Exam question 2 · Tales from the Fjeld, Kari Woodengown: the golden shoe and…

Which action did Kari perform in order to pass the trial, as recorded in the account?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: action · What happens: perform, pass, record · To what, where: trial, account

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1550 «Tales from the Fjeld, Kari Woodengown: the golden shoe and the wedding» 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	5 perform	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 perform	aux
4	Kari	Kari	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 perform	nsubj
5	perform	perform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	9 pass	mark
7	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 in	fixed
8	to	to	PART	_	9 pass	mark
9	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 perform	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 trial	det
11	trial	trial	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pass	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 recorded	punct
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 recorded	mark
14	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 pass	conj
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 account	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 account	det
17	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 recorded	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 perform	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	perform	past · do-support	which action			vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	pass	to-infinitive	which action not said here	the trial		vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme trial=Trajectory
3	record	participle	which action not said here		the account	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in account=Destination

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

She prayed at the church and then fitted the shoe onto her foot with ease and great joy

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 prayed	nsubj
2	prayed	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 church	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 church	det
5	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prayed	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 fitted	cc
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 fitted	advmod
8	fitted	fit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 prayed	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 shoe	det
10	shoe	shoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fitted	obj
11	onto	onto	ADP	_	13 foot	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 foot	nmod:poss
13	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fitted	obl
14	with	with	ADP	_	15 ease	case
15	ease	ease	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fitted	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 joy	cc
17	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 joy	amod
18	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 ease	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pray	past	She			the church			vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	fit	past	She not said here	the shoe		her foot	then	with ease and great joy	vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme onto foot=Destination

Option 2

She slid the shoe onto her foot quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 slid	nsubj
2	slid	slide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 shoe	det
4	shoe	shoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slid	obj
5	onto	onto	ADP	_	7 foot	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 foot	nmod:poss
7	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slid	obl
8	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	2 slid	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slide	past	She	the shoe		her foot		quickly property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme onto foot=Trajectory

Option 3

She fitted the shoe onto her bleeding foot, having cut off a slice of her heel first

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fitted	nsubj
2	fitted	fit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 shoe	det
4	shoe	shoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fitted	obj
5	onto	onto	ADP	_	8 foot	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 foot	nmod:poss
7	bleeding	bleeding	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 foot	compound
8	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fitted	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 having	punct
10	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 fitted	advcl
11	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 slice	amod
12	off	off	ADP	_	11 cut	compound:prt
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 slice	det
14	slice	slice	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 having	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 heel	case
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 heel	nmod:poss
17	heel	heel	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 slice	nmod
18	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 having	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	fit	past	She	the shoe	her bleeding foot		vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme onto foot=Destination
2	have	gerund	She not said here	a cut slice of her heel		first property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slice=Patient
3	cut off	participle					vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
4	slice			her heel			nom slice «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She fitted the shoe onto her foot with ease

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fitted	nsubj
2	fitted	fit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 shoe	det
4	shoe	shoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fitted	obj
5	onto	onto	ADP	_	7 foot	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 foot	nmod:poss
7	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fitted	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 ease	case
9	ease	ease	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fitted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fit	past	She	the shoe		her foot		with ease	vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme onto foot=Destination

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