Exam question 2 · Old Calabash, The Little Hare and Big Lion, part 59: the h…

By what method did the hare cause the death of Big Lion in the hut?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: method, Big Lion · What happens: do, cause, die · To what, where: hare, death, hut

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1670 «Old Calabash, The Little Hare and Big Lion, part 59: the hare tricks the lion, then the hyaenas» 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=Rel	7 cause	obl
3	method	method	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hare	det
6	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 death	det
9	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cause	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 Lion	case
11	Big	Big	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Lion	compound
12	Lion	Lion	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 death	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 hut	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 hut	det
15	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cause	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 cause	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	past	method	the hare		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hare=Eventuality
2	cause	present		the death of Big Lion	the hut	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition death=Patient
3	die		Big Lion			nom death «event intransitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice

He made a storm with his voice

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 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 storm	det
4	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 voice	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 voice	nmod:poss
7	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	He	a storm				with his voice	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent storm=Product

Option 2

He called down the storm with his tail

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 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADP	_	2 called	compound:prt
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 storm	det
5	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	xcomp
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 tail	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 tail	nmod:poss
8	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 storm	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call down speech: assert	past	He	the storm with his tail					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He summoned hailstones by means of a chant

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 summoned	nsubj
2	summoned	summon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	hailstones	hailstone	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 summoned	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 means	case
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 summoned	parataxis
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 chant	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 chant	det
8	chant	chant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 summoned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	summon	past	He	hailstones				of a chant	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hailstone=Recipient
2	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He summoned hailstones by means of a chant sung loudly over the lion while he was stuck in the hut

The tree, 20 words

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 summoned	nsubj
2	summoned	summon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	hailstones	hailstone	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 summoned	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 means	case
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 summoned	parataxis
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 chant	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 chant	det
8	chant	chant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	obl
9	sung	sing	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 chant	acl
10	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	9 sung	advmod
11	over	over	ADP	_	13 lion	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 lion	det
13	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sung	obl
14	while	while	SCONJ	_	17 stuck	mark
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 stuck	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 stuck	cop
17	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sung	advcl
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 hut	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 hut	det
20	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 stuck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	summon	past	He	hailstones			vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hailstone=Recipient
2	mean	present				of a chant	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	sing speech: express	participle		a chant not said here		over the lion; loudly property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over lion=Location
4	is	past	lion		the hut	stuck property	tree rules

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