Exam question 1 · Old Indian Legends, The White Duck, part 1: the Queen is t…

Which statement most accurately describes the young chief's passage across the lake, as recorded in the text?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: statement, young chief · What happens: describe, record, pass · To what, where: passage, lake, text

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1712 «Old Indian Legends, The White Duck, part 1: the Queen is tricked into the pond and becomes a White Duck» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	nsubj
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 accurately	advmod
4	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	5 describes	advmod
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 chief	det
7	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 chief	amod
8	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 passage	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 chief	case
10	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
11	across	across	ADP	_	13 lake	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 lake	det
13	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 passage	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 recorded	punct
15	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 recorded	mark
16	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 describes	conj
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 text	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 text	det
19	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 recorded	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	describe	present	which statement	the young chief's passage	the lake	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent passage=Theme
2	record	participle	which statement not said here		the text		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in text=Destination
3	pass		the young chief		the lake		nom passage «act intransitive»: poss=agent across=place

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 sank beneath the waves and was pulled from the water by his people on the shore

The tree, 17 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 sank	nsubj
2	sank	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	5 waves	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 waves	det
5	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sank	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 pulled	cc
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 pulled	aux:pass
8	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 sank	conj
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 water	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 water	det
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pulled	obl
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 people	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 people	nmod:poss
14	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 pulled	obl:agent
15	on	on	ADP	_	17 shore	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 shore	det
17	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pulled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sink	past	He					beneath the waves	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	pull	past · passive	his people			the water		on the shore	vn push-12-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent on shore=Theme

Option 2

He was carried safely across in a stone canoe, unharmed despite terrifying waves that rose up to swallow every boat in the fleet

The tree, 23 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	3 carried	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 carried	aux:pass
3	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	safely	safely	ADV	_	3 carried	advmod
5	across	across	ADP	_	9 canoe	case
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 canoe	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 canoe	det
8	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 canoe	compound
9	canoe	canoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 unharmed	punct
11	unharmed	unharmed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 canoe	amod
12	despite	despite	ADP	_	14 waves	case
13	terrifying	terrifying	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 waves	amod
14	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 carried	obl:agent
15	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 rose	nsubj
16	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 waves	acl:relcl
17	up	up	ADP	_	16 rose	compound:prt
18	to	to	PART	_	19 swallow	mark
19	swallow	swallow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 carried	advcl
20	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	21 boat	det
21	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 swallow	obj
22	in	in	ADP	_	24 fleet	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 fleet	det
24	fleet	fleet	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 swallow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	carry	past · passive	terrifying waves	He	a stone canoe	safely property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	rise up	past	terrifying waves				vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	swallow	to-infinitive	terrifying waves not said here	every boat	the fleet		vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He was carried safely across in a stone canoe, unharmed despite terrifying waves

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 carried	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 carried	aux:pass
3	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	safely	safely	ADV	_	3 carried	advmod
5	across	across	ADP	_	9 canoe	case
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 canoe	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 canoe	det
8	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 canoe	compound
9	canoe	canoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 unharmed	punct
11	unharmed	unharmed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 canoe	amod
12	despite	despite	ADP	_	14 waves	case
13	terrifying	terrifying	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 waves	amod
14	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 carried	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past · passive	terrifying waves	He		a stone canoe		safely property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4

He sailed across the lake in a bark canoe, struggling hard against the waves and wind

The tree, 16 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 sailed	nsubj
2	sailed	sail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	across	across	ADP	_	5 lake	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lake	det
5	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sailed	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 canoe	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 canoe	det
8	bark	bark	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 canoe	compound
9	canoe	canoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sailed	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 struggling	punct
11	struggling	struggle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 sailed	advcl
12	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 struggling	advmod
13	against	against	ADP	_	15 waves	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 waves	det
15	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 struggling	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 wind	cc
17	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 waves	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sail	past	He			the lake		in a bark canoe	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent across lake=Trajectory
2	struggle	gerund	He not said here					against the waves and wind; hard property	vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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