Exam question 1 · pg3282, Rosald and Geirald, part 21: Rosald slays the gian…

Which of the following statements most accurately describes the action of Rosald in relation to the giant as recounted in the passage?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Rosald · What happens: follow, describe, recount, act · To what, where: action, relation, passage

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1220 «pg3282, Rosald and Geirald, part 21: Rosald slays the giant, then fights the tourney in Geirald's clothes, and the queen grows suspicious» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 describes	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 describes	advmod
8	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 action	det
10	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 describes	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 Rosald	case
12	Rosald	Rosald	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 action	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 relation	case
14	relation	relation	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 action	nmod
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 giant	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 giant	det
17	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 describes	obl
18	as	as	SCONJ	_	19 recounted	mark
19	recounted	recount	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 giant	advcl
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 passage	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 passage	det
22	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 recounted	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the action of Rosald	relation	of the following statements; to the giant; accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent action=Theme to giant=be'
3	recount speech: other	participle			the passage		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	act		Rosald		relation		nom action «act intransitive»: of=agent in=place

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

Rosald hit the giant hard across the face and later cut its neck with a blade of iron

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rosald	Rosald	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 hit	nsubj
2	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 giant	det
4	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 hit	obj
5	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 hit	advmod
6	across	across	ADP	_	8 face	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 face	det
8	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hit	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 cut	cc
10	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	11 cut	advmod
11	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 hit	conj
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 neck	nmod:poss
13	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cut	obj
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 blade	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 blade	det
16	blade	blade	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cut	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 iron	case
18	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 blade	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	past	Rosald	the giant		the face		hard property	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme giant=Co-Theme
2	cut	past	Rosald not said here	face's neck				with a blade of iron; late property	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neck=Patient with blade=Instrument

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Rosald struck the giant on the forehead and then severed its head with his sword

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rosald	Rosald	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 struck	nsubj
2	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 giant	det
4	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 struck	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 forehead	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 forehead	det
7	forehead	forehead	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 struck	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 severed	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 severed	advmod
10	severed	sever	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 struck	conj
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 head	nmod:poss
12	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 severed	obj
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 sword	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 sword	nmod:poss
15	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 severed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past	Rosald	the giant				on the forehead	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent giant=Instrument on forehead=Patient
2	sever	past	Rosald not said here	forehead's head			then	with Rosald's sword	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme

Option 3

Rosald struck the giant on the forehead and afterwards took the giant's head away in a wallet

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rosald	Rosald	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 struck	nsubj
2	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 giant	det
4	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 struck	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 forehead	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 forehead	det
7	forehead	forehead	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 struck	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 took	cc
9	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	_	10 took	advmod
10	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 struck	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 giant	det
12	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 head	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 giant	case
14	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 took	obj
15	away	away	ADV	_	10 took	advmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 wallet	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 wallet	det
18	wallet	wallet	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 took	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past	Rosald	the giant				on the forehead	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent giant=Instrument on forehead=Patient
2	take	past	Rosald not said here	the giant's head		a wallet		afterwards, away property	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent head=Value in wallet=Location

Option 4

Rosald struck the giant on the forehead with his iron club, and then severed its head with his sword before carrying it back to the king as proof of victory and courage

The tree, 32 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rosald	Rosald	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 struck	nsubj
2	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 giant	det
4	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 struck	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 forehead	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 forehead	det
7	forehead	forehead	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 struck	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 club	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 club	nmod:poss
10	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 club	compound
11	club	club	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 struck	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 severed	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 severed	cc
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 severed	advmod
15	severed	sever	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 struck	conj
16	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 head	nmod:poss
17	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 severed	obj
18	with	with	ADP	_	20 sword	case
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 sword	nmod:poss
20	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 severed	obl
21	before	before	SCONJ	_	22 carrying	mark
22	carrying	carry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 severed	advcl
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 carrying	obj
24	back	back	ADV	_	22 carrying	advmod
25	to	to	ADP	_	27 king	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 king	det
27	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 carrying	obl
28	as	as	ADP	_	29 proof	case
29	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 carrying	obl
30	of	of	ADP	_	31 victory	case
31	victory	victory	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 proof	nmod
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 courage	cc
33	courage	courage	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 proof	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past	Rosald	the giant			with Rosald's iron club; on the forehead	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent giant=Instrument on forehead=Patient
2	sever	past	Rosald not said here	club's head		then	with Rosald's sword	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme
3	carry back	gerund	Rosald not said here	head	the king		as proof of victory and courage	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to king=Destination
4	proof			victory				nom proof «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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