Exam question 4 · Popular Tales from the Norse, The Hill-Man: Hans becomes a…

What sentence did the king pronounce upon the father who had buried his daughter alive?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: sentence, king · What happens: do, pronounce, bury · To what, where: father

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1199 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Hill-Man: Hans becomes a ring, the princess is walled up, and the hill-man dies under a stone» 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	3 did	obj
2	sentence	sentence	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	5 king	det
5	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pronounce	nsubj
6	pronounce	pronounce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	ccomp
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 father	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 father	det
9	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pronounce	obl
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 buried	nsubj:pass
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 buried	aux
12	buried	bury	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 father	acl:relcl
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 daughter	nmod:poss
14	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 buried	obj
15	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 pronounce	xcomp
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	sentence			tree rules
2	pronounce	present	the king		upon the father; alive property	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	bury	past · perfect · passive		the father		vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme daughter=Destination

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 · ✓ the right answer

Burn him alive and strew his ashes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Burn	burn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Burn	obj
3	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Burn	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 strew	cc
5	strew	strew	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Burn	conj
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 ashes	nmod:poss
7	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 strew	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	imperative	you not said here	him = he				alive property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	strew	infinitive	you not said here	his ashes					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ash=Theme

Option 2

Drown him in the sea at dawn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Drown	drown	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Drown	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 sea	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sea	det
5	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Drown	obl
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 dawn	case
7	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Drown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drown	imperative	you not said here	him = he		the sea	dawn		vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 3

Bury him alive and forget him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bury	bury	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Bury	obj
3	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Bury	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 forget	cc
5	forget	forget	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Bury	conj
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 forget	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bury	imperative	you not said here	him = he				alive property	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	forget	infinitive	you not said here	him = he					tree rules

Option 4

Hang him high

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hang	hang	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Hang	obj
3	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Hang	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	imperative	you not said here	him = he				high property	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

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