Exam question 2 · Old Indian Legends, The Warlike Seven, part 1: Manstin fin…

By what means did the warlike party of seven reduce its number before reaching the great wood?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: seven · What happens: mean, do, reduce, reach · To what, where: warlike party, number, great wood · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 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	By	by	SCONJ	_	3 means	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 party	det
6	warlike	warlike	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 party	amod
7	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	of	of	SCONJ	_	10 reduce	mark
9	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 reduce	nsubj
10	reduce	reduce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 party	acl:relcl
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 number	nmod:poss
12	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reduce	obj
13	before	before	SCONJ	_	14 reaching	mark
14	reaching	reach	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 reduce	advcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 wood	det
16	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 wood	amod
17	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 reaching	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	past		the warlike party	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Eventuality
3	reduce	present	seven	party's number	vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer number=Patient
4	reach	gerund	seven not said here	the great wood	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent wood=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

By the wind and the river, and also by the thorn apple, the mire, and the Dragon Fly's loud nose, all of which reduced the party.

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 wind	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wind	det
3	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 reduced	obl
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 river	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 river	det
6	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wind	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 apple	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 apple	cc
9	also	also	ADV	_	13 apple	advmod
10	by	by	ADP	_	13 apple	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 apple	det
12	thorn	thorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 apple	compound
13	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wind	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 mire	punct
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 mire	det
16	mire	mire	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 apple	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 nose	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 nose	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Fly	det
20	Dragon	Dragon	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 Fly	compound
21	Fly	Fly	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 nose	nmod:poss
22	's	's	PART	_	21 Fly	case
23	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 nose	amod
24	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wind	conj
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 wind	punct
26	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	29 reduced	nsubj
27	of	of	ADP	_	28 which	case
28	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	26 all	nmod
29	reduced	reduce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 party	det
31	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 reduced	obj
32	.	.	PUNCT	_	29 reduced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reduce	past	all	the party				by the wind and the river and the thorn apple and the mire and the Dragon Fly's loud nose	vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer party=Patient

Option 2

By the storm, which scattered the Ashes, and the flood that swept the Grasshopper.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 storm	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 storm	det
3	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scattered	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 scattered	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 scattered	nsubj
6	scattered	scatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Ashes	det
8	Ashes	Ash	PROPN	Number=Plur	6 scattered	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 flood	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 flood	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 flood	det
12	flood	flood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scattered	obl
13	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 swept	nsubj
14	swept	sweep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 flood	acl:relcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Grasshopper	det
16	Grasshopper	Grasshopper	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 swept	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 scattered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scatter	past		the Ashes				by the storm; the flood obl	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ash=Theme by storm=Destination
2	sweep	past	the flood	the Grasshopper					vn run-51.3.2-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location grasshopper=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

By the wind, which carried off the Ashes, and the river, which claimed the Fire.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 wind	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wind	det
3	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 carried	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 carried	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 carried	nsubj
6	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	off	off	ADP	_	9 Ashes	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Ashes	det
9	Ashes	Ash	PROPN	Number=Plur	6 carried	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 river	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 river	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 river	det
13	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 carried	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 claimed	punct
15	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 claimed	nsubj
16	claimed	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 river	acl:relcl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Fire	det
18	Fire	Fire	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 claimed	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 carried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry off	past		the Ashes				by the wind; the river obl	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ash=Theme
2	claim speech: other	past	the river	the Fire					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent fire=Topic

Option 4

By the wind, which carried off the Ashes, and the river, which claimed the Fire, and the mire, which took the Grasshopper's legs.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 wind	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wind	det
3	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 carried	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 carried	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 carried	nsubj
6	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	off	off	ADP	_	9 Ashes	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Ashes	det
9	Ashes	Ash	PROPN	Number=Plur	6 carried	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 river	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 river	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 river	det
13	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 carried	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 claimed	punct
15	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 claimed	nsubj
16	claimed	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 river	acl:relcl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Fire	det
18	Fire	Fire	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 claimed	obj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 mire	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 mire	cc
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 mire	det
22	mire	mire	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 carried	conj
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 took	punct
24	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	25 took	nsubj
25	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 mire	acl:relcl
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 Grasshopper	det
27	Grasshopper	Grasshopper	PROPN	Number=Sing	29 legs	nmod:poss
28	's	's	PART	_	27 Grasshopper	case
29	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 took	obj
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 carried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	carry off	past		the Ashes	by the wind; the river obl	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ash=Theme
2	claim speech: other	past	the river	the Fire		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent fire=Topic
3	take	past	the mire	the Grasshopper's legs		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Theme

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