Exam question 2 · Iktomi tales, The Big Red Eagle: the avenger shoots the re…

How long did the interval between midnight and dawn allow the inhabitants of the village to rest?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: interval · What happens: do, allow, rest · To what, where: inhabitants

This is exam question 2 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	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 long	advmod
2	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 did	advmod
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 interval	det
5	interval	interval	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 allow	nsubj
6	between	between	ADP	_	7 midnight	case
7	midnight	midnight	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 interval	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 dawn	cc
9	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 interval	conj
10	allow	allow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	parataxis
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 inhabitants	det
12	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 allow	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 village	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 village	det
15	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 inhabitants	nmod
16	to	to	PART	_	17 rest	mark
17	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 allow	advcl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past			long property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	allow	present	the interval between midnight and dawn	the inhabitants of the village		vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inhabitant=Beneficiary
3	rest	to-infinitive	the interval between midnight and dawn not said here			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It was short indeed, affording little repose.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 short	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 short	cop
3	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	indeed	indeed	ADV	_	3 short	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 affording	punct
6	affording	afford	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 short	advcl
7	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 repose	amod
8	repose	repose	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 affording	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 short	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	It					indeed, short property	tree rules
2	afford	gerund		little repose					tree rules

Option 2

It was long and restful, nearly peaceful.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 long	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 long	cop
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 restful	cc
5	restful	restful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 long	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 peaceful	punct
7	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	8 peaceful	advmod
8	peaceful	peaceful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 long	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 long	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	It	long property	tree rules
2	be				tree rules
3	be			nearly property	tree rules

Option 3

It lasted the entire night, giving the people time to sleep soundly and dream of the eagle hunt tomorrow.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lasted	nsubj
2	lasted	last	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 night	det
4	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 night	amod
5	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lasted	obl:unmarked
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 giving	punct
7	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 lasted	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 time	det
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 time	compound
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 giving	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 sleep	mark
12	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 time	acl
13	soundly	soundly	ADV	_	12 sleep	advmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 dream	cc
15	dream	dream	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 sleep	conj
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 eagle	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 eagle	det
18	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 hunt	obl
19	hunt	hunt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 dream	ccomp
20	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 hunt	obl:unmarked
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 lasted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	last	past	It	night		vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme
2	give	gerund		time		vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	sleep	to-infinitive			soundly property	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	dream	infinitive				vn cognize-85 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	hunt	present		tomorrow	of the eagle	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

They slept well until the morning bell.

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 slept	nsubj
2	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 slept	advmod
4	until	until	ADP	_	7 bell	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bell	det
6	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bell	compound
7	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slept	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 slept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	past	They				until the morning bell	well property	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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