Exam question 4 · Far North tales, The Fox and the Bear: the fox tricks the…

By what means did the bear's mark become established upon the reindeer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mark, bear · What happens: mean, do, become, establish, mark

This is exam question 4 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	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bear	det
6	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 mark	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 bear	case
8	mark	mark	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 become	nsubj
9	become	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
10	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 become	xcomp
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 reindeer	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 reindeer	det
13	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 established	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	do	past			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
3	become	present	the bear's mark		tree rules
4	establish	participle	the bear's mark not said here	upon the reindeer	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
5	mark		the bear		nom mark «cognition transitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice

The bear struck it with an arrow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bear	det
2	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 struck	nsubj
3	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 struck	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 arrow	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 arrow	det
7	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 struck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past	the bear	it				with a arrow	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with arrow=Instrument

Option 2

The bear shot the reindeer with an arrow in the chin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bear	det
2	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shot	nsubj
3	shot	shoot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reindeer	det
5	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shot	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 arrow	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 arrow	det
8	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shot	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 chin	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 chin	det
11	chin	chin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shot	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shoot	past	the bear	the reindeer		the chin		with a arrow	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent reindeer=Theme in chin=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The bear shot the reindeer in the chin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bear	det
2	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shot	nsubj
3	shot	shoot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reindeer	det
5	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shot	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 chin	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 chin	det
8	chin	chin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shot	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shoot	past	the bear	the reindeer		the chin			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent reindeer=Theme in chin=Destination

Option 4

The fox marked it with pitch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fox	det
2	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 marked	nsubj
3	marked	mark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 marked	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 pitch	case
6	pitch	pitch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 marked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mark	past	the fox	it				with pitch	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with pitch=Theme

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