Exam question 1 · Iktomi tales, The Big Red Eagle: the avenger shoots the re…

Which individual was received by the chieftain as the avenger possessing the magic arrow?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: chieftain, avenger · What happens: receive, possess · To what, where: individual, magic arrow

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1271 «Iktomi tales, The Big Red Eagle: the avenger shoots the red eagle and wins the princess» 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 individual	det
2	individual	individual	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 received	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 received	aux:pass
4	received	receive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 chieftain	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 chieftain	det
7	chieftain	chieftain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 received	obl
8	as	as	ADP	_	10 avenger	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 avenger	det
10	avenger	avenger	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 chieftain	nmod
11	possessing	possess	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 avenger	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 arrow	det
13	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 arrow	amod
14	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 possessing	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 received	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	past · passive	the chieftain as the avenger	which individual					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	possess	gerund	the avenger not said here	the magic arrow					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot arrow=Theme

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

the stranger, upon his arrival at the teepee

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stranger	det
2	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 arrival	punct
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 arrival	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 arrival	nmod:poss
6	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stranger	conj
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 teepee	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 teepee	det
9	teepee	teepee	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stranger	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrive		his = he						nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

the stranger who had walked for three days across the plains to reach the village at dusk

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 stranger	det
2	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 walked	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 walked	aux
5	walked	walk	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 stranger	acl:relcl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 days	case
7	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 days	nummod
8	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 walked	obl
9	across	across	ADP	_	11 plains	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 plains	det
11	plains	plain	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 walked	obl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 reach	mark
13	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 walked	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 village	det
15	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 reach	obj
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 dusk	case
17	dusk	dusk	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 reach	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	past · perfect	the stranger			the plains	day		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across plain=Trajectory
2	reach	to-infinitive	the stranger not said here	the village			dusk		vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent village=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

the stranger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stranger	det
2	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 4

the young hunter who came to the lodge with the wolf skins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 hunter	det
2	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hunter	amod
3	hunter	hunter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 came	nsubj
5	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hunter	acl:relcl
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 lodge	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lodge	det
8	lodge	lodge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 came	obl
9	with	with	ADP	_	12 skins	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 skins	det
11	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 skins	compound
12	skins	skin	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 came	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	the young hunter			the lodge		with the wolf skins	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to lodge=Initial_Location

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