Exam question 1 · Indian Folk Tales, The Turtle and His Bride, part 1: the h…

In what manner does the hare obtain the means of crossing the river?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: hare, the · What happens: obtain, mean, cross · To what, where: manner, river

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1218 «Indian Folk Tales, The Turtle and His Bride, part 1: the hare brings fire home, the turtle goes to war for his bride» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 obtain	obl
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 obtain	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hare	det
6	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 obtain	nsubj
7	obtain	obtain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 means	nsubj
9	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 obtain	ccomp
10	of	of	SCONJ	_	11 crossing	mark
11	crossing	cross	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 means	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 river	det
13	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 crossing	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 obtain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	obtain	present · do-support	the hare		what manner	tree rules
2	mean	present	the			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	cross	gerund	the not said here	the river		vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Patient

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

By wishing himself across after jumping

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 wishing	mark
2	wishing	wish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 wishing	obj
4	across	across	ADV	_	2 wishing	advmod
5	after	after	SCONJ	_	6 jumping	mark
6	jumping	jump	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 wishing	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	gerund		himself = he				across property	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot himself=Theme
2	jump	gerund							vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

By jumping onto the backs of several whales and wishing himself across the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 jumping	mark
2	jumping	jump	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	onto	onto	ADP	_	5 backs	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 backs	det
5	backs	back	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 jumping	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 whales	case
7	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 whales	amod
8	whales	whale	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 backs	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 wishing	cc
10	wishing	wish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 jumping	conj
11	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	10 wishing	obj
12	across	across	ADP	_	14 water	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 water	det
14	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wishing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump	gerund				the backs of several whales			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme onto back=Trajectory
2	wish	gerund		himself = he		the water			vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot himself=Theme

Option 3

By asking the whales to carry him over

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 asking	mark
2	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 whales	det
4	whales	whale	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 asking	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 carry	mark
6	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 asking	xcomp
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 carry	obj
8	over	over	ADP	_	6 carry	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	gerund			the whales				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent whale=Recipient clause=Topic
2	carry over not said to happen	to-infinitive		him = he					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4

By calling the whales across

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 calling	mark
2	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 whales	det
4	whales	whale	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 calling	obj
5	across	across	ADV	_	2 calling	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	gerund			the whales			across property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent whale=Recipient

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