Exam question 1 · The Violet Fairy Book, How the Dragon Was Tricked, part 2:…

Which action did the youth perform upon the dragon's wife before the dragon's return?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: action, youth, dragon · What happens: do, perform, return

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1613 «The Violet Fairy Book, How the Dragon Was Tricked, part 2: a clever youth tricks a king, a shepherd and a dragon» 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	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 wife	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dragon	det
9	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wife	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 dragon	case
11	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 perform	obl
12	before	before	ADP	_	16 return	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 dragon	det
14	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 return	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 dragon	case
16	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 perform	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	which action			tree rules
2	perform	present	the youth	before the dragon's return	upon the dragon's wife	vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	return		the dragon			nom return «communication intransitive»: 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 · ✓ the right answer

He slew her and concealed her body in the oven

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 slew	nsubj
2	slew	slay	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 slew	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 concealed	cc
5	concealed	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 slew	conj
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 body	nmod:poss
7	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 concealed	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 oven	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 oven	det
10	oven	oven	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 concealed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slay	past	He	her = she					vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient
2	conceal	past	He not said here	her body		the oven			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent body=Patient in oven=Location

Option 2

He strangled her and burned the body

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 strangled	nsubj
2	strangled	strangle	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 strangled	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 burned	cc
5	burned	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 strangled	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 body	det
7	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 burned	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strangle	past	He	her = she					vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient
2	burn	past	He not said here	the body					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent body=Theme

Option 3

He hid her body

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 hid	nsubj
2	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 body	nmod:poss
4	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	He	her body					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Patient

Option 4

He stabbed her and hid her in the oven

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 stabbed	nsubj
2	stabbed	stab	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 stabbed	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 hid	cc
5	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stabbed	conj
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hid	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 oven	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 oven	det
9	oven	oven	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stab	past	He	her = she					vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient
2	hide	past	He not said here	her = she		the oven			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Patient in oven=Location

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