Exam question 4 · Old Indian Legends, The Magic Arrow, part 7: Iktomi tricks…

What reason did the hunters give for fleeing the stranger?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: reason, hunters · What happens: do, give, flee · To what, where: stranger

This is exam question 4 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	3 did	obj
2	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hunters	det
5	hunters	hunter	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 give	nsubj
6	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	ccomp
7	for	for	SCONJ	_	8 fleeing	mark
8	fleeing	flee	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 give	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 stranger	det
10	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fleeing	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past	reason		tree rules
2	give	present	the hunters		vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	flee	gerund	the hunters not said here	the stranger	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme stranger=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

They feared the sacred arrow the stranger carried, which had killed a whole row of buffalo with one shot

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 feared	nsubj
2	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 arrow	det
4	sacred	sacred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 arrow	amod
5	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feared	obj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stranger	det
7	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carried	nsubj
8	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 arrow	acl:relcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 killed	punct
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 killed	nsubj
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 killed	aux
12	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 arrow	acl
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 row	det
14	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 row	amod
15	row	row	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 killed	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 buffalo	case
17	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 row	nmod
18	with	with	ADP	_	20 shot	case
19	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	20 shot	nummod
20	shot	shot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fear	past	They	the sacred arrow	with one shot	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer arrow=Stimulus
2	carry	past	the stranger	the sacred arrow not said here		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrow=Theme
3	kill	past · perfect	the sacred arrow	a whole row of buffalo		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent row=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They feared the sacred arrow the stranger carried

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 feared	nsubj
2	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 arrow	det
4	sacred	sacred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 arrow	amod
5	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feared	obj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stranger	det
7	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carried	nsubj
8	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 arrow	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	past	They	the sacred arrow					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer arrow=Stimulus
2	carry	past	the stranger	the sacred arrow not said here					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrow=Theme

Option 3

They feared the stranger's strange spear and bow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 feared	nsubj
2	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 stranger	det
4	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spear	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 stranger	case
6	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 spear	amod
7	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feared	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 bow	cc
9	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spear	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	past	They	the stranger's strange spear and bow					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spear=Stimulus

Option 4

They had seen his cursed quiver at camp

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 seen	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 seen	aux
3	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 quiver	nmod:poss
5	cursed	curse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 quiver	amod
6	quiver	quiver	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seen	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 camp	case
8	camp	camp	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	see	past · perfect	They	his cursed quiver	camp	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer quiver=Stimulus
2	curse	participle				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	quiver		his = he			nom quiver «feeling intransitive»: poss=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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