Exam question 4 · Indian Folk Tales, The Turtle and His Bride, part 1: the h…

Which character first speaks of the hare's cleverness at the end of the first tale?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: character · What happens: speak · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 character	det
2	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 speaks	nsubj
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 speaks	advmod
4	speaks	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 cleverness	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hare	det
7	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cleverness	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 hare	case
9	cleverness	cleverness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 speaks	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 end	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 end	det
12	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cleverness	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 tale	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 tale	det
15	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	16 tale	amod
16	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 end	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 speaks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	present	which character					of the hare's cleverness at the end of the first tale; first property	vn talk-37.5 «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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The grandmother, who sees he is wiser than she

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 grandmother	det
2	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wiser	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sees	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 sees	nsubj
5	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 grandmother	acl:relcl
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sees	obj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 wiser	cop
8	wiser	wise	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
9	than	than	ADP	_	10 she	case
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 wiser	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	the grandmother	he					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
2	is	present	the grandmother					than she; wise property	tree rules

Option 2

The grandfather, who had been sitting by the fire the whole time and noticed everything

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 grandfather	det
2	grandfather	grandfather	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 noticed	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 sitting	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 sitting	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 sitting	aux
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 sitting	aux
7	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 grandfather	acl:relcl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 fire	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fire	det
10	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sitting	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 time	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 time	amod
13	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sitting	obl:unmarked
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 sitting	cc
15	noticed	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	15 noticed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past · perfect · progressive	the grandfather				time	by the fire	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by fire=Location
2	notice	past	the grandfather	everything					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus

Option 3

The grandmother, when she is cooking the hare

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 grandmother	det
2	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 cooking	punct
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 cooking	advmod
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 cooking	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 cooking	aux
7	cooking	cook	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 grandmother	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hare	det
9	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cooking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cook	present · progressive	she	the hare					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hare=Patient

Option 4

The grandmother, who was shocked and angry that the hare had tricked the whales at the river

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 grandmother	det
2	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 shocked	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 shocked	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 shocked	cop
6	shocked	shocked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 grandmother	acl:relcl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 angry	cc
8	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 shocked	conj
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 tricked	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hare	det
11	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 tricked	nsubj:pass
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 tricked	aux
13	tricked	trick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 shocked	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 whales	det
15	whales	whale	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 tricked	obj
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 river	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 river	det
18	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 tricked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	the grandmother			shocked property	tree rules
2	be		the grandmother not said here				tree rules
3	trick	past · perfect · passive		the hare	the river		tree rules

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