Exam question 4 · Hibernian Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of Glen: t…

What is the consequence, as recorded in the narrative, of the giant's leap towards the Thief following the loss of the toe?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: leap, giant · What happens: be, record, follow, leap · To what, where: consequence, narrative, loss

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 consequence	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 consequence	det
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 recorded	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 recorded	mark
7	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 consequence	acl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 narrative	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 narrative	det
10	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 recorded	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 leap	punct
12	of	of	ADP	_	16 leap	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 giant	det
14	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 leap	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 giant	case
16	leap	leap	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consequence	conj
17	towards	towards	ADP	_	19 Thief	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Thief	det
19	Thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 leap	nmod
20	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 leap	acl
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 loss	det
22	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 following	obj
23	of	of	ADP	_	25 toe	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 toe	det
25	toe	toe	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 loss	nmod
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the consequence and the giant's leap towards the Thief			tree rules
2	record	participle		the consequence and the giant's leap towards the Thief not said here	the narrative		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in narrative=Destination
3	follow	gerund	the giant's leap towards the Thief not said here	the loss of the toe			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loss=Theme
4	leap		the giant			towards the Thief	nom leap «act transitive»: poss=agent towards=obl

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 · ✓ the right answer

The giant falls into the fish-pond and is drowned.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 giant	det
2	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 falls	nsubj
3	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	8 pond	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pond	det
6	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pond	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 fish	punct
8	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 falls	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 drowned	cc
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 drowned	aux:pass
11	drowned	drown	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 falls	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 falls	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	present	the giant					into the fish pond result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into pond=Result
2	drown	present · passive	the giant not said here						vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»

Option 2

He is drowned.

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	3 drowned	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 drowned	aux:pass
3	drowned	drown	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 drowned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drown	present · passive		He					vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

The giant plunges into the lake and is lost.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 plunges	det
2	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 plunges	amod
3	plunges	plunge	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 lake	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lake	det
6	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 plunges	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 lost	cc
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 lost	aux:pass
9	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 lake	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 plunges	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	present · passive							vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»

Option 4

The giant tumbles into the pond and drowns.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 giant	det
2	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 tumbles	nsubj
3	tumbles	tumble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 pond	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pond	det
6	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tumbles	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 drowns	cc
8	drowns	drown	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 tumbles	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tumbles	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tumble	present	the giant			the pond			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into pond=Initial_Location
2	drown	present	the giant not said here						vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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