Exam question 1 · Old Indian Legends, The Warlike Seven, part 1: Manstin fin…

Upon what circumstances did Manstin's bundle of wood become detached from him?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: circumstances, bundle · What happens: do, become, detach

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1275 «Old Indian Legends, The Warlike Seven, part 1: Manstin finds his eyes again, then seven friends set out to make war and the first warriors drop away» 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	obj
3	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Manstin	Manstin	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 bundle	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Manstin	case
7	bundle	bundle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 become	nsubj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 wood	case
9	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bundle	nmod
10	become	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
11	detached	detach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 become	xcomp
12	from	from	ADP	_	13 him	case
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 detached	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	do	past	circumstances		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2	become	present	Manstin's bundle of wood		tree rules
3	detach	participle	Manstin's bundle of wood not said here	from bundle	vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=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

Owing to a lapse of attention, he had let the far end of the rope fall away entirely.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Owing	owe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 let	advcl
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 lapse	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 lapse	det
4	lapse	lapse	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Owing	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 attention	case
6	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lapse	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Owing	punct
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 let	nsubj:pass
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 let	aux
10	let	let	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 end	det
12	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 end	amod
13	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 let	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 rope	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 rope	det
16	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 end	nmod
17	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 let	xcomp
18	away	away	ADV	_	17 fall	advmod
19	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	17 fall	advmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	owe	gerund			to a lapse of attention goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to lapse=Goal
2	let	past · perfect · passive		he		tree rules
3	fall away	infinitive	he not said here		away, entirely property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
4	lapse		attention			nom lapse «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

He had carelessly let the rope end slip away.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 let	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 let	aux
3	carelessly	carelessly	ADV	_	4 let	advmod
4	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 end	det
6	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 end	compound
7	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 slip	nsubj
8	slip	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 let	parataxis
9	away	away	ADV	_	8 slip	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	past	He					carelessly property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent
2	slip away	present	the rope end					away property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He had unconsciously dropped the end of the rope.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dropped	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dropped	aux
3	unconsciously	unconsciously	ADV	_	4 dropped	advmod
4	dropped	drop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 end	det
6	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dropped	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 rope	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 rope	det
9	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 end	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 dropped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past · perfect	He	the end of the rope				unconsciously property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent end=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He had, without ever realizing it, dropped the end of the rope he held.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 realizing	punct
4	without	without	SCONJ	_	6 realizing	mark
5	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	6 realizing	advmod
6	realizing	realize	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 had	advcl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 realizing	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 dropped	punct
9	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 had	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 end	det
11	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dropped	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 rope	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 rope	det
14	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 end	nmod
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 held	nsubj
16	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 rope	acl:relcl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	have	past	He			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	realize	gerund	He not said here	it	ever	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
3	drop	past	He not said here	the end of the rope		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent end=Theme
4	hold	past	he	the rope not said here		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Theme

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