Exam question 4 · Old Indian Legends, The Warlike Seven, part 1: Manstin fin…

Through what agency was the water restored to its original bed?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: agency · What happens: be, restore · To what, where: water, original bed

This is exam question 4 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	Through	through	ADP	_	3 agency	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 agency	det
3	agency	agency	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 water	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 water	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 water	det
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	restored	restore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 water	acl
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 bed	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 bed	nmod:poss
10	original	original	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 bed	amod
11	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 restored	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 water	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	what agency	the water					tree rules
2	restore	participle		the water not said here	agency's original bed				vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to bed=Recipient

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 · ✓ the right answer

By Iktomi, who struck his knife upward within the Eater.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	2 Iktomi	case
2	Iktomi	Iktomi	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 struck	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 struck	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 struck	nsubj
5	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 knife	nmod:poss
7	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 struck	obj
8	upward	upward	ADV	_	5 struck	advmod
9	within	within	ADP	_	11 Eater	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Eater	det
11	Eater	Eater	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 struck	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 struck	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past		Iktomi's knife				by Iktomi; within the Eater; upward property	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

By the Fish, who blew it out through the Eater's mouth.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 Fish	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Fish	det
3	Fish	Fish	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 blew	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 blew	punct
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 blew	nsubj
6	blew	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 blew	obj
8	out	out	ADP	_	6 blew	compound:prt
9	through	through	ADP	_	13 mouth	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Eater	det
11	Eater	Eater	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 mouth	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Eater	case
13	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 blew	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 blew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow out	past		Fish		the Eater's mouth		by the Fish	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 3

By Iktomi, who struck his knife upward within the Eater, so that the lake came out again.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	2 Iktomi	case
2	Iktomi	Iktomi	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 struck	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 struck	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 struck	nsubj
5	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 knife	nmod:poss
7	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 struck	obj
8	upward	upward	ADV	_	5 struck	advmod
9	within	within	ADP	_	11 Eater	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Eater	det
11	Eater	Eater	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 struck	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 came	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	17 came	advmod
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 came	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 lake	det
16	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 came	nsubj
17	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 struck	conj
18	out	out	ADV	_	17 came	advmod
19	again	again	ADV	_	17 came	advmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 struck	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past		Iktomi's knife				by Iktomi; within the Eater; upward property	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Patient
2	come out	past	the lake				again	out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient

Option 4

By the Turtle, who pushed it up through the reeds.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 Turtle	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Turtle	det
3	Turtle	Turtle	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 pushed	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 pushed	punct
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 pushed	nsubj
6	pushed	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 pushed	obj
8	up	up	ADP	_	6 pushed	compound:prt
9	through	through	ADP	_	11 reeds	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 reeds	det
11	reeds	reed	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 pushed	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 pushed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push up	past		Turtle		the reeds		by the Turtle	vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme by turtle=Trajectory

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