Exam question 4 · Lapland Tales, Andras Baive, part 60: the bailiff chases A…

By what means did Andras Baive elude the Stalo across the river?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Andras · What happens: mean, elude · To what, where: Stalo, river

This is exam question 4 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 elude	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 elude	aux
5	Andras	Andras	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 elude	nsubj
6	Baive	Baive	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Andras	flat
7	elude	elude	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Stalo	det
9	Stalo	Stalo	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 elude	obj
10	across	across	ADP	_	12 river	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 river	det
12	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 elude	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 elude	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	elude	past · do-support	Andras	the Stalo		the river			vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent stalo=Location

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

He called upon the spirits of the mountains and became a fast reindeer calf

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 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 spirits	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 spirits	det
5	spirits	spirit	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 called	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 mountains	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 mountains	det
8	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 spirits	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 became	cc
10	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 called	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 calf	det
12	fast	fast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 calf	amod
13	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 calf	compound
14	calf	calf	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 became	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	He					upon the spirits of the mountains	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	become	past	He not said here	a fast reindeer calf					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 2

He changed into a stag and leapt

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 changed	nsubj
2	changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 stag	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 stag	det
5	stag	stag	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 changed	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 leapt	cc
7	leapt	leapt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stag	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	past	He					into a stag and leapt result	vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into stag=Result

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He transformed into a reindeer calf

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 transformed	nsubj
2	transformed	transform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	6 calf	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 calf	det
5	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 calf	compound
6	calf	calf	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 transformed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transform	past	He					into a reindeer calf result	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into calf=Result

Option 4

He magically turned his whole body into a small reindeer calf and bounded

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 turned	nsubj
2	magically	magically	ADV	_	3 turned	advmod
3	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 body	nmod:poss
5	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 body	amod
6	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turned	obj
7	into	into	ADP	_	11 calf	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 calf	det
9	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 calf	amod
10	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 calf	compound
11	calf	calf	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turned	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 bounded	cc
13	bounded	bound	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 calf	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	He	his whole body				into a small reindeer calf result; magically property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent body=Theme into calf=Result
2	bound	participle	He not said here						vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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