Exam question 1 · Far North tales, The Fox and the Bear: the fox tricks the…

By what device did the fox ensnare the bear?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: device, fox · What happens: do, ensnare · To what, where: bear

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1243 «Far North tales, The Fox and the Bear: the fox tricks the bear into a fire, then cheats a Lapp of his reindeer.» 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	device	device	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	6 fox	det
6	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ensnare	nsubj
7	ensnare	ensnare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 did	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bear	det
9	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ensnare	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	device						tree rules
2	ensnare	infinitive	the fox	the bear					vn trick-59.2 «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 · ✓ the right answer

A pit prepared with willow ropes and pitch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 pit	det
2	pit	pit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	prepared	prepare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 pit	acl
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 ropes	case
5	willow	willow	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ropes	compound
6	ropes	rope	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prepared	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 pitch	cc
8	pitch	pitch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ropes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prepare	participle		a pit not said here				with willow ropes and pitch	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with rope=Instrument

Option 2

A hole covered with leaves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 hole	det
2	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 hole	acl
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 leaves	case
5	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 covered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	participle		a hole not said here				with leaves	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with leaf=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

A trap of ropes and pitch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 trap	det
2	trap	trap	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 ropes	case
4	ropes	rope	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 trap	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 pitch	cc
6	pitch	pitch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 trap	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

A deep hole

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 hole	det
2	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hole	amod
3	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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