Exam question 1 · Norse Tales, The Troll's Heart: the youth frees himself, p…

By what means did the youth, upon awakening, recover his human form in accordance with the troll's stipulation?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: his, troll · What happens: mean, do, awaken, recover, form, stipulate · To what, where: youth, human form, accordance · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1656 «Norse Tales, The Troll's Heart: the youth frees himself, pays the king's debt, and wins the troll's heart» 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	SCONJ	_	3 means	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 youth	det
6	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 awakening	punct
8	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	9 awakening	mark
9	awakening	awaken	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 did	advcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 recover	punct
11	recover	recover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 awakening	xcomp
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 form	nmod:poss
13	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 form	amod
14	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 recover	obj
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 accordance	case
16	accordance	accordance	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 recover	obl
17	with	with	ADP	_	21 stipulation	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 troll	det
19	troll	troll	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 stipulation	nmod:poss
20	's	's	PART	_	19 troll	case
21	stipulation	stipulation	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 recover	obl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	mean	present					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	past		the youth			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent youth=Eventuality
3	awaken	gerund					tree rules
4	recover	infinitive		his human form	accordance	with the troll's stipulation	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Theme
5	form		his = he				nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent
6	stipulate		the troll				nom stipulation «communication 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

By recalling the troll's words, speaking them aloud, and then bathing in the lake

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 recalling	mark
2	recalling	recall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 troll	det
4	troll	troll	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 words	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 troll	case
6	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 recalling	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 speaking	punct
8	speaking	speak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 recalling	conj
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 speaking	obj
10	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	8 speaking	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 bathing	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 bathing	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 bathing	advmod
14	bathing	bath	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 recalling	conj
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 lake	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 lake	det
17	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 bathing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recall	gerund		the troll's words				vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme
2	speak speech: other	gerund		words = word			aloud property	tree rules
3	bath	gerund			the lake	then		tree rules
4	word		the troll					nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

By recalling the troll's words, speaking them aloud, and then bathing in the lake at dawn

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 recalling	mark
2	recalling	recall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 troll	det
4	troll	troll	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 words	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 troll	case
6	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 recalling	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 speaking	punct
8	speaking	speak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 recalling	conj
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 speaking	obj
10	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	8 speaking	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 bathing	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 bathing	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 bathing	advmod
14	bathing	bath	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 recalling	conj
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 lake	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 lake	det
17	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 bathing	obl
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 dawn	case
19	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 bathing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recall	gerund		the troll's words				vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme
2	speak speech: other	gerund		words = word			aloud property	tree rules
3	bath	gerund			the lake	then; dawn		tree rules
4	word		the troll					nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

By walking to the palace and asking the king for help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 walking	mark
2	walking	walk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 palace	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 palace	det
5	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 walking	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 asking	cc
7	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 walking	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 king	det
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 asking	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 help	case
11	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 asking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	gerund						to the palace result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to palace=Result
2	ask speech: ask	gerund			the king			for help	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

By recalling the troll's words and speaking them aloud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 recalling	mark
2	recalling	recall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 troll	det
4	troll	troll	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 words	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 troll	case
6	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 recalling	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 speaking	cc
8	speaking	speak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 recalling	conj
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 speaking	obj
10	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	8 speaking	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	recall	gerund		the troll's words		vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme
2	speak speech: other	gerund		words = word	aloud property	tree rules
3	word		the troll			nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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