Exam question 4 · Folk Tales, The Sacred Milk of Koumongoé, part 2: Thakane…

In what manner did the elands respond to Thakane's account of the milk?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: elands, Thakane · What happens: do, respond, account · To what, where: manner, milk

This is exam question 4 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 elands	det
6	elands	eland	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 respond	nsubj
7	respond	respond	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	ccomp
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 account	case
9	Thakane	Thakane	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 account	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Thakane	case
11	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 respond	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 milk	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 milk	det
14	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 account	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	past			what manner		tree rules
2	respond speech: other	present	the elands			to Thakane's account of the milk	vn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to account=Theme
3	account		Thakane	the milk			nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent 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

They cried out loudly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cried	nsubj
2	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 cried	compound:prt
4	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	2 cried	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry out speech: express	past	They					loudly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

They ran away fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 ran	advmod
4	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 ran	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run away	past	They					away, fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

They lamented that the rabbit should have been the one to choose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lamented	nsubj
2	lamented	lament	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 one	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rabbit	det
5	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 one	nsubj
6	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 one	aux
7	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 one	aux
8	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 one	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 one	det
10	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lamented	ccomp
11	to	to	PART	_	12 choose	mark
12	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 one	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	lament	past	They		vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
2	is a	should · perfect	the rabbit	the one	tree rules
3	choose	to-infinitive	They not said here		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They cried out that the father was the one whom the ogre should consume

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cried	nsubj
2	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 cried	compound:prt
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 one	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 father	det
6	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 one	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 one	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 one	det
9	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cried	advcl
10	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 consume	obj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 ogre	det
12	ogre	ogre	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 consume	nsubj
13	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 consume	aux
14	consume	consume	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 one	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	cry out speech: express	past	They		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the father	the one	tree rules
3	consume	should	the ogre	the one	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Asset

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