Exam question 4 · Iktomi tales, The Big Red Eagle: the avenger shoots the re…

What was the principal consequence of the avenger's successful shot for the members of the tribe?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: principal consequence

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 consequence	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 consequence	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 consequence	amod
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	11 shot	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 avenger	det
8	avenger	avenger	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 shot	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 avenger	case
10	successful	successful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 shot	amod
11	shot	shot	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	nmod
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 members	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 members	det
14	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 shot	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 tribe	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 tribe	det
17	tribe	tribe	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 members	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the principal consequence				of the avenger's successful shot for the members of the tribe	tree rules

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

They celebrated with a feast in his honour.

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 celebrated	nsubj
2	celebrated	celebrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 feast	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 feast	det
5	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 celebrated	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 honour	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 honour	nmod:poss
8	honour	honour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 celebrated	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 celebrated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	celebrate	past	They			his honour		with a feast	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	honour		his = he						nom honour «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

They sent warriors to hunt the bear again.

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 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	warriors	warrior	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sent	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 hunt	mark
5	hunt	hunt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 sent	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bear	det
7	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hunt	obj
8	again	again	ADV	_	5 hunt	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	They	warriors					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warrior=Theme
2	hunt	to-infinitive	They not said here	the bear			again		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=Theme

Option 3

They went home.

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 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	home	home	ADV	_	2 went	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	They					home property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

They held a great feast in his honour, with dancing, singing, and gifts of horses that lasted through the night.

The tree, 20 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 held	nsubj
2	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 feast	det
4	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 feast	amod
5	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 held	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 honour	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 honour	nmod:poss
8	honour	honour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 held	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 dancing	punct
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 dancing	case
11	dancing	dancing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 honour	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 singing	punct
13	singing	sing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 held	advcl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 gifts	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 gifts	cc
16	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 held	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 horses	case
18	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 gifts	nmod
19	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 lasted	nsubj
20	lasted	last	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 horses	acl:relcl
21	through	through	ADP	_	23 night	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 night	det
23	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 lasted	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 held	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	past	They	a great feast	his honour and dancing		gifts of horses obl	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent feast=Theme in honour=Location
2	sing speech: express	gerund	They not said here					vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	last	past	horses			night		vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme
4	honour		his = he					nom honour «state transitive»: poss=agent
5	gift			horses				nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient

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