Exam question 2 · Indian Myths, The Boy and the Bear Chief, part 24: the chi…

Which account correctly states the manner in which the youngest brother discovered the fate of his parents?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: account, youngest brother · What happens: state, discover, fate · To what, where: manner, fate, parents

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1223 «Indian Myths, The Boy and the Bear Chief, part 24: the chief turns the brothers half bear, and the little hunter burns the mountain» 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 account	det
2	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 states	nsubj
3	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	4 states	advmod
4	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 manner	det
6	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 states	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 which	case
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 discovered	obl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 brother	det
10	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	11 brother	amod
11	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 discovered	nsubj
12	discovered	discover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 states	parataxis
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 fate	det
14	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 discovered	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 parents	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 parents	nmod:poss
17	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 fate	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	present	which account	the manner	correctly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent manner=Topic
2	discover	past	the youngest brother	the fate of brother's parents		vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fate=Topic
3	fate			brother's parents		nom fate «event transitive»: of=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

He found them in the snow.

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 found	nsubj
2	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 found	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 snow	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 snow	det
6	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 found	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 found	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	He	them = they		the snow			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic

Option 2

He spotted their dog in a hollow and dug out their bodies by the river.

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 spotted	nsubj
2	spotted	spot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 dog	nmod:poss
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spotted	obj
5	in	in	SCONJ	_	9 dug	mark
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 dug	det
7	hollow	hollow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 dug	nsubj:pass
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 dug	cc
9	dug	dig	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 spotted	advcl
10	out	out	ADP	_	9 dug	compound:prt
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 bodies	nmod:poss
12	bodies	body	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 dug	obj
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 river	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 river	det
15	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dug	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 spotted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spot	past	He		their dog				vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent dog=Destination
2	dig out	participle · passive	the river	hollow					vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary body=Result

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He found their bodies in the snow after following their tracks to a pit.

The tree, 14 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 found	nsubj
2	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 bodies	nmod:poss
4	bodies	body	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 found	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 snow	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 snow	det
7	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 found	obl
8	after	after	SCONJ	_	9 following	mark
9	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 found	advcl
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 tracks	nmod:poss
11	tracks	track	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 following	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 pit	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 pit	det
14	pit	pit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 following	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 found	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	He	their bodies		the snow			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Topic
2	follow	gerund	He not said here	bodies's tracks		a pit			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent track=Theme to pit=Trajectory

Option 4

He followed their trail to a cave and found their bones in the snow.

The tree, 14 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 followed	nsubj
2	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 trail	nmod:poss
4	trail	trail	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 followed	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 cave	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cave	det
7	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 followed	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 found	cc
9	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 followed	conj
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 bones	nmod:poss
11	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 found	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 snow	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 snow	det
14	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 found	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 followed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	past	He	their trail		a cave			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent trail=Theme to cave=Trajectory
2	find	past	He not said here	their bones		the snow			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Topic

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