Exam question 1 · Norse Hero Tales, Sigurd the Dragonslayer, part 81: Sigurd…
Which action did Sigurd perform immediately after the death of Fafnir?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action, Fafnir · What happens: perform, die
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1584 «Norse Hero Tales, Sigurd the Dragonslayer, part 81: Sigurd kills Fafnir, learns the birds' speech, and wakes Brynhild» 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 | Sigurd | Sigurd | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 perform | nsubj |
| 5 | perform | perform | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | immediately | immediately | ADV | _ | 5 perform | advmod |
| 7 | after | after | ADP | _ | 9 death | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 death | det |
| 9 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 perform | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 Fafnir | case |
| 11 | Fafnir | Fafnir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 death | nmod |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 perform | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | perform | past · do-support | which action | after the death of Fafnir | immediately property | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | die | Fafnir | nom death «event intransitive»: of=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
He took the sword and rode back to the king's hall
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 took | nsubj |
| 2 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sword | det |
| 4 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 took | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 rode | cc |
| 6 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 took | conj |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 6 rode | advmod |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 hall | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 king | det |
| 10 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 hall | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 king | case |
| 12 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 rode | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | He | the sword | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | ||||
| 2 | ride back | past | He not said here | the king's hall | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to hall=Trajectory |
Option 2
He carved up the dragon's great corpse
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 carved | nsubj |
| 2 | carved | carve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 2 carved | compound:prt |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 dragon | det |
| 5 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 corpse | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 dragon | case |
| 7 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 corpse | amod |
| 8 | corpse | corpse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 carved | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carve up | past | He | the dragon's great corpse | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent corpse=Theme |
Option 3
He cut out the eyes and carried the hoard away
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 cut | nsubj |
| 2 | cut | cut | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 2 cut | compound:prt |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 eyes | det |
| 5 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 cut | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 carried | cc |
| 7 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 cut | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 hoard | det |
| 9 | hoard | hoard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 carried | obj |
| 10 | away | away | ADV | _ | 7 carried | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cut out | past | He | the eyes | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector eye=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | carry away | past | He not said here | the hoard | away property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hoard=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
He roasted the heart of the slain Dragon
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 roasted | nsubj |
| 2 | roasted | roast | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 heart | det |
| 4 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 roasted | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Dragon | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Dragon | det |
| 7 | slain | slain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Dragon | nmod:desc |
| 8 | Dragon | Dragon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 heart | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | roast | past | He | the heart of the Dragon slain | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent heart=Patient |
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