Exam question 2 · Indian Fairy Tales, Ball-Carrier, part 11: the boy is fatt…

With reference to the passage, by what means was the boy confined during the period of his fattening?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: passage, boy · What happens: mean, be, confine · To what, where: boy

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1210 «Indian Fairy Tales, Ball-Carrier, part 11: the boy is fattened up for a feast» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 boy	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 means	punct
7	by	by	SCONJ	_	9 means	mark
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 means	nsubj
9	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 passage	acl:relcl
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 boy	cop
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 boy	det
12	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 confined	nsubj
13	confined	confine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	during	during	ADP	_	16 period	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 period	det
16	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 confined	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 fattening	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 fattening	nmod:poss
19	fattening	fattening	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 period	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 confined	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	the passage				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past		the boy		with reference to the passage	tree rules
3	confine	past	the boy		during the period of boy's fattening		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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

By a belt looped round a beam in the kitchen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 belt	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 belt	det
3	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	looped	loop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 belt	acl
5	round	round	ADP	_	7 beam	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 beam	det
7	beam	beam	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 looped	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 kitchen	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 kitchen	det
10	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 looped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	loop	participle		a belt not said here		the kitchen		round a beam	vn coil-9.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round beam=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

By an iron chain fastened to a heavy ring set into the stone wall of a shed

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	4 chain	case
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 chain	det
3	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chain	compound
4	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	fastened	fasten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 chain	acl
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 ring	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 ring	det
8	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 ring	amod
9	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fastened	obl
10	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 ring	acl
11	into	into	ADP	_	14 wall	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 wall	det
13	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 wall	compound
14	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 set	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 shed	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 shed	det
17	shed	shed	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 wall	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fasten	participle		a iron chain not said here				to a heavy ring	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to ring=Co-Patient
2	set	participle		a heavy ring not said here		the stone wall of a shed			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

By a long leather strap wound round the bench, tied to a beam in the hut kitchen

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	6 wound	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 wound	det
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wound	amod
4	leather	leather	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 strap	compound
5	strap	strap	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wound	compound
6	wound	wound	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	round	round	ADP	_	9 bench	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bench	det
9	bench	bench	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wound	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 tied	punct
11	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 wound	acl
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 beam	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 beam	det
14	beam	beam	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tied	obl
15	in	in	ADP	_	18 kitchen	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 kitchen	det
17	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 kitchen	compound
18	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	participle		a long strap wound round the bench not said here		the hut kitchen		to a beam	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to beam=Co-Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

By a chain fastened to a ring set in the wall of a shed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 chain	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 chain	det
3	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	fastened	fasten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 chain	acl
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 ring	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 ring	det
7	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fastened	obl
8	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 ring	acl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 wall	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wall	det
11	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 set	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 shed	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 shed	det
14	shed	shed	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wall	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fasten	participle		a chain not said here				to a ring	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to ring=Co-Patient
2	set	participle		a ring not said here		the wall of a shed			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in wall=Destination

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