Exam question 3 · Gutenberg 3282, Kisa the Cat, Kisa rescues Ingibjorg from…

By what means did Kisa render the giant and his wife so thirsty that they required water?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Kisa, they · What happens: mean, render, require · To what, where: giant, water

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1245 «Gutenberg 3282, Kisa the Cat, Kisa rescues Ingibjorg from the giant and claims her reward» 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=Rel	6 render	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 render	aux
5	Kisa	Kisa	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 render	nsubj
6	render	render	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 giant	det
8	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 render	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 thirsty	cc
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 wife	nmod:poss
11	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 thirsty	nsubj
12	so	so	ADV	_	13 thirsty	advmod
13	thirsty	thirsty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 giant	conj
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 required	mark
15	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 required	nsubj
16	required	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 thirsty	advcl
17	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 required	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 render	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	render	past · do-support	Kisa	the giant	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent giant=Theme
3	require	past	they	water	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme water=Precondition

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 right answer

She poured a bag of salt into their pot

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 poured	nsubj
2	poured	pour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bag	det
4	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 poured	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 salt	case
6	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bag	nmod
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 pot	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 pot	nmod:poss
9	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 poured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pour	past	She	a bag of salt		their pot			vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent bag=Theme into pot=Destination

Option 2

She tipped sugar into their soup pot

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 tipped	nsubj
2	tipped	tip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tipped	obj
4	into	into	ADP	_	7 pot	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 pot	nmod:poss
6	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pot	compound
7	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tipped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tip	past	She	sugar				into their soup pot result	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer sugar=Theme into pot=Result

Option 3

She sold them bread

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 sold	nsubj
2	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sold	obj
4	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sold	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	past	She	them = they					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient bread=Theme

Option 4

She put some herbs into their broth bowl

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 put	nsubj
2	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	4 herbs	det
4	herbs	herb	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 put	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	8 bowl	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 bowl	nmod:poss
7	broth	broth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bowl	compound
8	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 put	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	past	She	some herbs		herbs's broth bowl			vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent herb=Goal

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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