Exam question 4 · Lapland Fairy Tales, Patto and the Stalos, part 59: Patto…

In what location did the eldest Sodno conceal himself while awaiting the Stalo's approach?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: eldest Sodno, Stalo · What happens: conceal, await, approach · To what, where: Sodno, approach

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1193 «Lapland Fairy Tales, Patto and the Stalos, part 59: Patto kills Stalo and the Sodnos rescue Lyma» 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	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 conceal	obl
3	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 what	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 conceal	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Sodno	det
6	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 Sodno	amod
7	Sodno	Sodno	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 conceal	nsubj
8	conceal	conceal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	8 conceal	obj
10	while	while	SCONJ	_	11 awaiting	mark
11	awaiting	await	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 conceal	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Stalo	det
13	Stalo	Stalo	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 approach	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 Stalo	case
15	approach	approach	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 awaiting	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 conceal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	conceal	past · do-support	the eldest Sodno	Sodno	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent himself=Patient in what=Location
2	await	gerund	the eldest Sodno not said here	the Stalo's approach	tree rules
3	approach		the Stalo		nom approach «act intransitive»: 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

Hidden in the shadows by the big door in the hall, and then at the little back door of the kitchen, where he waited quietly with his sword

The tree, 28 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 shadows	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 shadows	det
4	shadows	shadow	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hidden	obl
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 door	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 door	det
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 door	amod
8	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hidden	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 hall	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hall	det
11	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 door	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 door	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 door	cc
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	19 door	advmod
15	at	at	ADP	_	19 door	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 door	det
17	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 door	amod
18	back	back	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 door	amod
19	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hidden	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 kitchen	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 kitchen	det
22	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 door	nmod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 waited	punct
24	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	26 waited	advmod
25	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 waited	nsubj
26	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 kitchen	acl:relcl
27	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	26 waited	advmod
28	with	with	ADP	_	30 sword	case
29	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	30 sword	nmod:poss
30	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 waited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	participle				the shadows		by the big door in the hall; at the little back door of the kitchen	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in shadow=Location
2	wait	past	he					with his sword; quietly property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Behind the big door of the house, and also at the little door at the back, where he could strike the eldest Stalo as he came out

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Behind	behind	ADP	_	4 door	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 door	det
3	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 door	amod
4	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 strike	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 house	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 house	det
7	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 door	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 door	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 door	cc
10	also	also	ADV	_	14 door	advmod
11	at	at	ADP	_	14 door	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 door	det
13	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 door	amod
14	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 door	nmod
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 back	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 back	det
17	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 door	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 strike	punct
19	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	22 strike	advmod
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 strike	nsubj
21	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 strike	aux
22	strike	strike	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 Stalo	det
24	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	25 Stalo	amod
25	Stalo	Stalo	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 strike	obj
26	as	as	SCONJ	_	28 came	mark
27	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 came	nsubj
28	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 strike	advcl
29	out	out	ADV	_	28 came	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	could	he	the eldest Stalo		the big door of the house at the little door at the back			vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent stalo=Instrument
2	come out	past	he					out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Behind the wood pile, and by the small gate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Behind	behind	ADP	_	4 pile	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pile	det
3	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pile	compound
4	pile	pile	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 pile	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 gate	cc
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 gate	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 gate	det
9	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 gate	amod
10	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pile	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Behind the big door, and at the little door at the back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Behind	behind	ADP	_	4 door	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 door	det
3	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 door	amod
4	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 door	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 door	cc
7	at	at	ADP	_	10 door	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 door	det
9	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 door	amod
10	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 door	nmod
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 back	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 back	det
13	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 door	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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