Exam question 1 · Old Indian Legends, The Magic Arrow, part 7: Iktomi tricks…

By what means did Iktomi immobilise the avenger upon the tree?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Iktomi · What happens: mean, immobilise · To what, where: avenger

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1270 «Old Indian Legends, The Magic Arrow, part 7: Iktomi tricks the avenger into the tree» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 immobilise	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 immobilise	aux
5	Iktomi	Iktomi	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 immobilise	nsubj
6	immobilise	immobilise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 avenger	det
8	avenger	avenger	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 immobilise	obj
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 tree	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tree	det
11	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 immobilise	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 immobilise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	immobilise	past · do-support	Iktomi	the avenger				upon the tree	tree rules

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

He uttered charm words causing the man to adhere to the bark

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 uttered	nsubj
2	uttered	utter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	charm	charm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 words	compound
4	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 uttered	obj
5	causing	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 words	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 man	det
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 causing	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 adhere	mark
9	adhere	adhere	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 causing	xcomp
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 bark	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bark	det
12	bark	bark	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 adhere	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	utter speech: other	past	He	charm words		vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic
2	cause	gerund	charm words not said here	the man		tree rules
3	adhere	to-infinitive	the man not said here		to the bark	vn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to bark=Co-Theme

Option 2

He cast a spell that froze the man in place

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cast	nsubj
2	cast	cast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 spell	det
4	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cast	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 froze	nsubj
6	froze	freeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 spell	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 man	det
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 froze	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 place	case
10	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 man	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cast	past	He	a spell					vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spell=Product
2	freeze	past	a spell	the man		place			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient man=Result

Option 3

He pressed his hands to the trunk and sang charm words while the young man's buckskins fused to the bark of the tree

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pressed	nsubj
2	pressed	press	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 hands	nmod:poss
4	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pressed	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 trunk	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 trunk	det
7	trunk	trunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pressed	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sang	cc
9	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pressed	conj
10	charm	charm	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 words	compound
11	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sang	obj
12	while	while	SCONJ	_	18 fused	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 man	det
14	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 man	amod
15	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 buckskins	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 man	case
17	buckskins	buckskin	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 fused	nsubj
18	fused	fuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 sang	advcl
19	to	to	ADP	_	21 bark	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 bark	det
21	bark	bark	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 fused	obl
22	of	of	ADP	_	24 tree	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 tree	det
24	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 bark	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	press	past	He	his hands	to the trunk	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme
2	sing speech: express	past	He not said here	charm words		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location word=Theme
3	fuse	past	the young man's buckskins		to the bark of the tree	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient to bark=Co-Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He muttered charm words over the young man, which made his body stick firmly to the rough bark of the tree and refuse to let go

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 muttered	nsubj
2	muttered	mutter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	charm	charm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 words	compound
4	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 muttered	obj
5	over	over	ADP	_	8 man	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 man	det
7	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 man	amod
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 muttered	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 made	punct
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 made	nsubj
11	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 man	acl:relcl
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 stick	nmod:poss
13	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 stick	compound
14	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 made	obj
15	firmly	firmly	ADV	_	19 bark	advmod
16	to	to	ADP	_	19 bark	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 bark	det
18	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 bark	amod
19	bark	bark	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 made	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 tree	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 tree	det
22	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 bark	nmod
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 refuse	cc
24	refuse	refuse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 made	conj
25	to	to	PART	_	26 let	mark
26	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 refuse	xcomp
27	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	26 let	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mutter speech: assert	past	He	charm words	over the young man	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic
2	make	past	the young man	man's body stick	to the rough bark of the tree	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset stick=Product
3	refuse	infinitive	the young man not said here			vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	not let	to-infinitive	the young man not said here			tree rules
5	go	infinitive	the young man not said here			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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