Exam question 2 · Lang's Fairy Books, Pivi and Kabo: Kabo copies Pivi, is sw…

State the means by which Pivi effected his escape from the shell-fish.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: State, Pivi · What happens: mean, affect, escape · To what, where: escape · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1231 «Lang's Fairy Books, Pivi and Kabo: Kabo copies Pivi, is swallowed by a shell-fish, and is punished» 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 means	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 effected	obl
6	Pivi	Pivi	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 effected	nsubj
7	effected	affect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 escape	nmod:poss
9	escape	escape	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 effected	obj
10	from	from	ADP	_	14 fish	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 fish	det
12	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 fish	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 shell	punct
14	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 effected	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	State			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	affect	past	Pivi	Pivi's escape	from the shell fish	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus escape=Experiencer
3	escape		Pivi			nom escape «act intransitive»: poss=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

He cut the shell

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 cut	nsubj
2	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 shell	det
4	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cut	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	past	He	the shell					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shell=Product

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He worked the fish with his spear until it opened

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 worked	nsubj
2	worked	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fish	det
4	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 worked	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 spear	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 spear	nmod:poss
7	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 worked	obl
8	until	until	SCONJ	_	10 opened	mark
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 opened	nsubj
10	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 worked	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	past	He	the fish				with fish's spear	vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent fish=Material
2	open	past	spear						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He stabbed the fish and it opened

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 stabbed	nsubj
2	stabbed	stab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fish	det
4	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stabbed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 opened	cc
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 opened	nsubj
7	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stabbed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stab	past	He	the fish					vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Patient
2	open	past	fish						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He pushed the clam with a long stick until it cracked

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 pushed	nsubj
2	pushed	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 clam	det
4	clam	clam	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pushed	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 stick	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 stick	det
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 stick	amod
8	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pushed	obl
9	until	until	SCONJ	_	11 cracked	mark
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 cracked	nsubj
11	cracked	crack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pushed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	past	He	the clam				with a long stick	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clam=Theme
2	crack	past	clam						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=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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