Exam question 3 · Old Indian Legends, The Magic Arrow, part 7: Iktomi tricks…
Upon what object did the four runners lift the man on the hillock?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object, four runners · What happens: do, lift · To what, where: man, hillock
This is exam question 3 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 | Upon | upon | ADP | _ | 2 what | case |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 3 | object | object | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 what | acl:relcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 runners | det |
| 6 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 runners | nummod |
| 7 | runners | runner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 lift | nsubj |
| 8 | lift | lift | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 what | acl:relcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 man | det |
| 10 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 lift | obj |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 hillock | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 hillock | det |
| 13 | hillock | hillock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 lift | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 what | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | object | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | lift | present | the four runners | the man | the hillock | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent man=Theme on hillock=Destination |
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
A richly beaded and painted buffalo robe that the four runners had brought back from the chief's lodge
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 robe | det |
| 2 | richly | richly | ADV | _ | 3 beaded | advmod |
| 3 | beaded | bead | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 robe | amod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 painted | cc |
| 5 | painted | paint | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 beaded | conj |
| 6 | buffalo | buffalo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 robe | compound |
| 7 | robe | robe | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 brought | obj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 runners | det |
| 10 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 runners | nummod |
| 11 | runners | runner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 brought | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 brought | aux |
| 13 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 robe | acl:relcl |
| 14 | back | back | ADV | _ | 13 brought | advmod |
| 15 | from | from | ADP | _ | 19 lodge | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 chief | det |
| 17 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 lodge | nmod:poss |
| 18 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 17 chief | case |
| 19 | lodge | lodge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 brought | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bead | participle | richly property | vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | |||||
| 2 | paint | participle | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | bring back | past · perfect · passive | the four runners | the chief's lodge | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Destination that=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
A handsomely decorated buffalo robe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 robe | det |
| 2 | handsomely | handsomely | ADV | _ | 3 decorated | advmod |
| 3 | decorated | decorate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 robe | amod |
| 4 | buffalo | buffalo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 robe | compound |
| 5 | robe | robe | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | decorate | participle | handsomely property | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
A richly painted travois
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 travois | det |
| 2 | richly | richly | ADV | _ | 3 painted | advmod |
| 3 | painted | paint | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 travois | amod |
| 4 | travois | travois | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | paint | participle | richly property | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
A large, handsomely decorated buffalo robe with painted symbols that the four runners carried proudly
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 robe | det |
| 2 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 robe | amod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 large | punct |
| 4 | handsomely | handsomely | ADV | _ | 5 decorated | advmod |
| 5 | decorated | decorate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 robe | amod |
| 6 | buffalo | buffalo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 robe | compound |
| 7 | robe | robe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 carried | nsubj |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 symbols | case |
| 9 | painted | paint | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 symbols | amod |
| 10 | symbols | symbol | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 robe | nmod |
| 11 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 15 carried | mark |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 runners | det |
| 13 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 14 runners | nummod |
| 14 | runners | runner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 carried | nsubj |
| 15 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 16 | proudly | proudly | ADV | _ | 15 carried | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | decorate | participle | handsomely property | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | paint | participle | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | carry | past | a large decorated buffalo robe with painted symbols | proudly property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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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