Exam question 2 · Indian Tales, Adventures of an Indian Brave, part 1: the m…

Which material did the elder wolves carry wound about their bodies, and how did the mink respond to it?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: material, elder wolves · What happens: do, carry · To what, where: wound, mink respond, material

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1191 «Indian Tales, Adventures of an Indian Brave, part 1: the mink escapes the wolves, and a brave's father drowns and returns as a baby» 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 material	det
2	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wolves	det
5	elder	elder	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wolves	compound
6	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 carry	nsubj
7	carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	ccomp
8	wound	wound	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 carry	obj
9	about	about	ADP	_	11 bodies	case
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 bodies	nmod:poss
11	bodies	body	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 carry	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 did	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 did	cc
14	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	15 did	advmod
15	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 did	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 respond	det
17	mink	mink	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 respond	amod
18	respond	respond	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 did	obj
19	to	to	ADP	_	20 it	case
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 did	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	which material				tree rules
2	carry	present	the elder wolves	wound		about wolves's bodies	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wound=Theme
3	do	past	which material not said here	the mink respond	material		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respond=Eventuality

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 · ✓ the right answer

Cedar bands, which the mink scorned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cedar	cedar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bands	compound
2	bands	band	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 mink	punct
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 mink	nsubj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mink	det
6	mink	mink	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bands	conj
7	scorned	scorn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 mink	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mink		Cedar bands and the mink						tree rules
2	scorn	participle		the mink not said here					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Cedar bands, which the mink loved

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cedar	cedar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bands	compound
2	bands	band	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 loved	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 mink	punct
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 mink	nsubj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mink	det
6	mink	mink	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bands	conj
7	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mink		Cedar bands and the mink						tree rules
2	love	past	Cedar bands and the mink						vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Woven kelp ropes that the mink first laughed at, then offered to carry for the wolves

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Woven	weave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 ropes	amod
2	kelp	kelp	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ropes	compound
3	ropes	rope	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 laughed	nsubj
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 laughed	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mink	det
6	mink	mink	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 laughed	nsubj
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 laughed	advmod
8	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	at	at	ADP	_	8 laughed	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 offered	punct
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 offered	advmod
12	offered	offer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 laughed	conj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 carry	mark
14	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 offered	advcl
15	for	for	ADP	_	17 wolves	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 wolves	det
17	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 carry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	weave	participle				vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	laugh	past	Woven kelp ropes		first property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	offer	participle	Woven kelp ropes not said here	then		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
4	carry	to-infinitive	Woven kelp ropes not said here		for the wolves	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Thick cedar bands, which the mink mocked loudly and claimed he could break with one quick breath

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bands	amod
2	cedar	cedar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bands	compound
3	bands	band	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 claimed	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 mocked	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 mocked	obj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mink	det
7	mink	mink	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 mocked	nsubj
8	mocked	mock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bands	acl:relcl
9	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	8 mocked	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 mocked	cc
11	claimed	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 break	nsubj
13	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 break	aux
14	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 claimed	ccomp
15	with	with	ADP	_	18 breath	case
16	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 breath	nummod
17	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 breath	amod
18	breath	breath	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 break	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mock	past	the mink	Thick cedar bands	loudly property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme
2	claim speech: other	past	Thick cedar bands			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	break	could	mink		with one quick breath	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with breath=Instrument

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