Exam question 3 · Indian Folk Tales, The Turtle and His Bride, part 1: the h…

By what means does the turtle announce his arrival at the hut of the woman?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: turtle · What happens: mean, announce, arrive · To what, where: arrival, hut

This is exam question 3 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 announce	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 announce	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 turtle	det
6	turtle	turtle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 announce	nsubj
7	announce	announce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 arrival	nmod:poss
9	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 announce	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 hut	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hut	det
12	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 announce	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 woman	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 woman	det
15	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hut	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 announce	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	announce speech: other	present · do-support	the turtle	turtle's arrival	the hut of the woman	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrival=Theme
3	arrive		turtle			nom arrival «act 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

He sends a messenger ahead of him with a drum and a song

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sends	nsubj
2	sends	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 messenger	det
4	messenger	messenger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sends	obj
5	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	2 sends	advmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 ahead	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 drum	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 drum	det
10	drum	drum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sends	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 song	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 song	det
13	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 drum	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	present	He	a messenger				with a drum and a song; ahead property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent messenger=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He rattles fringes and ornaments as he walks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rattles	nsubj
2	rattles	rattle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	fringes	fringe	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 rattles	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 ornaments	cc
5	ornaments	ornament	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fringes	conj
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 walks	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 walks	nsubj
8	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 rattles	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rattle	present	He	fringes and ornaments					vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent fringe=Theme
2	walk	present	he						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He calls out his name and rattles his fringes at the door of the hut

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 calls	nsubj
2	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 calls	compound:prt
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 name	nmod:poss
5	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 calls	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 rattles	cc
7	rattles	rattle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 calls	conj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 fringes	nmod:poss
9	fringes	fringe	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 rattles	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 door	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 door	det
12	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rattles	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 hut	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 hut	det
15	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 door	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	call out speech: assert	present	He	his name		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient
2	rattle	present	He not said here	his fringes	at the door of the hut	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme PP.recipient PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent fringe=Theme at door=Stimulus
3	name		his = he			nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

He rattles bells as he walks in the dark

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rattles	nsubj
2	rattles	rattle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	bells	bell	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 rattles	obj
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	6 walks	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 walks	nsubj
6	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 rattles	advcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 dark	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dark	det
9	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 walks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rattle	present	He	bells					vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent bell=Theme
2	walk	present	he			the dark			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dark=Trajectory

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