Exam question 2 · pg641, Schippeitaro, what happens: a brave youth frees a m…

Which element of the narrative indicates that the youth's courage was genuine rather than circumstantial?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: element, courage · What happens: indicate, be

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1756 «pg641, Schippeitaro, what happens: a brave youth frees a maiden from a cat monster with a borrowed dog» 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 element	det
2	element	element	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 indicates	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 narrative	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 narrative	det
5	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 element	nmod
6	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 genuine	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 youth	det
9	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 courage	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 youth	case
11	courage	courage	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 genuine	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 genuine	cop
13	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 indicates	ccomp
14	rather	rather	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	16 circumstantial	cc
15	than	than	ADP	_	14 rather	fixed
16	circumstantial	circumstantial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 genuine	conj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 indicates	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	which element of the narrative		vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
2	is	past	the youth's courage	genuine property	tree rules
3	be		the youth's courage not said here		tree rules

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 calls for help from the village men

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 calls	nsubj
2	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 help	case
4	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 calls	obl
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 men	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 men	det
7	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 men	compound
8	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 calls	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present	He					for help; from the village men	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent for help=Asset from man=Source

Option 2

He asks the overseer for a larger reward

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 asks	nsubj
2	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 overseer	det
4	overseer	overseer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asks	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 reward	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 reward	det
7	larger	large	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 reward	amod
8	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	He	the overseer				for a larger reward	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent overseer=Recipient

Option 3

He refuses to enter the forest at all

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 refuses	nsubj
2	refuses	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 enter	mark
4	enter	enter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 refuses	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 forest	det
6	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 enter	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 enter	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	present	He						vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not enter	to-infinitive	He not said here	the forest		all			vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme forest=Destination

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

His heart beats faster and he persists through hardship

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 heart	nmod:poss
2	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 beats	nsubj
3	beats	beat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 beats	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 persists	cc
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 persists	nsubj
7	persists	persist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 beats	conj
8	through	through	ADP	_	9 hardship	case
9	hardship	hardship	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 persists	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beat	present	His heart					fast property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	persist	present	heart			hardship			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through hardship=Location

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