Exam question 2 · Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad, part 78: Cinderla…

Which of the following best identifies the punishment the King imposed upon youths who failed in their duty to the seven foals?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: punishment, youths · What happens: follow, identify, impose, fail · To what, where: duty

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1581 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad, part 78: Cinderlad sets out to watch the seven foals and meets the old hag» 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	6 identifies	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 identifies	nmod
6	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 punishment	det
8	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 imposed	nsubj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 King	det
10	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 imposed	nsubj
11	imposed	impose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 identifies	ccomp
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 youths	case
13	youths	youth	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 imposed	obl
14	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 failed	nsubj
15	failed	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 youths	acl:relcl
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 duty	case
17	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 duty	nmod:poss
18	duty	duty	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 failed	obl
19	to	to	ADP	_	22 foals	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 foals	det
21	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	22 foals	nummod
22	foals	foal	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 failed	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present			of the best	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent which=Theme clause=Attribute
3	impose	past	the punishment		upon youths	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	fail	past	youths	youths's duty	to the seven foals	vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: agent=Agent in duty=Eventuality

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 · ✓ the right answer

Three red stripes cut upon the back and salt rubbed into them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 stripes	nummod
2	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stripes	amod
3	stripes	stripe	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 stripes	acl
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 back	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 back	det
7	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cut	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 salt	cc
9	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 back	conj
10	rubbed	rub	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 back	acl
11	into	into	ADP	_	12 them	case
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 rubbed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	participle		Three red stripes not said here				upon the back and salt	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	rub	participle		the back and salt not said here				into back	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into they=Destination

Option 2

Two red marks burned upon the arm and dust rubbed into them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 marks	nummod
2	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 marks	amod
3	marks	mark	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 burned	nsubj
4	burned	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 arm	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 arm	det
7	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 burned	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 dust	cc
9	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 arm	conj
10	rubbed	rub	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 burned	advcl
11	into	into	ADP	_	12 them	case
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 rubbed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	past	Two red marks			the arm and dust			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon arm=Location
2	rub	participle	Two red marks not said here					into marks = mark	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into they=Destination

Option 3

Three deep cuts across the hand and pepper rubbed into them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 cuts	nummod
2	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cuts	amod
3	cuts	cut	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	across	across	ADP	_	6 hand	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hand	det
6	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cuts	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 pepper	cc
8	pepper	pepper	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hand	conj
9	rubbed	rub	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 pepper	acl
10	into	into	ADP	_	11 them	case
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 rubbed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub	participle		pepper not said here				into hand	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into they=Destination

Option 4

A sound beating

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

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