Exam question 1 · Norse Tales, The Youth and the Hill-Folk, part 33: a youth…

Which of the following best describes the means by which the youth was separated from his comrade?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: the · What happens: follow, describe, mean, separate · To what, where: youth · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1232 «Norse Tales, The Youth and the Hill-Folk, part 33: a youth is left alone on an island and a strange girl marries him» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 means	nsubj
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 describes	ccomp
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 separated	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 youth	det
12	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 separated	nsubj:pass
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 separated	aux:pass
14	separated	separate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 means	ccomp
15	from	from	ADP	_	17 comrade	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 comrade	nmod:poss
17	comrade	comrade	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 separated	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present			of the best	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent which=Theme clause=Attribute
3	mean	present	the			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	separate	past · passive		the youth	from his comrade	vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient from comrade=Co-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

He was tricked into going ashore for a tool, after which the boat left without him

The tree, 16 words

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	3 tricked	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tricked	aux:pass
3	tricked	trick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	SCONJ	_	5 going	mark
5	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 tricked	advcl
6	ashore	ashore	ADV	_	5 going	advmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 tool	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 tool	det
9	tool	tool	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 going	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 left	punct
11	after	after	ADP	_	12 which	case
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 left	obl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 boat	det
14	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 left	nsubj
15	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tricked	parataxis
16	without	without	ADP	_	17 him	case
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	trick	past · passive		He		vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	go	gerund			for a tool; ashore property	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for tool=Beneficiary
3	leave	past	the boat		without him = he	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He was dispatched on a pretext to recover an implement, whereupon the vessel departed

The tree, 14 words

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	3 dispatched	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dispatched	aux:pass
3	dispatched	dispatch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 pretext	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pretext	det
6	pretext	pretext	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dispatched	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 recover	mark
8	recover	recover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 dispatched	advcl
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 implement	det
10	implement	implement	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 recover	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 departed	punct
12	whereupon	whereupon	ADV	PronType=Int	15 departed	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 vessel	det
14	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 departed	nsubj
15	departed	depart	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 dispatched	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	dispatch	past · passive		He	a pretext		vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	recover	to-infinitive		a implement			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent implement=Theme
3	depart	participle	the vessel			whereupon property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He was deliberately dispatched on a fabricated pretext to retrieve a misplaced implement from the hut, whereupon the vessel promptly departed without him

The tree, 23 words

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	4 dispatched	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dispatched	aux:pass
3	deliberately	deliberately	ADV	_	4 dispatched	advmod
4	dispatched	dispatch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 pretext	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pretext	det
7	fabricated	fabricated	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 pretext	amod
8	pretext	pretext	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dispatched	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 retrieve	mark
10	retrieve	retrieve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 dispatched	advcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 implement	det
12	misplaced	misplace	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 implement	amod
13	implement	implement	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 retrieve	obj
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 hut	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 hut	det
16	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 retrieve	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 departed	punct
18	whereupon	whereupon	ADV	PronType=Int	22 departed	advmod
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 vessel	det
20	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 departed	nsubj
21	promptly	promptly	ADV	_	22 departed	advmod
22	departed	depart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dispatched	conj
23	without	without	ADP	_	24 him	case
24	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 departed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	dispatch	past · passive		He	a fabricated pretext	deliberately property	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	retrieve	to-infinitive		a misplaced implement	the hut		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent implement=Theme from hut=Source
3	misplace	participle					tree rules
4	depart	past	the vessel			without him = he; promptly, whereupon property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He was sent off for a tool

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	3 sent	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	aux:pass
3	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	off	off	ADP	_	3 sent	compound:prt
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 tool	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 tool	det
7	tool	tool	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send off	past · passive		He				for a tool	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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