Exam question 2 · Indian Folklore, Ball-Carrier, part 13: the witch buries t…
Which object did the witch hide in the earth, and for what stated reason did she do so?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object, witch, reason · What happens: do, hide, state · To what, where: earth
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1212 «Indian Folklore, Ball-Carrier, part 13: the witch buries the gold and the bridge, and Ball-Carrier goes home» 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 | DET | PronType=Int | 2 object | det |
| 2 | object | object | 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 witch | det |
| 5 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hide | nsubj |
| 6 | hide | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 did | ccomp |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 earth | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 earth | det |
| 9 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hide | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 stated | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 stated | cc |
| 12 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 14 stated | mark |
| 13 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 14 stated | nsubj |
| 14 | stated | state | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 did | parataxis |
| 15 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 do | nsubj:outer |
| 16 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 do | aux |
| 17 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 do | nsubj |
| 18 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 stated | ccomp |
| 19 | so | so | ADV | _ | 18 do | advmod |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | which object | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | hide | present | the witch | the earth | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in earth=Location | ||||
| 3 | state speech: other | past | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 4 | do | past · do-support | reason | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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 · ✓ the right answer
The gold, so people must work for it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 gold | det |
| 2 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 work | punct |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 work | advmod |
| 5 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 work | nsubj |
| 6 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 work | aux |
| 7 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 gold | acl:relcl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 it | case |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 work | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | must | people | the gold not said here | for gold | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent gold=Theme for it=Eventuality |
Option 2
The gold, so people must dig and work hard for it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 gold | det |
| 2 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 dig | punct |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 dig | advmod |
| 5 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 dig | nsubj |
| 6 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 dig | aux |
| 7 | dig | dig | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 gold | conj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 work | cc |
| 9 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 dig | conj |
| 10 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 9 work | advmod |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 it | case |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 work | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dig | must | people | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | work | infinitive | people not said here | for gold; hard property | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for it=Beneficiary |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
The bridge, so people cannot cross the sea easily to reach them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bridge | det |
| 2 | bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 cross | punct |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 cross | advmod |
| 5 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 cross | nsubj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 cross | aux |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 cross | advmod |
| 8 | cross | cross | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 bridge | conj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 sea | det |
| 10 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cross | obj |
| 11 | easily | easily | ADV | _ | 8 cross | advmod |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 reach | mark |
| 13 | reach | reach | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 cross | advcl |
| 14 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 reach | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not cross | can | people | the sea | easily property | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sea=Patient | |||
| 2 | reach | to-infinitive | people not said here | people | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
Option 4
The bridge, so people cannot cross
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bridge | det |
| 2 | bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 cross | punct |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 cross | advmod |
| 5 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 cross | nsubj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 cross | aux |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 cross | advmod |
| 8 | cross | cross | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 bridge | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not cross | can | people | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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