Exam question 2 · Old Indian Legends, The Avenger, part 6: the ugly baby bea…

Which event describes the origin of the magic avenger who confronted the bear?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: event, magic avenger · What happens: describe, confront · To what, where: origin, bear

This is exam question 2 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 event	det
2	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 describes	nsubj
3	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 origin	det
5	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 describes	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 avenger	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 avenger	det
8	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 avenger	amod
9	avenger	avenger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 origin	nmod
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 confronted	nsubj
11	confronted	confront	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 avenger	acl:relcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 bear	det
13	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 confronted	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present	which event	the origin of the magic avenger					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent origin=Theme
2	confront	past	the magic avenger	the bear					vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=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

The Great Spirit's answer to the badger's prayer over 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 Spirit	det
2	Great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Spirit	amod
3	Spirit	Spirit	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 answer	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Spirit	case
5	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	10 prayer	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 badger	det
8	badger	badger	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 prayer	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 badger	case
10	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 answer	nmod
11	over	over	ADP	_	14 blood	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 blood	det
13	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 blood	compound
14	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 prayer	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer		the Great Spirit					to the badger's prayer over the buffalo blood	nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent to=obl
2	pray		the badger			the buffalo blood			nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=agent over=place

Option 2

The badger's careful purifying of the buffalo blood and the bear's sudden fleeing from the lodge

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 badger	det
2	badger	badger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 careful	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 badger	case
4	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	purifying	purify	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 careful	advcl
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 blood	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 blood	det
8	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 blood	compound
9	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 purifying	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 fleeing	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bear	det
12	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 fleeing	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 bear	case
14	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 fleeing	amod
15	fleeing	fleeing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 blood	conj
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 lodge	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 lodge	det
18	lodge	lodge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 purifying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	purify	gerund						of the buffalo blood and the bear's sudden fleeing; from the lodge	vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer from lodge=Theme

Option 3

The Great Spirit's answer to the badger's prayer over the little buffalo blood in the sweat lodge

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Spirit	det
2	Great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Spirit	amod
3	Spirit	Spirit	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 answer	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Spirit	case
5	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	10 prayer	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 badger	det
8	badger	badger	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 prayer	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 badger	case
10	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 answer	nmod
11	over	over	ADP	_	15 blood	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 blood	det
13	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 blood	amod
14	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 blood	compound
15	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 prayer	nmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	19 lodge	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 lodge	det
18	sweat	sweat	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 lodge	compound
19	lodge	lodge	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 blood	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer		the Great Spirit					to the badger's prayer over the little buffalo blood in the sweat lodge	nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent to=obl
2	pray		the badger			the little buffalo blood in the sweat lodge			nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=agent over=place

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The chieftain's order to the bear over the daughters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 chieftain	det
2	chieftain	chieftain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 order	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 chieftain	case
4	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 bear	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bear	det
7	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 order	nmod
8	over	over	ADP	_	10 daughters	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 daughters	det
10	daughters	daughter	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 bear	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order		the chieftain					to the bear over the daughters	nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent to=obl

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