Exam question 3 · Folk Tales, The Sacred Milk of Koumongoé, part 2: Thakane…

What did Thakane's father instruct his servants to do after he had decided upon his course?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: father · What happens: instruct, do, decide · To what, where: servants

This is exam question 3 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	6 instruct	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 instruct	aux
3	Thakane	Thakane	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 father	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Thakane	case
5	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 instruct	nsubj
6	instruct	instruct	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 servants	nmod:poss
8	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 instruct	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 do	mark
10	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 instruct	xcomp
11	after	after	SCONJ	_	14 decided	mark
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 decided	nsubj
13	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 decided	aux
14	decided	decide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 do	advcl
15	upon	upon	ADP	_	17 course	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 course	nmod:poss
17	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 decided	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 instruct	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	instruct speech: other	past · do-support	Thakane's father	father's servants		tree rules
2	do	to-infinitive	Thakane's father not said here			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	decide	past · perfect	father		upon father's course	vn correspond-36.1-1 «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

Nothing, since he chose to go alone with his daughter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 chose	obl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 chose	punct
3	since	since	SCONJ	_	5 chose	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 chose	nsubj
5	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 go	mark
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 chose	xcomp
8	alone	alone	ADV	_	7 go	advmod
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 daughter	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 daughter	nmod:poss
11	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	past	he	Nothing					tree rules
2	go	to-infinitive	he not said here					with his daughter; alone property	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with daughter=Beneficiary

Option 2

Return home with the cattle and all the servants safely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Return	return	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	home	home	ADV	_	1 Return	advmod
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 cattle	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cattle	det
5	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Return	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 servants	cc
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 servants	det:predet
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 servants	det
9	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 cattle	conj
10	safely	safely	ADV	_	1 Return	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	imperative	you not said here					with the cattle and all servants; home, safely property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Nothing, since he chose to go alone with his daughter and wanted no witnesses to the sacrifice at all

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 chose	obl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 chose	punct
3	since	since	SCONJ	_	5 chose	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 chose	nsubj
5	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 go	mark
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 chose	xcomp
8	alone	alone	ADV	_	7 go	advmod
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 daughter	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 daughter	nmod:poss
11	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 go	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 wanted	cc
13	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 chose	conj
14	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	15 witnesses	det
15	witnesses	witness	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 wanted	obj
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 sacrifice	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 sacrifice	det
18	sacrifice	sacrifice	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 wanted	obl
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 all	case
20	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 wanted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	choose	past	he	Nothing			tree rules
2	go	to-infinitive	he not said here			with his daughter; alone property	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with daughter=Beneficiary
3	want	past	he not said here	no witnesses	all	to the sacrifice	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent witness=Theme to sacrifice=Attribute

Option 4

Gather all the servants and march them to the ogre's hut as an escort for his daughter's sad journey

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gather	gather	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 servants	det:predet
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 servants	det
4	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Gather	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 march	cc
6	march	march	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Gather	conj
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 march	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	12 hut	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ogre	det
10	ogre	ogre	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hut	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 ogre	case
12	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 march	obl
13	as	as	ADP	_	15 escort	case
14	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 escort	det
15	escort	escort	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Gather	obl
16	for	for	ADP	_	21 journey	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 daughter	nmod:poss
18	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 journey	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 daughter	case
20	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 journey	amod
21	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Gather	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	gather	imperative	you not said here	all servants		as a escort; for his daughter's sad journey	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent servant=Theme for journey=Beneficiary
2	march	infinitive	you not said here	servants = servant	the ogre's hut		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent they=Theme to hut=Trajectory
3	journey		his daughter				nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent

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