Exam question 1 · Old Indian Legends, The Avenger, part 6: the ugly baby bea…

Which action of the youngest bear cub is described as a secret gift of meat to the starving badgers?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: youngest bear cub · What happens: describe, act, gift · To what, where: action, meat

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1269 «Old Indian Legends, The Avenger, part 6: the ugly baby bear secretly feeds the hungry badgers, and a magic avenger frightens the bears away» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 described	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 cub	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cub	det
5	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 cub	amod
6	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cub	compound
7	cub	cub	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 action	nmod
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 described	aux:pass
9	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	as	as	ADP	_	13 gift	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 gift	det
12	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 gift	amod
13	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 described	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 meat	case
15	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gift	nmod
16	to	to	ADP	_	19 badgers	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 badgers	det
18	starving	starving	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 badgers	compound
19	badgers	badger	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 meat	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 described	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	describe	present · passive		which action of the youngest bear cub	as a secret gift of meat to the starving badgers	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme as gift=Attribute
2	act		the youngest bear cub			nom action «act intransitive»: of=agent
3	gift			meat to the starving badgers		nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient

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

The side kick of the left hind leg that delivered the meat into the badger's hut

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 kick	det
2	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kick	compound
3	kick	kick	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 delivered	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 leg	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 leg	det
6	left	left	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 leg	amod
7	hind	hind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 leg	amod
8	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kick	nmod
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 delivered	nsubj
10	delivered	deliver	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 meat	det
12	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 delivered	obj
13	into	into	ADP	_	17 hut	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 badger	det
15	badger	badger	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 hut	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 badger	case
17	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 delivered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deliver	past	the side kick of the left hind leg	the meat		the badger's hut			vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Patient
2	kick			the left hind leg					nom kick «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The quick push of the right foreleg that moved the buffalo blood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 push	det
2	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 push	amod
3	push	push	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 moved	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 foreleg	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 foreleg	det
6	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 foreleg	amod
7	foreleg	foreleg	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 push	nmod
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 moved	nsubj
9	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 blood	det
11	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 blood	compound
12	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 moved	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	past	the quick push of the right foreleg	the buffalo blood					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent blood=Theme
2	push		the right foreleg						nom push «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

The kick that delivered the knife into the hut

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 kick	det
2	kick	kick	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 delivered	nsubj
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 delivered	nsubj
4	delivered	deliver	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 knife	det
6	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 delivered	obj
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 hut	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hut	det
9	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 delivered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deliver	past	the kick	the knife		the hut			vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The hidden meat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 meat	det
2	hidden	hidden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 meat	amod
3	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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