Exam question 1 · Iktomi, Iktomi and the Fawn, part 2: Iktomi begs to be a p…

Which of the following describes the condition imposed upon Iktomi by the peacock, and which of the following describes the consequence of its violation?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: consequence · What happens: follow, be, impose, describe, violate · To what, where: condition, consequence

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1267 «Iktomi, Iktomi and the Fawn, part 2: Iktomi begs to be a peacock, then an arrow, then a fawn, and loses each chance» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 condition	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	7 condition	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 condition	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 condition	case
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 condition	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 condition	det
7	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	imposed	impose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 condition	acl
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 Iktomi	case
10	Iktomi	Iktomi	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 imposed	obl
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 peacock	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 peacock	det
13	peacock	peacock	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 imposed	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 following	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 following	cc
16	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 following	nsubj
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 following	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 following	det
19	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	20 describes	nsubj
20	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 condition	parataxis
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 consequence	det
22	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 describes	obj
23	of	of	ADP	_	25 violation	case
24	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 violation	nmod:poss
25	violation	violation	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 consequence	nmod
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 condition	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			of the condition	tree rules
3	impose	participle		the condition not said here	upon Iktomi; by the peacock	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	describe	present		the consequence of consequence's violation		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme
6	violate		consequence			nom violation «act 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 condition forbids flight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 condition	det
2	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forbids	nsubj
3	forbids	forbid	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	flight	flight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forbids	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forbid	present	the condition	flight					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer flight=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The condition forbids flight, and violation returns Iktomi to his former self

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 condition	det
2	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forbids	nsubj
3	forbids	forbid	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	flight	flight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forbids	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 returns	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 returns	cc
7	violation	violation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 returns	nsubj
8	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 forbids	parataxis
9	Iktomi	Iktomi	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 returns	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 self	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 self	nmod:poss
12	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 self	amod
13	self	self	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 returns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forbid	present	the condition	flight					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer flight=Theme
2	return	present	violation	Iktomi		violation's former self			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent iktomi=Theme to self=Destination

Option 3

The condition forbids singing, and violation sends Iktomi back to the forest floor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 condition	det
2	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forbids	nsubj
3	forbids	forbid	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	singing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 forbids	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sends	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sends	cc
7	violation	violation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sends	nsubj
8	sends	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 forbids	conj
9	Iktomi	Iktomi	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 sends	obj
10	back	back	ADV	_	8 sends	advmod
11	to	to	ADP	_	14 floor	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 floor	det
13	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 floor	compound
14	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sends	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	forbid	present	the condition			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer clause=Eventuality
2	sing speech: express	gerund	the condition not said here			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	send back	present	violation	Iktomi	the forest floor	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent iktomi=Theme to floor=Destination

Option 4

Violation restores his former self

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Violation	violation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 restores	nsubj
2	restores	restore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 self	nmod:poss
4	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 self	amod
5	self	self	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 restores	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restore	present	Violation	Violation's former self					vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent self=Theme

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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