Exam question 2 · Indian Folk Tales, The Turtle and His Bride, part 1: the h…

What circumstance induces the turtle's army to abandon its advance?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: circumstance · What happens: induce, abandon, advance · To what, where: army, advance

This is exam question 2 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	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	2 circumstance	det
2	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 induces	nsubj
3	induces	induce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 turtle	det
5	turtle	turtle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 army	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 turtle	case
7	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 induces	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 abandon	mark
9	abandon	abandon	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 induces	advcl
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 advance	nmod:poss
11	advance	advance	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 abandon	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 induces	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	induce	present	what circumstance	the turtle's army	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent army=Patient
2	abandon	to-infinitive	what circumstance not said here	circumstance's advance	vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme advance=Source
3	advance		circumstance		nom advance «event intransitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice

A large tree that had fallen right across the only path through the forest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 tree	det
2	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 tree	amod
3	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 fallen	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 fallen	aux
6	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 tree	acl:relcl
7	right	right	ADV	_	6 fallen	advmod
8	across	across	ADP	_	11 path	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 path	det
10	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 path	amod
11	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fallen	obl
12	through	through	ADP	_	14 forest	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 forest	det
14	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fallen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past · perfect	a large tree			the only path		through the forest; right property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme across path=Initial_Location through forest=Destination

Option 2

A flood that washed out the path ahead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 flood	det
2	flood	flood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 washed	nsubj
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 washed	nsubj
4	washed	wash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 washed	compound:prt
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 path	det
7	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 washed	obj
8	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	4 washed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash out	past	a flood	the path				ahead property	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent path=Patient

Option 3

A fallen tree lying across their path

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 tree	det
2	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 tree	amod
3	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 tree	acl
5	across	across	ADP	_	7 path	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 path	nmod:poss
7	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	participle							vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	lie	gerund	a fallen tree not said here			their path			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

An obstruction in the form of a fallen tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 obstruction	det
2	obstruction	obstruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 form	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 form	det
5	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 obstruction	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 tree	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 tree	det
8	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 tree	amod
9	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 form	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	participle							vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	form			a fallen tree					nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient

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