Exam question 2 · Far North Tales, The Fox and the Reindeer: the fox tricks…

By what means did the fox obtain the eyes that he subsequently bestowed upon the asp?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: fox · What happens: mean, do, obtain, bestow · To what, where: fox, eyes · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1244 «Far North Tales, The Fox and the Reindeer: the fox tricks the Lapp, the fish and the asp» 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	SCONJ	_	3 means	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 obtain	advcl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fox	det
6	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	obtain	obtain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 eyes	det
9	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 obtain	obj
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 bestowed	obj
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 bestowed	nsubj
12	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	13 bestowed	advmod
13	bestowed	bestow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 eyes	acl:relcl
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 asp	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 asp	det
16	asp	asp	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bestowed	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 obtain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	past		the fox		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Eventuality
3	obtain	present		the eyes		vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset eye=Theme
4	bestow	past	fox	the eyes	upon the asp; subsequently property	tree rules

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 begged the bee for the eyes and got them slowly

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 begged	nsubj
2	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bee	det
4	bee	bee	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 begged	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 eyes	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 eyes	det
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 begged	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 got	cc
9	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 begged	conj
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 got	obj
11	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	9 got	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	past	He		the bee			for the eyes	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent bee=Recipient for eye=Topic
2	get	past	He not said here	eyes = eye				slowly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

Option 2

He asked a wise old owl in the forest for a pair of eyes, and the owl gave him a pair from its own nest of chicks

The tree, 27 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	2 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 owl	det
4	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 owl	amod
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 owl	amod
6	owl	owl	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 forest	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 forest	det
9	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	obl
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 pair	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 pair	det
12	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 forest	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 eyes	case
14	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 pair	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 gave	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 gave	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 owl	det
18	owl	owl	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 gave	nsubj
19	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 asked	conj
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 gave	iobj
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 pair	det
22	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 gave	obj
23	from	from	ADP	_	26 nest	case
24	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 nest	nmod:poss
25	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 nest	amod
26	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 gave	obl
27	of	of	ADP	_	28 chicks	case
28	chicks	chick	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 nest	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	He	a wise old owl		the forest for a pair of eyes			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent owl=Recipient
2	give	past	the owl	a pair	him = he	owl's own nest of chicks			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient pair=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He removed his own eyes from his head and transferred them.

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 removed	nsubj
2	removed	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 eyes	nmod:poss
4	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 eyes	amod
5	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 removed	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 head	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 head	nmod:poss
8	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 removed	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 transferred	cc
10	transferred	transfer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 removed	conj
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 transferred	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 removed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	past	He	his own eyes		his head			vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent eye=Theme from head=Source
2	transfer	past	He not said here	eyes = eye					vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4

He removed his own eyes from his head and transferred them to the asp, who had asked him for help with his tail

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	2 removed	nsubj
2	removed	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 eyes	nmod:poss
4	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 eyes	amod
5	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 removed	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 head	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 head	nmod:poss
8	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 removed	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 transferred	cc
10	transferred	transfer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 removed	conj
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 transferred	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 asp	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 asp	det
14	asp	asp	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 transferred	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 asked	punct
16	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 asked	nsubj:pass
17	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 asked	aux
18	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 asp	acl:relcl
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 asked	iobj
20	for	for	ADP	_	21 help	case
21	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 asked	obl
22	with	with	ADP	_	24 tail	case
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 tail	nmod:poss
24	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 help	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	remove	past	He	his own eyes		his head		vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent eye=Theme from head=Source
2	transfer	past	He not said here	eyes = eye	the asp			vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to asp=Recipient
3	ask speech: ask	past · perfect · passive		the asp	asp		for help with asp's tail	tree rules

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