Exam question 1 · Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the Herd-boy: a poor her…

Which of the following best describes the act by which the herd-boy first came into contact with the giant?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: herd boy · What happens: follow, describe, come · To what, where: act, contact

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1695 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the Herd-boy: a poor herd-boy helps a wounded giant, gets a magic loaf and an invisible belt, and wins his master's daughter» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 act	det
8	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 came	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 boy	det
12	herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 boy	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 herd	punct
14	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 came	nsubj
15	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	16 came	advmod
16	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 act	parataxis
17	into	into	ADP	_	18 contact	case
18	contact	contact	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 came	obl
19	with	with	ADP	_	21 giant	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 giant	det
21	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 contact	nmod
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the act		of the best	tree rules
3	come	past	the herd boy		contact with the giant	by the act; first property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into contact=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

By pulling a thorn from the giant's foot and then giving him a loaf of bread to eat

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 pulling	mark
2	pulling	pull	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 thorn	det
4	thorn	thorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pulling	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	9 foot	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 giant	det
7	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 foot	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 giant	case
9	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pulling	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 giving	cc
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 giving	advmod
12	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 pulling	conj
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 giving	iobj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 loaf	det
15	loaf	loaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 giving	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 bread	case
17	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 loaf	nmod
18	to	to	PART	_	19 eat	mark
19	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 giving	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	where	when	roles by
1	pull	gerund	a thorn		the giant's foot		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent thorn=Theme from foot=Initial_Location
2	give	gerund	a loaf of bread	giant		then	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient loaf=Theme
3	eat	to-infinitive					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He stole the giant's magic belt while he slept

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 stole	nsubj
2	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 giant	det
4	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 belt	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 giant	case
6	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 belt	amod
7	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stole	obj
8	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 slept	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 slept	nsubj
10	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stole	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	past	He	the giant's magic belt					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location belt=Theme
2	sleep	past	giant						vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He wrapped the giant's wound in a cloth from the village and then helped him back home

The tree, 18 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 wrapped	nsubj
2	wrapped	wrap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 giant	det
4	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wound	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 giant	case
6	wound	wound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wrapped	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 cloth	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 cloth	det
9	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wrapped	obl
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 village	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 village	det
12	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wrapped	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 helped	cc
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 helped	advmod
15	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wrapped	conj
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 helped	obj
17	back	back	ADV	_	15 helped	advmod
18	home	home	ADV	_	15 helped	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrap	past	He	the giant's wound		a cloth		from the village	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent wound=Theme in cloth=Destination
2	help back	past	He not said here		giant		then	home property	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary
3	wound		the giant						nom wound «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He bound the giant's injured foot with his own shirt

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 bound	nsubj
2	bound	bind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 giant	det
4	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 foot	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 giant	case
6	injured	injured	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 foot	amod
7	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bound	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 shirt	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 shirt	nmod:poss
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 shirt	amod
11	shirt	shirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bound	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bind	past	He	the giant's injured foot				with giant's own shirt	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent foot=Patient with shirt=Co-Patient

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