Exam question 2 · Norse Tales, Dapplegrim: the youth wins the Princess with…

In the narrative, which creature did the youth first assume when he concealed himself from the Princess?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: creature · What happens: assume, conceal · To what, where: narrative, creature

This is exam question 2 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 narrative	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 narrative	det
3	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 assume	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 did	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 did	obj
6	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 did	nsubj
7	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 assume	aux
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 youth	det
9	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 did	obj
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 assume	advmod
11	assume	assume	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	14 concealed	advmod
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 concealed	nsubj
14	concealed	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 assume	ccomp
15	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	14 concealed	obj
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 Princess	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Princess	det
18	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 concealed	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 assume	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assume	past · do-support				the narrative		first property	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	conceal	past	creature	creature				from the Princess	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent himself=Patient from princess=Beneficiary

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

a dung beetle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 beetle	det
2	dung	dung	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 beetle	compound
3	beetle	beetle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

a common sparrow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 sparrow	det
2	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sparrow	amod
3	sparrow	sparrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

a horse-fly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 fly	det
2	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fly	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 horse	punct
4	fly	fly	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

a field mouse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 mouse	det
2	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mouse	compound
3	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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