Exam question 1 · Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 17: the youth tricks t…

Which of the following describes the action by which the youth obtained the Governor's joint of meat on the Sunday in question?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: youth · What happens: follow, describe, obtain · To what, where: action, joint, question

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1520 «Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 17: the youth tricks the Governor with three hares and steals the roast joint» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 describes	obj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 action	det
7	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 obtained	obl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 youth	det
11	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 obtained	nsubj
12	obtained	obtain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 action	acl:relcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Governor	det
14	Governor	Governor	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 joint	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 Governor	case
16	joint	joint	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 obtained	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 meat	case
18	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 joint	nmod
19	on	on	ADP	_	21 Sunday	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Sunday	det
21	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 obtained	obl
22	in	in	ADP	_	23 question	case
23	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 obtained	obl
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the action				tree rules
3	obtain	past	the youth	the Governor's joint of meat	question	sunday	by the action	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset joint=Theme

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 released two hares into the kitchen, thereby distracting the cook, and removed the joint from the table

The tree, 18 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 released	nsubj
2	released	release	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 hares	nummod
4	hares	hare	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 released	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 kitchen	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 kitchen	det
7	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 released	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 distracting	punct
9	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	10 distracting	advmod
10	distracting	distract	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 released	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 cook	det
12	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 distracting	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 removed	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 removed	cc
15	removed	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 released	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 joint	det
17	joint	joint	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 removed	obj
18	from	from	ADP	_	20 table	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 table	det
20	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 removed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	release	past	He	two hares	the kitchen		vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer hare=Source
2	distract	gerund	He not said here	the cook		thereby property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus cook=Experiencer
3	remove	past	He not said here	the joint	the table		vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent joint=Theme from table=Source

Option 2

He hid three hares in the courtyard, thereby alerting the household, and seized the joint from the hearth

The tree, 18 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 hid	nsubj
2	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 hares	nummod
4	hares	hare	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hid	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 courtyard	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 courtyard	det
7	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hid	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 alerting	punct
9	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	10 alerting	advmod
10	alerting	alert	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 hid	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 household	det
12	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 alerting	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 seized	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 seized	cc
15	seized	seize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 hid	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 joint	det
17	joint	joint	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 seized	obj
18	from	from	ADP	_	20 hearth	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 hearth	det
20	hearth	hearth	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 seized	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hide	past	He	three hares	the courtyard		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hare=Patient in courtyard=Location
2	alert speech: other	gerund	He not said here	the household		thereby property	vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent household=Recipient
3	seize	past	He not said here	the joint	the hearth		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent joint=Theme from hearth=Source

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He released three hares into the courtyard, thereby diverting the attention of the household, and removed the joint from the spit

The tree, 21 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 released	nsubj
2	released	release	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 hares	nummod
4	hares	hare	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 released	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 courtyard	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 courtyard	det
7	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 released	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 diverting	punct
9	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	10 diverting	advmod
10	diverting	divert	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 released	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 attention	det
12	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 diverting	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 household	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 household	det
15	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 attention	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 removed	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 removed	cc
18	removed	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 released	conj
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 joint	det
20	joint	joint	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 removed	obj
21	from	from	ADP	_	23 spit	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 spit	det
23	spit	spit	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 removed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	release	past	He	three hares	the courtyard		vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer hare=Source
2	divert	gerund	He not said here	the attention of the household		thereby property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus attention=Experiencer
3	remove	past	He not said here	the joint	the spit		vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent joint=Theme from spit=Source
4	attend		the household				nom attention «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

He removed the joint from the spit

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 removed	nsubj
2	removed	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 joint	det
4	joint	joint	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 removed	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 spit	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 spit	det
7	spit	spit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 removed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	past	He	the joint		the spit			vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent joint=Theme from spit=Source

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