Exam question 3 · Old Indian Legends, The Avenger, part 6: the ugly baby bea…

Which circumstance caused the bears to flee into the forest in the tale's sequence?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: circumstance, bears · What happens: cause, flee · To what, where: bears, forest

This is exam question 3 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 circumstance	det
2	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caused	nsubj
3	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bears	det
5	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 caused	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 flee	mark
7	flee	flee	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 caused	xcomp
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 forest	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 forest	det
10	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 flee	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	15 sequence	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 tale	det
13	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sequence	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 tale	case
15	sequence	sequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 flee	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 caused	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	past	which circumstance	the bears					tree rules
2	flee	to-infinitive	the bears not said here			the forest		in the tale's sequence	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into forest=Initial_Location

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 badger's prayer for the buffalo blood

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 prayer	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 badger	case
4	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 blood	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 blood	det
7	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 blood	compound
8	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prayer	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pray		the badger					for the buffalo blood	nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=agent for=obl

Option 2

The avenger's loud shout that the bear must leave the woods and give the knife back

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	2 avenger	det
2	avenger	avenger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shout	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 avenger	case
4	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 shout	amod
5	shout	shout	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 give	nsubj
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 leave	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bear	det
8	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 leave	nsubj
9	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 leave	aux
10	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 give	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 woods	det
12	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 leave	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 give	cc
14	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 knife	det
16	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 give	obj
17	back	back	ADV	_	14 give	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	leave	must	the bear	the woods	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Theme
2	give back	present	the avenger's loud shout	the knife	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Theme
3	shout		the avenger		nom shout «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The avenger's demand that the bear return the badger's dwelling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 avenger	det
2	avenger	avenger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 demand	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 avenger	case
4	demand	demand	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 return	nsubj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bear	det
7	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 return	compound
8	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 demand	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 badger	det
10	badger	badger	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 dwelling	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 badger	case
12	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 return	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	infinitive	the avenger's demand	the badger's dwelling					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dwelling=Theme
2	demand		the avenger						nom demand «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

The avenger's sudden demand that the bear return the badger's dwelling and all the stolen meat

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 avenger	det
2	avenger	avenger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 demand	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 avenger	case
4	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 demand	amod
5	demand	demand	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 return	nsubj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bear	det
8	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 return	compound
9	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 demand	acl:relcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 badger	det
11	badger	badger	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 dwelling	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 badger	case
13	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 return	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 meat	cc
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	18 meat	det:predet
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 meat	det
17	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 meat	amod
18	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 demand	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	return	infinitive	the avenger's sudden demand and all stolen meat	the badger's dwelling	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dwelling=Theme
2	steal	participle			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	demand		the avenger		nom demand «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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