Exam question 1 · pg5615 tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: the hare drowns th…

Which action did the hare perform upon the vessel of the Tanuki in order to effect its destruction?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action, hare · What happens: perform, destroy · To what, where: effect

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1618 «pg5615 tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: the hare drowns the Tanuki, then a poor merchant's son flies off to the Turks» 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	6 perform	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 perform	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hare	det
5	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 perform	nsubj
6	perform	perform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 vessel	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 vessel	det
9	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 perform	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 Tanuki	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Tanuki	det
12	Tanuki	Tanuki	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 vessel	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	16 effect	case
14	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 in	fixed
15	to	to	PART	_	16 effect	mark
16	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 perform	obl
17	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 destruction	nmod:poss
18	destruction	destruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 effect	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 perform	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform	past · do-support	which action			effect hare's destruction		upon the vessel of the Tanuki	vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	destroy		hare						nom destruction «act 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

He drove it on the rocks by the shore

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 drove	nsubj
2	drove	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drove	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 rocks	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rocks	det
6	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 drove	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 shore	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 shore	det
9	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drove	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drive	past	He	it		the rocks		by the shore	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on rock=Destination by shore=Initial_Location

Option 2

He rowed to it and rammed it with his heavy oar

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 rowed	nsubj
2	rowed	row	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 it	case
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rowed	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 rammed	cc
6	rammed	ram	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 rowed	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 rammed	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 oar	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 oar	nmod:poss
10	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 oar	amod
11	oar	oar	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rammed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	row	past	He			it			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to it=Trajectory
2	ram	past	He not said here	it				with his heavy oar	vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He struck the vessel violently with an oar, so that it was splintered into many parts

The tree, 16 words

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 struck	nsubj
2	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 vessel	det
4	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 struck	obj
5	violently	violently	ADV	_	2 struck	advmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 oar	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 oar	det
8	oar	oar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 struck	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 splintered	punct
10	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	14 splintered	mark
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 so	fixed
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 splintered	nsubj:pass
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 splintered	aux:pass
14	splintered	splinter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 struck	conj
15	into	into	ADP	_	17 parts	case
16	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 parts	amod
17	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 splintered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past	He	the vessel				with a oar; violently property	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent vessel=Patient with oar=Instrument
2	splinter	past · passive		vessel				into many parts result	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Patient into part=Result

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He struck it with an oar, so that it broke in two

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 struck	nsubj
2	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 struck	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 oar	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 oar	det
6	oar	oar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 struck	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 broke	punct
8	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	11 broke	mark
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 so	fixed
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 broke	nsubj
11	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 struck	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 two	case
13	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 broke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past	He	it				with a oar	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with oar=Instrument
2	break	past	oar			two			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in two=Location

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