Exam question 2 · Popular Tales from the Norse, Strong Hans, part 21: Hans o…

By what means did the squire's household intend to dispose of Hans, and at what location?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: household · What happens: mean, do, intend, dispose

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1632 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Strong Hans, part 21: Hans outwits the squire's plots and beats Old Eric at Devilmoss Lake» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	obj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 squire	det
6	squire	squire	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 household	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 squire	case
8	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 intend	nsubj
9	intend	intend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
10	to	to	PART	_	11 dispose	mark
11	dispose	dispose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 intend	xcomp
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 Hans	case
13	Hans	Han	PROPN	Number=Plur	11 dispose	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 what	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 what	cc
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 what	case
17	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	parataxis
18	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 what	nsubj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	do	past			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
3	intend	present	the squire's household		vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	dispose not said to happen	to-infinitive	the squire's household not said here	of Hans	vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: agent=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

By locking him in the old barn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 locking	mark
2	locking	lock	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 locking	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 barn	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 barn	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 barn	amod
7	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 locking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lock	gerund		him = he		the old barn			vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

By a mill-stone dropped upon him in the well

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	5 stone	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 stone	det
3	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stone	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 mill	punct
5	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dropped	obl
6	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 dropped	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 well	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 well	det
11	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dropped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past				the well		by a mill stone; upon him = he	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme by stone=Source upon he=Trajectory in well=Destination

Option 3

By drowning him in the pond

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 drowning	mark
2	drowning	drown	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drowning	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 pond	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pond	det
6	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drowning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drown	gerund		him = he		the pond			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 4

By tying him up in a sack and throwing him into the deep lake, with a heavy weight strapped to his legs as well

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 tying	mark
2	tying	tie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 throwing	advcl
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tying	obj
4	up	up	ADP	_	2 tying	compound:prt
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 sack	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sack	det
7	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tying	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 throwing	cc
9	throwing	throw	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 throwing	obj
11	into	into	ADP	_	14 lake	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 lake	det
13	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 lake	amod
14	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 throwing	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 weight	punct
16	with	with	ADP	_	19 weight	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 weight	det
18	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 weight	amod
19	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 throwing	obl
20	strapped	strap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 weight	acl
21	to	to	ADP	_	23 legs	case
22	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 legs	nmod:poss
23	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 strapped	obl
24	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=ADV	20 strapped	advmod
25	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	24 as	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	tie up	gerund	him = he	a sack		vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	throw	gerund	him = he		into the deep lake result; with a heavy weight	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer he=Theme into lake=Result
3	strap	participle	a heavy weight not said here		to his legs	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to leg=Co-Patient

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