Exam question 3 · Old Indian Legends, The Badger and the Bear, part 1: the b…

Indicate the purpose for which father badger approached the bear while covered in a long loose robe.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, father badger · What happens: indicate, approach, cover · To what, where: purpose, bear

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1268 «Old Indian Legends, The Badger and the Bear, part 1: the bear begs for meat, then drives the badger family out of their home» 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	Indicate	indicate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 purpose	det
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Indicate	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 approached	obl
6	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 badger	compound
7	badger	badger	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 approached	nsubj
8	approached	approach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 purpose	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bear	det
10	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 approached	obj
11	while	while	SCONJ	_	12 covered	mark
12	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 approached	advcl
13	in	in	ADP	_	17 robe	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 robe	det
15	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 robe	amod
16	loose	loose	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 robe	amod
17	robe	robe	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 covered	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Indicate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	indicate	imperative	you not said here	the purpose		vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot purpose=Topic
2	approach	past	father badger	the bear	for the purpose	vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=Theme
3	cover	participle	father badger not said here		in a long loose robe	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in robe=Theme

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

To beg meat for his children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 beg	mark
2	beg	beg	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 beg	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 children	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 children	nmod:poss
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 beg	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	to-infinitive		meat				for his children	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent meat=Recipient for child=Topic

Option 2

To trade a fine bow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 trade	mark
2	trade	trade	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bow	det
4	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bow	amod
5	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 trade	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trade	to-infinitive		a fine bow					vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bow=Theme

Option 3

To find a wife

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 find	mark
2	find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 wife	det
4	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	to-infinitive		a wife					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Topic

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

To borrow a robe for winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 borrow	mark
2	borrow	borrow	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 robe	det
4	robe	robe	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 borrow	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 winter	case
6	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 borrow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	borrow	to-infinitive		a robe			winter		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent robe=Theme

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