Exam question 2 · Norse Tales, The Old Man and the Trolls: three visits, thr…

exam: Which object does the troll's wife instruct her husband to bring back from the lake?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object, exam · What happens: do, instruct, bring back · To what, where: wife, husband, lake

This is exam question 2 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	10 instruct	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 does	punct
3	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	4 object	det
4	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 does	nsubj
5	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 exam	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 troll	det
7	troll	troll	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wife	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 troll	case
9	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 does	obj
10	instruct	instruct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 husband	nmod:poss
12	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 instruct	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 bring	mark
14	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 instruct	advcl
15	back	back	ADV	_	14 bring	advmod
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 lake	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 lake	det
18	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 bring	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 instruct	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	do	present	which object	the troll's wife			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Eventuality
2	instruct speech: other	present	exam		object's husband		vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent husband=Recipient
3	bring back	to-infinitive	exam not said here			the lake	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from lake=Initial_Location

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

Trout, which he gets with a wooden hook

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Trout	trout	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 gets	punct
3	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 gets	nsubj
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 gets	nsubj
5	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Trout	acl:relcl
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 hook	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 hook	det
8	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hook	amod
9	hook	hook	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gets	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	Trout					with a wooden hook	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Fish, which the troll obtains with a ladle from the lake's edge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 obtains	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 obtains	punct
3	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 obtains	obj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 troll	det
5	troll	troll	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 obtains	nsubj
6	obtains	obtain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 ladle	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 ladle	det
9	ladle	ladle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 obtains	obl
10	from	from	ADP	_	14 edge	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 lake	det
12	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 edge	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 lake	case
14	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 obtains	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obtain	present	Fish			the lake's edge		with a ladle	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent which=Theme from edge=Source

Option 3

Fish, which the troll obtains with a ladle and a long rope tied to the trough

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 obtains	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 obtains	punct
3	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 obtains	obj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 troll	det
5	troll	troll	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 obtains	nsubj
6	obtains	obtain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 ladle	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 ladle	det
9	ladle	ladle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 obtains	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 rope	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 rope	det
12	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 rope	amod
13	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ladle	conj
14	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 rope	acl
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 trough	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 trough	det
17	trough	trough	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 tied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obtain	present	Fish					with a ladle and a long rope	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme
2	tie	participle		a long rope not said here				to the trough	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to trough=Co-Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Fish, which the troll obtains with a ladle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 obtains	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 obtains	punct
3	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 obtains	obj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 troll	det
5	troll	troll	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 obtains	nsubj
6	obtains	obtain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 ladle	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 ladle	det
9	ladle	ladle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 obtains	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obtain	present	Fish					with a ladle	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme

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