Exam question 3 · Hibernian Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of Glen: t…

Which object did the giant employ to summon the Black Thief by means of its enchantment, and upon what part of his person did it fasten?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: object · What happens: do, summon, mean, fasten, enchant · To what, where: giant employ, Black Thief · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1518 «Hibernian Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of Glen: the Thief's last tale saves the youngest prince» 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 object	det
2	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 employ	det
5	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 employ	amod
6	employ	employ	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 summon	mark
8	summon	summon	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 means	csubj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Thief	det
10	Black	Black	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Thief	compound
11	Thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 summon	obj
12	by	by	ADP	_	13 means	case
13	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 employ	parataxis
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 enchantment	case
15	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 enchantment	nmod:poss
16	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 means	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 part	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 part	cc
19	upon	upon	ADP	_	21 part	case
20	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	21 part	det
21	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	conj
22	of	of	ADP	_	24 person	case
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 person	nmod:poss
24	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 fasten	obl
25	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 fasten	aux
26	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 fasten	nsubj
27	fasten	fasten	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 part	ccomp
28	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	which object	the giant employ		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent employ=Eventuality
2	summon	to-infinitive		the Black Thief		vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thief=Recipient
3	mean	present			of object's enchantment	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
4	fasten	past · do-support	object		of his person	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
5	enchant		object			nom enchantment «feeling transitive»: 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

A golden ring that stuck to the Thief's heel.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 ring	det
2	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ring	amod
3	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 stuck	nsubj
5	stuck	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 ring	acl:relcl
6	to	to	ADP	_	10 heel	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Thief	det
8	Thief	Thief	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 heel	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Thief	case
10	heel	heel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stuck	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ring	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stick	past	a golden ring					to the Thief's heel	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to heel=Co-Patient

Option 2

A cursed ring, which clung onto the Thief's second toe.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 ring	det
2	cursed	curse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 ring	amod
3	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 clung	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 clung	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 clung	nsubj
6	clung	cling	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	onto	onto	ADP	_	12 toe	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Thief	det
9	Thief	Thief	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 toe	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Thief	case
11	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 toe	amod
12	toe	toe	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 clung	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 clung	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	curse	participle							vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	cling	past	a cursed ring			the Thief's second toe			vn cling-22.5 «NP V together»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

An enchanted ring, which fastened upon the Thief's big toe.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 ring	det
2	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 ring	amod
3	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fastened	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 fastened	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 fastened	nsubj
6	fastened	fasten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 toe	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Thief	det
9	Thief	Thief	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 toe	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Thief	case
11	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 toe	amod
12	toe	toe	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fastened	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 fastened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enchant	participle							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	fasten	past	a enchanted ring					upon the Thief's big toe	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 4

A silver band, which clung to the Thief's little toe.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 band	det
2	silver	silver	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 band	amod
3	band	band	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 clung	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 clung	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 clung	nsubj
6	clung	cling	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	12 toe	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Thief	det
9	Thief	Thief	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 toe	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Thief	case
11	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 toe	amod
12	toe	toe	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 clung	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 clung	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cling	past	a silver band					to the Thief's little toe	vn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to toe=Co-Theme

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