Exam question 1 · Norse Tales, Dapplegrim: the youth wins the Princess with…

Which of the following accurately describes the action by which the youth secured the release of the Princess from her second concealment?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: youth · What happens: follow, describe, secure, conceal · To what, where: action, release, second concealment

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1562 «Norse Tales, Dapplegrim: the youth wins the Princess with two tricks and a second horse» 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 action	det
8	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 secured	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 youth	det
12	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 secured	nsubj
13	secured	secure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 action	acl:relcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 release	det
15	release	release	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 secured	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 Princess	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Princess	det
18	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 release	nmod
19	from	from	ADP	_	22 concealment	case
20	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 concealment	nmod:poss
21	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	22 concealment	amod
22	concealment	concealment	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 secured	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the action		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent action=Theme
3	secure	past	the youth	the release of the Princess	youth's second concealment	by the action	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent release=Theme from concealment=Source
4	conceal		youth				nom concealment «state 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 · ← Mova's choice

by identifying the first loaf from the right and feigning to sever it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 identifying	mark
2	identifying	identify	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 loaf	det
4	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 loaf	amod
5	loaf	loaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 identifying	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 right	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 right	det
8	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 identifying	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 feigning	cc
10	feigning	feign	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 identifying	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 sever	mark
12	sever	sever	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 feigning	xcomp
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 sever	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	gerund	the first loaf	the right	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent loaf=Theme
2	feign	gerund			tree rules
3	sever	to-infinitive	loaf		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

by identifying the last loaf on the table and feigning to wrap it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 identifying	mark
2	identifying	identify	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 loaf	det
4	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 loaf	amod
5	loaf	loaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 identifying	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 table	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 table	det
8	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 identifying	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 feigning	cc
10	feigning	feign	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 identifying	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 wrap	mark
12	wrap	wrap	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 feigning	xcomp
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 wrap	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	gerund	the last loaf	the table	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent loaf=Theme
2	feign	gerund			tree rules
3	wrap	to-infinitive	loaf		vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

by identifying the middle loaf and feigning to consume it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 identifying	mark
2	identifying	identify	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 loaf	det
4	middle	middle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 loaf	amod
5	loaf	loaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 identifying	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 feigning	cc
7	feigning	feign	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 identifying	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 consume	mark
9	consume	consume	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 feigning	xcomp
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 consume	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	identify	gerund	the middle loaf	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent loaf=Theme
2	feign	gerund		tree rules
3	consume	to-infinitive	loaf	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

by identifying the third loaf from the left and feigning to sever it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 identifying	mark
2	identifying	identify	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 loaf	det
4	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 loaf	amod
5	loaf	loaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 identifying	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 left	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 left	det
8	left	left	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 identifying	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 feigning	cc
10	feigning	feign	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 identifying	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 sever	mark
12	sever	sever	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 feigning	xcomp
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 sever	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	gerund	the third loaf	the left	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent loaf=Theme
2	feign	gerund			tree rules
3	sever	to-infinitive	loaf		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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