Exam question 3 · Myths and Legends of the Sioux, How Ball-carrier Finished…

Which of the following accurately states the circumstances under which Ball-Carrier's family came to suffer hardship?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: family · What happens: follow, state, come, suffer · To what, where: circumstances, hardship

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1211 «Myths and Legends of the Sioux, How Ball-carrier Finished His Task, part 12: Lung-Woman is scalded and the Bad One drowns» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 states	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 states	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 states	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 states	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 states	advmod
6	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 circumstances	det
8	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 states	obj
9	under	under	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 came	obl
11	Ball	Ball	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Carrier	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 Ball	punct
13	Carrier	Carrier	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 family	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 Carrier	case
15	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 came	nsubj
16	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 circumstances	acl:relcl
17	to	to	PART	_	18 suffer	mark
18	suffer	suffer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 came	xcomp
19	hardship	hardship	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 suffer	obj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present		the circumstances		accurately property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent circumstance=Topic
3	come	past	Ball Carrier's family		the circumstances		tree rules
4	suffer	to-infinitive	Ball Carrier's family not said here	hardship			vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hardship=Stimulus

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

Following the death of Ball-Carrier himself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 death	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 death	det
3	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 Carrier	case
5	Ball	Ball	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Carrier	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 Ball	punct
7	Carrier	Carrier	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 death	nmod
8	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 death	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	die		Ball Carrier						nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

After the Bad One's servant was set free

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	6 servant	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 One	det
3	Bad	Bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 One	amod
4	One	One	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 servant	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 One	case
6	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 set	obl
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 set	aux:pass
8	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 set	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	past · passive					after the Bad One's servant	free property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»

Option 3

Following the loss of their sacred lodge fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 loss	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 loss	det
3	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 fire	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 fire	nmod:poss
6	sacred	sacred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 fire	amod
7	lodge	lodge	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fire	compound
8	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 loss	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	fire		their = they						nom fire «event transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Following the death of Ball-Carrier himself, when no one remained to hunt and the stores ran out

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 death	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 death	det
3	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 Carrier	case
5	Ball	Ball	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Carrier	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 Ball	punct
7	Carrier	Carrier	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 death	nmod
8	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	7 Carrier	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 remained	punct
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 remained	advmod
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 one	det
12	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 remained	nsubj
13	remained	remain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 death	acl:relcl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 hunt	mark
15	hunt	hunt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 remained	xcomp
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 ran	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 stores	det
18	stores	store	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 ran	nsubj
19	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 hunt	conj
20	out	out	ADP	_	19 ran	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	follow	gerund		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	remain	participle	no one	tree rules
3	hunt	to-infinitive	no one not said here	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	run out	past	the stores	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	die		Ball Carrier Carrier	nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent

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