Exam question 2 · Norse Tales, The Youth and the Hill-Folk, part 33: a youth…

Identify the agency by which the young woman first came into contact with the youth.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, young woman · What happens: identify, come · To what, where: agency, contact

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 agency	det
3	agency	agency	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 came	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 woman	det
7	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 woman	amod
8	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 came	nsubj
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 came	advmod
10	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 agency	acl:relcl
11	into	into	ADP	_	12 contact	case
12	contact	contact	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 came	obl
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 youth	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 youth	det
15	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 contact	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the agency					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent agency=Theme
2	come	past	the young woman			contact with the youth		by the agency; first property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into contact=Initial_Location

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

Her father approached and struck him with a pin, causing a wound to bleed

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 father	nmod:poss
2	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 approached	nsubj
3	approached	approach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 struck	cc
5	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 approached	conj
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 struck	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 pin	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pin	det
9	pin	pin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 struck	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 causing	punct
11	causing	cause	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 struck	advcl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 wound	det
13	wound	wound	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 causing	obj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 bleed	mark
15	bleed	bleed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 causing	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	approach	past	Her father			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	strike	past	Her father not said here	father	with a pin	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with pin=Instrument
3	cause	gerund	Her father not said here	a wound		vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition wound=Patient
4	bleed	to-infinitive	Her father not said here			vn substance_emission-43.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Source

Option 2

She came to him and pricked his arm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 him	case
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 came	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 pricked	cc
6	pricked	prick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 came	conj
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 arm	nmod:poss
8	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pricked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	She		him = he				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial_Location
2	prick	past	She not said here	his arm					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer arm=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She approached him and administered a pinch, whereby a pin drew blood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 approached	nsubj
2	approached	approach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 approached	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 administered	cc
5	administered	administer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 approached	conj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 pinch	det
7	pinch	pinch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 administered	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 drew	punct
9	whereby	whereby	ADV	PronType=Int	12 drew	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 pin	det
11	pin	pin	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 drew	nsubj
12	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 approached	conj
13	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 drew	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	approach	past	She	him = he		vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	administer	past	She not said here	a pinch		vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent pinch=Theme
3	draw	past	a pin	blood	whereby property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She walked over and gave him a sharp prick, so that blood was drawn

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 walked	nsubj
2	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	over	over	ADV	_	2 walked	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 gave	cc
5	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 walked	conj
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 gave	iobj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 prick	det
8	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 prick	amod
9	prick	prick	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gave	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 drawn	punct
11	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	15 drawn	mark
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 so	fixed
13	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 drawn	nsubj:pass
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 drawn	aux:pass
15	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 walked	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	walk over	past	She			over property	vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	give	past	She not said here	a sharp prick	him = he		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient prick=Theme
3	draw	past · passive		blood			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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