Exam question 1 · Indian Fairy Tales, Manstin the Rabbit, part 11: Iya the c…

Which means did the warriors employ to bring about the destruction of Iya?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: warriors · What happens: mean, do, employ, bring, destroy · To what, where: Iya · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1274 «Indian Fairy Tales, Manstin the Rabbit, part 11: Iya the camp-eater is slain, then Manstin trades eyes with a blind grandfather and falls into the brook» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 warriors	det
5	warriors	warrior	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 employ	nsubj
6	employ	employ	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	parataxis
7	to	to	PART	_	8 bring	mark
8	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 employ	xcomp
9	about	about	ADP	_	11 destruction	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 destruction	det
11	destruction	destruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bring	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 Iya	case
13	Iya	Iya	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 destruction	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	past				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	employ	present	the warriors			vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute
4	bring	to-infinitive	the warriors not said here		about the destruction of Iya	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent
5	destroy			Iya		nom destruction «act transitive»: of=patient

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 trapped him in the tall grass and beat him with clubs until he could no longer rise

The tree, 18 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 trapped	nsubj:pass
2	trapped	trap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 trapped	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 grass	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 grass	det
6	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 grass	amod
7	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 trapped	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 beat	cc
9	beat	beat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 trapped	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 beat	obj
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 clubs	case
12	clubs	club	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 beat	obl
13	until	until	SCONJ	_	18 rise	mark
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 rise	nsubj
15	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 rise	aux
16	no	no	ADV	_	17 longer	advmod
17	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	18 rise	advmod
18	rise	rise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 beat	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	trap	participle · passive		They	the tall grass		tree rules
2	beat	infinitive		him = he		with clubs	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with club=Instrument
3	rise	could	he			long property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They slew him with long knives

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 slew	nsubj
2	slew	slay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 slew	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 knives	case
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 knives	amod
6	knives	knife	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 slew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slay	past	They	him = he				with long knives	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with knife=Instrument

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

They surrounded him and slew him with long knives after he fell in the river

The tree, 15 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 surrounded	nsubj:pass
2	surrounded	surround	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 slew	advcl
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 surrounded	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 slew	cc
5	slew	slay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 slew	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 knives	case
8	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 knives	amod
9	knives	knife	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 slew	obl
10	after	after	SCONJ	_	12 fell	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 fell	nsubj
12	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 slew	advcl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 river	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 river	det
15	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	surround	participle · passive		They			tree rules
2	slay	past		him = he		with long knives	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with knife=Instrument
3	fall	past	he		the river		vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in river=Location

Option 4

They drowned him in the river

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 drowned	nsubj
2	drowned	drown	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drowned	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 river	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 river	det
6	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drowned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drown	past	They	him = he		the river			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

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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