Exam question 2 · Old Indian Legends, The Magic Arrow, part 7: Iktomi tricks…

What did the woman draw to the ground after freeing the avenger?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: woman · What happens: draw, free · To what, where: ground, avenger

This is exam question 2 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 draw	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 draw	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 woman	det
4	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 draw	nsubj
5	draw	draw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 ground	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ground	det
8	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 draw	obl
9	after	after	SCONJ	_	10 freeing	mark
10	freeing	free	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 draw	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 avenger	det
12	avenger	avenger	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 freeing	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 draw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	past · do-support	the woman			the ground			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent what=Theme to ground=Destination
2	free	gerund	the woman not said here	the avenger					vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer avenger=Source

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 sticky bark like a cloak

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bark	det
2	sticky	sticky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bark	amod
3	bark	bark	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	like	like	ADP	_	6 cloak	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cloak	det
6	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bark	nmod

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

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The loosened bark, like an open jacket

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bark	det
2	loosened	loosen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 bark	amod
3	bark	bark	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 jacket	punct
5	like	like	ADP	_	8 jacket	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 jacket	det
7	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 jacket	amod
8	jacket	jacket	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bark	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	loosen	participle							vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The loosened bark that had held him, which fell open around the trunk like a jacket left open

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	3 bark	det
2	loosened	loosen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 bark	amod
3	bark	bark	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fell	nsubj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 held	nsubj:pass
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 held	aux
6	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 bark	acl:relcl
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 held	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 fell	punct
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 fell	nsubj
10	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 fell	xcomp
12	around	around	ADP	_	14 trunk	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 trunk	det
14	trunk	trunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fell	obl
15	like	like	ADP	_	17 jacket	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 jacket	det
17	jacket	jacket	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fell	obl
18	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 jacket	acl
19	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 left	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	loosen	participle					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	hold	past · perfect · passive		the loosened bark			vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme he=Eventuality
3	fall	past	the loosened bark		the trunk	like a jacket; open property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme around trunk=Location
4	leave	participle		a jacket not said here		open property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The strips of loosened bark, which curled down the trunk the way an open jacket hangs from the shoulders

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	2 strips	det
2	strips	strip	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 curled	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 bark	case
4	loosened	loosen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 bark	amod
5	bark	bark	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 strips	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 curled	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 curled	nsubj:pass
8	curled	curl	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	down	down	ADP	_	8 curled	compound:prt
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 trunk	det
11	trunk	trunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 curled	obl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 way	det
13	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 curled	obl:unmarked
14	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 jacket	det
15	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 jacket	amod
16	jacket	jacket	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 hangs	nsubj
17	hangs	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 way	acl:relcl
18	from	from	ADP	_	20 shoulders	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 shoulders	det
20	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 hangs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	loosen	participle					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	curl down	participle · passive		the strips of loosened bark		the trunk obl; the way obl:unmarked	vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	hang	present	a open jacket	the way not said here	the shoulders		vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient

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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