Exam question 1 · Norse Tales, The Old Man and the Trolls: three visits, thr…

exam: In the tale, which action does the old man perform immediately after laying down the sack of money?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: exam · What happens: perform, lay down · To what, where: sack

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1638 «Norse Tales, The Old Man and the Trolls: three visits, three lost sacks, one lesson he never learns» 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	exam	exam	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 perform	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 tale	punct
3	In	in	ADP	_	5 tale	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tale	det
5	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 perform	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 does	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 does	nsubj
8	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 does	nsubj
9	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 perform	aux
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 man	det
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 man	amod
12	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 perform	nsubj
13	perform	perform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
14	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	13 perform	advmod
15	after	after	SCONJ	_	16 laying	mark
16	laying	lay	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 perform	advcl
17	down	down	ADP	_	19 sack	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 sack	det
19	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 laying	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 money	case
21	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 sack	nmod
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 perform	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform	present · do-support	exam					immediately property	vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	lay down	gerund	exam not said here	the sack of money					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sack=Result

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 runs home immediately to enquire after the cow and the calf

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 runs	nsubj
2	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	home	home	ADV	_	2 runs	advmod
4	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	2 runs	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 enquire	mark
6	enquire	enquire	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 runs	advcl
7	after	after	ADP	_	9 cow	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cow	det
9	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 enquire	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 calf	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 calf	det
12	calf	calf	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cow	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	present	He					home, immediately property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	enquire speech: other	to-infinitive	He not said here				after the cow and the calf		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He runs home to enquire after the cow

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 runs	nsubj
2	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	home	home	ADV	_	2 runs	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 enquire	mark
5	enquire	enquire	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 runs	advcl
6	after	after	ADP	_	8 cow	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cow	det
8	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 enquire	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	present	He					home property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	enquire speech: other	to-infinitive	He not said here				after the cow		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He rushes back to see the cattle

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 rushes	nsubj
2	rushes	rush	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	2 rushes	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 see	mark
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 rushes	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cattle	det
7	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rush back	present	He						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	see	to-infinitive	He not said here	the cattle					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cattle=Stimulus

Option 4

He runs home at once to enquire after the cow in the barn

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 runs	nsubj
2	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	home	home	ADV	_	2 runs	advmod
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 once	case
5	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 runs	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 enquire	mark
7	enquire	enquire	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 runs	advcl
8	after	after	ADP	_	10 cow	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cow	det
10	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 enquire	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 barn	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 barn	det
13	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cow	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	present	He					home property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Trajectory
2	enquire speech: other	to-infinitive	He not said here				after the cow in the barn		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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