Exam question 4 · Northern Tales, The Wicked Wolverine, part 27: the wolveri…

By what stratagem did the wolverine attempt to lure the bear from her position in the tree?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: stratagem · What happens: do, lure · To what, where: wolverine attempt, bear, position

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1226 «Northern Tales, The Wicked Wolverine, part 27: the wolverine tricks a bear up a tree after a rock, lightning and a torn coat» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	obj
3	stratagem	stratagem	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 attempt	det
6	wolverine	wolverine	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 attempt	compound
7	attempt	attempt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 lure	mark
9	lure	lure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 attempt	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bear	det
11	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lure	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 position	case
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 position	nmod:poss
14	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lure	obl
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 tree	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 tree	det
17	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lure	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	stratagem	the wolverine attempt					tree rules
2	lure	to-infinitive	stratagem not said here	the bear		stratagem's position		in the tree	vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=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

By telling her that their father wanted to see her at home tonight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 telling	mark
2	telling	tell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 wanted	advcl
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 telling	iobj
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 wanted	mark
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 father	nmod:poss
6	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wanted	nsubj
7	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 see	mark
9	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 wanted	xcomp
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 see	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 home	case
12	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 see	obl
13	tonight	tonight	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wanted	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	gerund	their father not said here		her = she			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
2	want	past	their father				tonight	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	their father not said here	her = she		home		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

By describing a bed of berries and a family reunion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 describing	mark
2	describing	describe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bed	det
4	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 describing	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 berries	case
6	berries	berry	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bed	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 reunion	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 reunion	det
9	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reunion	compound
10	reunion	reunion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 describing	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	gerund		a bed of berries					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent bed=Theme

Option 3

By describing a bed of soft berries and a big family reunion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 describing	mark
2	describing	describe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bed	det
4	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 describing	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 berries	case
6	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 berries	amod
7	berries	berry	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bed	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 reunion	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 reunion	det
10	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 reunion	amod
11	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 reunion	compound
12	reunion	reunion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 describing	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	gerund		a bed of soft berries					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent bed=Theme

Option 4

By promising a berry feast today

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 promising	mark
2	promising	promise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 feast	det
4	berry	berry	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feast	compound
5	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 promising	obj
6	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 promising	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	gerund		a berry feast			today		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent feast=Theme

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