Exam question 4 · Norse Tales, The Old Man and the Trolls: three visits, thr…

exam: State the outcome of the old man's final attempt to imitate the troll's method at the lake.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old man · What happens: imitate, attempt · To what, where: method, lake

This is exam question 4 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	5 outcome	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 State	punct
3	State	State	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 outcome	compound
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 outcome	det
5	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	12 attempt	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 man	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 man	amod
9	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 attempt	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 man	case
11	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 attempt	amod
12	attempt	attempt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 outcome	nmod
13	to	to	PART	_	14 imitate	mark
14	imitate	imitate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 attempt	acl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 troll	det
16	troll	troll	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 method	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 troll	case
18	method	method	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 imitate	obj
19	at	at	ADP	_	21 lake	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 lake	det
21	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 imitate	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 outcome	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	imitate	to-infinitive		the troll's method		the lake			vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent method=Theme
2	attempt		the old man						nom attempt «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 sinks down to the bottom alone

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 sinks	nsubj
2	sinks	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADV	_	2 sinks	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 bottom	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bottom	det
6	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sinks	obl
7	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 sinks	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sink down	present	He					to the bottom; alone, down property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

He is trapped in the cold water

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	3 trapped	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 trapped	aux:pass
3	trapped	trap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 water	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 water	det
6	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 water	amod
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 trapped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trap	present · passive		He		the cold water			vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in water=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He is left in the water with the fishes

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	3 left	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 left	aux:pass
3	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 water	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 water	det
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 left	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 fishes	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fishes	det
9	fishes	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	present · passive		He		the water		with the fishes	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in water=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He is left in the water with the fishes and cannot get out

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	3 left	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 left	aux:pass
3	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 water	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 water	det
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 left	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 fishes	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fishes	det
9	fishes	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 left	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 get	cc
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 get	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 get	advmod
13	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 left	conj
14	out	out	ADV	_	13 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	present · passive		He		the water		with the fishes	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in water=Location
2	not get out	can						out property	vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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