Exam question 1 · Norse Tales, East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon, part 58…

Which action did the youth perform in order to secure the release of the Princess from the mountain?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action, youth · What happens: do, perform, secure · To what, where: order, release, mountain

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1561 «Norse Tales, East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon, part 58: Dapplegrim climbs the cliff and rescues the Princess, then the King sets new tasks» 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	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	5 youth	det
5	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 perform	nsubj
6	perform	perform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	ccomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 order	case
8	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 perform	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 secure	mark
10	secure	secure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 perform	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 release	det
12	release	release	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 secure	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 Princess	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Princess	det
15	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 release	nmod
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 mountain	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 mountain	det
18	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 secure	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	past	which action			tree rules
2	perform	present	the youth		order	vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	secure	to-infinitive	the youth not said here	the release of the Princess	the mountain	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent release=Theme from mountain=Source

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 caught her up on his saddle-bow, turned around, and rode straight out of the hall

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 caught	nsubj
2	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 caught	obj
4	up	up	ADP	_	2 caught	compound:prt
5	on	on	ADP	_	9 bow	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 bow	nmod:poss
7	saddle	saddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bow	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 saddle	punct
9	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 caught	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 turned	punct
11	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 bow	acl
12	around	around	ADV	_	11 turned	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 rode	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 rode	cc
15	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 caught	conj
16	straight	straight	ADV	_	15 rode	advmod
17	out	out	ADP	_	20 hall	case
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 hall	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 hall	det
20	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 rode	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	catch up	past	He	her = she	his saddle bow		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
2	turn around	participle		his saddle bow not said here		around property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	ride	past	He not said here		the hall	straight property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent out hall=Trajectory

Option 2

He lifted her onto the horse and waited there

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 lifted	nsubj
2	lifted	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lifted	obj
4	onto	onto	ADP	_	6 horse	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 horse	det
6	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lifted	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 waited	cc
8	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 lifted	conj
9	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 waited	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	past	He	her = she				onto the horse	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme onto horse=Destination
2	wait	past	He not said here			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He caught her up on his saddle-bow and rode out

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 caught	nsubj
2	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 caught	obj
4	up	up	ADP	_	2 caught	compound:prt
5	on	on	ADP	_	9 bow	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 bow	nmod:poss
7	saddle	saddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bow	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 saddle	punct
9	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 caught	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 rode	cc
11	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 caught	conj
12	out	out	ADP	_	11 rode	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch up	past	He	her = she		his saddle bow			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
2	ride out	past	He not said here						vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He caught her up on his saddle-bow and rode out of the mountain at once

The tree, 16 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 caught	nsubj
2	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 caught	obj
4	up	up	ADP	_	2 caught	compound:prt
5	on	on	ADP	_	9 bow	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 bow	nmod:poss
7	saddle	saddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bow	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 saddle	punct
9	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 caught	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 rode	cc
11	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 caught	conj
12	out	out	ADP	_	15 mountain	case
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 mountain	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 mountain	det
15	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 rode	obl
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 once	case
17	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	11 rode	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch up	past	He	her = she		his saddle bow			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
2	ride out	past	He not said here	the mountain					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mountain=Theme

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