Exam question 3 · Africa Tales, The Rover of the Plain, part 35: the girl br…

Which of the following accurately describes the reason the buffalo is killed by the young man?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: young man · What happens: follow, describe, kill · To what, where: reason, buffalo

This is exam question 3 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reason	det
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 buffalo	det
10	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 killed	nsubj:pass
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 killed	aux:pass
12	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 reason	acl:relcl
13	by	by	ADP	_	16 man	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 man	det
15	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 man	amod
16	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 killed	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the reason	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
3	kill	present · passive	the young man	the buffalo		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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

He charged at the women in the field.

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 charged	nsubj
2	charged	charge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 women	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 women	det
5	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 charged	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 field	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 field	det
8	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 charged	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 charged	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	charge	past	He			the field		at the women	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at woman=Trajectory

Option 2

He attacked the young man's wife.

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 attacked	nsubj
2	attacked	attack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wife	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 man	case
7	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 attacked	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 attacked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attack	past	He	the young man's wife					vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Patient

Option 3

He stole the girl's bucket.

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 stole	nsubj
2	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 girl	det
4	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bucket	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 girl	case
6	bucket	bucket	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stole	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stole	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	past	He	the girl's bucket					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bucket=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He has raided the fields and eaten the village beans.

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	3 raided	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 raided	aux
3	raided	raid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fields	det
5	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 raided	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 eaten	cc
7	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 raided	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 beans	det
9	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 beans	compound
10	beans	bean	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 eaten	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 raided	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raid	present · perfect	He	the fields					vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent field=Location
2	eat	participle	He not said here	the village beans					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bean=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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