Exam question 4 · Indian Tales, Adventures of an Indian Brave, part 1: the m…

What did the young brave do to his father after the transformation into a baby and man?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do · To what, where: young brave do, baby

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 do	det
4	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 do	amod
5	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 do	amod
6	do	do	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 father	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 father	nmod:poss
9	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obl
10	after	after	ADP	_	12 transformation	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 transformation	det
12	transformation	transformation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obl
13	into	into	ADP	_	15 baby	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 baby	det
15	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 man	cc
17	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 baby	conj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the young brave do		a baby and man	after the transformation	to his father	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent do=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

He persuaded his father to follow him deep into the forest, up a steep tree, and then left him to starve

The tree, 21 words

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 persuaded	nsubj
2	persuaded	persuade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 father	nmod:poss
4	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 persuaded	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 follow	mark
6	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 persuaded	advcl
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 follow	obj
8	deep	deep	ADV	_	11 forest	advmod
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 forest	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 forest	det
11	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 follow	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 tree	punct
13	up	up	ADP	_	16 tree	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 tree	det
15	steep	steep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 tree	amod
16	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 follow	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 left	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 left	cc
19	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	20 left	advmod
20	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 persuaded	conj
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 left	obj
22	to	to	PART	_	23 starve	mark
23	starve	starve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 left	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	persuade	past	He	his father				vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Patient
2	follow	to-infinitive	He not said here	him = he	the forest		up a steep tree	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme into forest=Trajectory
3	leave	past	He not said here	him = he		then		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
4	starve	to-infinitive	He not said here					tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He lured his father to a high tree and then made him climb to the top where the birds were waiting

The tree, 21 words

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 lured	nsubj
2	lured	lure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 father	nmod:poss
4	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lured	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 tree	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 tree	det
7	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 tree	amod
8	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lured	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 made	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 made	advmod
11	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 lured	conj
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 made	obj
13	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 made	xcomp
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 top	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 top	det
16	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 climb	obl
17	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	21 waiting	advmod
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 birds	det
19	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 waiting	nsubj
20	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 waiting	aux
21	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 top	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lure	past	He	his father			to a high tree result	vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent father=Patient to tree=Result
2	make	past	He not said here	him = he		then		tree rules
3	climb	infinitive	him = he not said here		the top			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to top=Destination
4	wait	past · progressive	the birds					vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He lured him up a tree and made him climb

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 lured	nsubj
2	lured	lure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lured	obj
4	up	up	ADP	_	2 lured	compound:prt
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tree	det
6	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lured	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 made	cc
8	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 lured	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 made	obj
10	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 made	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	lure up	past	He	him = he	tree rules
2	make	past	He not said here	him = he	tree rules
3	climb	infinitive	him = he not said here		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He tricked him into climbing a tree

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 tricked	nsubj
2	tricked	trick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tricked	obj
4	into	into	SCONJ	_	5 climbing	mark
5	climbing	climb	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 tricked	advcl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 tree	det
7	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 climbing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	past	He	him = he					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	climb	gerund	He not said here	a tree					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location tree=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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