Exam question 4 · Myths and Legends of China, The Shinansha, or the South Po…

Which action did the rabbit undertake upon the badger's recovery in order to achieve his purpose?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action, badger, rabbit · What happens: undertake, achieve, recover, purpose · To what, where: purpose

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1349 «Myths and Legends of China, The Shinansha, or the South Pointing Carriage, part 9: Kotei beats the fog and crosses the river in boats made after a spider's leaf» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 undertake	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 undertake	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rabbit	det
5	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 undertake	nsubj
6	undertake	undertake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 recovery	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 badger	det
9	badger	badger	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 recovery	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 badger	case
11	recovery	recovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 undertake	obl
12	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	15 achieve	mark
13	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 in	fixed
14	to	to	PART	_	15 achieve	mark
15	achieve	achieve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 undertake	advcl
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 purpose	nmod:poss
17	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 achieve	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 undertake	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	undertake	past · do-support	which action		upon the badger's recovery	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	achieve	to-infinitive	which action not said here	rabbit's purpose		vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purpose=Eventuality
3	recover		the badger			nom recovery «event intransitive»: poss=agent
4	purpose		rabbit			nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice

he tricked him into sailing alone at dusk

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 tricked	nsubj
2	tricked	trick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tricked	obj
4	into	into	ADP	_	5 sailing	case
5	sailing	sail	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 tricked	advcl
6	alone	alone	ADV	_	5 sailing	advmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 dusk	case
8	dusk	dusk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sailing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	past	he	him = he					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	sail	gerund	he not said here				dusk	alone property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

he invited him fishing, built a clay boat, and then rowed him out to the deep river

The tree, 17 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 invited	nsubj
2	invited	invite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 invited	obj
4	fishing	fishing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 invited	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 built	punct
6	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 invited	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 boat	det
8	clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 boat	compound
9	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 built	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 rowed	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 rowed	cc
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 rowed	advmod
13	rowed	row	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 invited	conj
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 rowed	obj
15	out	out	ADP	_	13 rowed	compound:prt
16	to	to	ADP	_	19 river	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 river	det
18	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 river	amod
19	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 rowed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	invite	past	he	him = he			tree rules
2	build	past	he not said here	a clay boat			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset boat=Product
3	row out	past	he not said here	him = he	the deep river	then	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme to river=Trajectory

Option 3

he visited the badger in bed and then invited him fishing in two boats

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 visited	nsubj
2	visited	visit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 badger	det
4	badger	badger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 visited	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 bed	case
6	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 visited	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 invited	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 invited	advmod
9	invited	invite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 visited	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 invited	obj
11	fishing	fish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 invited	xcomp
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 boats	case
13	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 boats	nummod
14	boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 fishing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	visit	past	he	the badger	bed		vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent badger=Co-Agent
2	invite	past	he not said here	badger		then	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	fish not said to happen	gerund	badger not said here		two boats		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in boat=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

he invited him fishing and built two boats

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 invited	nsubj
2	invited	invite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 invited	obj
4	fishing	fish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 invited	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 built	cc
6	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 invited	conj
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 boats	nummod
8	boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 built	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	invite	past	he	him = he	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	fish not said to happen	gerund	him = he not said here		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	build	past	he not said here	two boats	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset boat=Product

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