Exam question 1 · Folk Tales, The Sacred Milk of Koumongoé, part 2: Thakane…

What was the principal reason given by the father for conveying his daughter to the ogre?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be, give, convey · To what, where: principal reason, daughter, ogre

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1224 «Folk Tales, The Sacred Milk of Koumongoé, part 2: Thakane is taken to the ogre, and the animals ask why» 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	PRON	PronType=Int	5 reason	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 reason	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reason	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reason	amod
5	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 reason	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 father	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 father	det
9	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 given	obl
10	for	for	SCONJ	_	11 conveying	mark
11	conveying	convey	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 given	advcl
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 daughter	nmod:poss
13	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 conveying	obj
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 ogre	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 ogre	det
16	ogre	ogre	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 conveying	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the principal reason			tree rules
2	give	participle	the principal reason not said here		by the father	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	convey	gerund	his daughter	the ogre		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent daughter=Topic to ogre=Recipient

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

She had touched the sacred tree which belonged to her mother and himself alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 touched	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 touched	aux
3	touched	touch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tree	det
5	sacred	sacred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tree	amod
6	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 touched	obj
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 belonged	nsubj
8	belonged	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 tree	acl:relcl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 mother	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 mother	nmod:poss
11	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 belonged	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 himself	cc
13	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	8 belonged	conj
14	alone	alone	ADV	_	8 belonged	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	touch	past · perfect	She	the sacred tree					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tree=Co-Theme
2	belong	past	the sacred tree					to her mother; alone property	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme

Option 2

She had broken a rule by touching the sacred tree of the family house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 broken	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 broken	aux
3	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 rule	det
5	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 broken	obj
6	by	by	SCONJ	_	7 touching	mark
7	touching	touch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 broken	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 tree	det
9	sacred	sacred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 tree	amod
10	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 touching	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 house	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 house	det
13	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 house	compound
14	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tree	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past · perfect	She	a rule					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rule=Patient
2	touch	gerund	She not said here	the sacred tree of the family house					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tree=Co-Theme

Option 3

She had disobeyed her mother and touched the tree that the whole village guarded

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 disobeyed	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 disobeyed	aux
3	disobeyed	disobey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mother	nmod:poss
5	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disobeyed	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 touched	cc
7	touched	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 disobeyed	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tree	det
9	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 touched	obj
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 village	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 village	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 village	amod
13	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 touched	obl
14	guarded	guard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 village	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	disobey	past	She	her mother		tree rules
2	touch	past	She not said here	the tree	the whole village obl	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tree=Co-Theme
3	guard	participle		the whole village not said here		vn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 4

She had touched the sacred tree which belonged to her mother and himself alone, so the ogre was owed a meal of her

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 touched	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 touched	aux
3	touched	touch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tree	det
5	sacred	sacred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tree	amod
6	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 touched	obj
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 belonged	nsubj
8	belonged	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 tree	acl:relcl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 mother	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 mother	nmod:poss
11	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 belonged	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 himself	cc
13	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	8 belonged	conj
14	alone	alone	ADV	_	8 belonged	advmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 owed	punct
16	so	so	ADV	_	20 owed	advmod
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 ogre	det
18	ogre	ogre	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 owed	nsubj:pass
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 owed	aux:pass
20	owed	owe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 touched	parataxis
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 meal	det
22	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 owed	obj
23	of	of	ADP	_	24 her	case
24	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 meal	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	touch	past · perfect	She	the sacred tree		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tree=Co-Theme
2	belong	past	the sacred tree		to her mother; alone property	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
3	owe	past · passive		the ogre		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal meal=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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