge	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 dirge	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 dirge	det
11	dirge	dirge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 applies	obl
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 wound	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 wound	det
14	wound	wound	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dirge	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 applies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply	present	She	a horn and deer fat				a dirge to the wound obl	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horn=Theme

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