Exam question 4 · Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 24: Lasse dreams of sai…
In what manner did the thieves conceal their identity upon being discovered by Moti?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: thieves, Moti · What happens: do, conceal, discover · To what, where: manner, identity
This is exam question 4 of lesson 1299 «Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 24: Lasse dreams of sailing the world, wakes in his boat, and Moti is robbed at an inn» 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 manner | case |
| 2 | what | what | DET | PronType=Int | 3 manner | det |
| 3 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obl |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 thieves | det |
| 6 | thieves | thief | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 conceal | nsubj |
| 7 | conceal | conceal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 did | ccomp |
| 8 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 identity | nmod:poss |
| 9 | identity | identity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 conceal | obj |
| 10 | upon | upon | SCONJ | _ | 12 discovered | mark |
| 11 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 discovered | aux:pass |
| 12 | discovered | discover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 conceal | advcl |
| 13 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 Moti | case |
| 14 | Moti | Moti | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 discovered | obl:agent |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | what manner | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | conceal | present | the thieves | thieves's identity | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent identity=Patient | ||||
| 3 | discover | gerund · passive | Moti | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING»: agent=Agent |
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 disguised themselves as traders at dawn
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 disguised | nsubj |
| 2 | disguised | disguise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 2 disguised | obj |
| 4 | as | as | ADP | _ | 5 traders | case |
| 5 | traders | trader | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 disguised | obl |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 dawn | case |
| 7 | dawn | dawn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 disguised | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | disguise | past | they | themselves = they | dawn | as traders | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme themselves=Destination |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
they swore an oath on the holy book and left the serai in haste before dawn
The tree, 16 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 swore | nsubj |
| 2 | swore | swear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 oath | det |
| 4 | oath | oath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 swore | obj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 book | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 book | det |
| 7 | holy | holy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 book | amod |
| 8 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 swore | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 left | cc |
| 10 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 swore | conj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 serai | det |
| 12 | serai | serai | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 left | obj |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 haste | case |
| 14 | haste | haste | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 left | obl |
| 15 | before | before | ADP | _ | 16 dawn | case |
| 16 | dawn | dawn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 left | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swear | past | they | a oath | the holy book | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent oath=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | leave | past | they not said here | the serai | haste | dawn | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent serai=Theme in haste=Location |
Option 3
they dressed as serai servants and slipped out before the morning call to prayer
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 dressed | nsubj |
| 2 | dressed | dress | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | as | as | ADP | _ | 5 servants | case |
| 4 | serai | serai | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 servants | compound |
| 5 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 dressed | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 slipped | cc |
| 7 | slipped | slip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 dressed | conj |
| 8 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 slipped | compound:prt |
| 9 | before | before | ADP | _ | 12 call | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 call | det |
| 11 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 call | compound |
| 12 | call | call | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 slipped | obl |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 prayer | case |
| 14 | prayer | prayer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 call | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dress | past | they | as serai servants | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | slip out | past | they not said here | before the morning call to prayer | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
they were not discovered, since he went back to bed
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 | 4 discovered | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 discovered | aux:pass |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 discovered | advmod |
| 4 | discovered | discover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 went | punct |
| 6 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 8 went | mark |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 went | nsubj |
| 8 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 discovered | conj |
| 9 | back | back | ADV | _ | 8 went | advmod |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 bed | case |
| 11 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 went | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not discover | past · passive | they | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | |||||
| 2 | go back | past | he | to bed result | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to bed=Result |
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