Exam question 3 · Lapland Tales, Andras Baive, part 60: the bailiff chases A…

What stratagem did the bailiff adopt in his pursuit of Andras Baive?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: bailiff · What happens: adopt, pursue · To what, where: pursuit, Andras

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1194 «Lapland Tales, Andras Baive, part 60: the bailiff chases Andras, who outwits him with reindeer magic and a daring leap» 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	6 adopt	obl
2	stratagem	stratagem	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 adopt	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bailiff	det
5	bailiff	bailiff	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 adopt	nsubj
6	adopt	adopt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 pursuit	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 pursuit	nmod:poss
9	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 adopt	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 Andras	case
11	Andras	Andras	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 pursuit	nmod
12	Baive	Baive	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Andras	flat
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 adopt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	adopt	past · do-support	the bailiff			bailiff's pursuit of Andras			vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	pursue		bailiff	Andras					nom pursuit «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

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 brought his son along

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 brought	nsubj
2	brought	bring	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 son	nmod:poss
4	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 brought	obj
5	along	along	ADV	_	2 brought	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	past	He		his son			along property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument son=Destination

Option 2

He hid

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 hid	nsubj
2	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	He						vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He sent a letter to the king

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 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 letter	det
4	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 king	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 king	det
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	He	a letter	the king				vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme to king=Destination

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

He disguised himself as a Stalo

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 disguised	nsubj
2	disguised	disguise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 disguised	obj
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 Stalo	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 Stalo	det
6	Stalo	Stalo	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 disguised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disguise	past	He	himself = he				as a Stalo	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Destination

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