Exam question 3 · pg641, Schippeitaro, what happens: a brave youth frees a m…

What was the function of the dog Schippeitaro within the sequence of events?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: function

This is exam question 3 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 function	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 function	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 function	det
4	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 dog	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dog	det
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 function	nmod
8	Schippeitaro	Schippeitaro	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 dog	appos
9	within	within	ADP	_	11 sequence	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sequence	det
11	sequence	sequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 function	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 events	case
13	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 sequence	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 function	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the function				of the dog; within the sequence of events	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 · ← Mova's choice

He guided the youth along the forest paths

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 guided	nsubj
2	guided	guide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 youth	det
4	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 guided	obj
5	along	along	ADP	_	8 paths	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 paths	det
7	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 paths	compound
8	paths	path	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 guided	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guide	past	He	the youth		the forest paths			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent youth=Theme along path=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He bit the monster and enabled the maiden's release

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 bit	nsubj
2	bit	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 monster	det
4	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bit	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 enabled	cc
6	enabled	enable	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 bit	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 maiden	det
8	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 release	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 maiden	case
10	release	release	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 enabled	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	past	He	the monster					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent monster=Patient
2	enable	past	He not said here	the maiden's release					tree rules

Option 3

He barked the cats into fleeing before dawn

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 barked	nsubj
2	barked	bark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cats	det
4	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 barked	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	6 fleeing	case
6	fleeing	fleeing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 barked	obl
7	before	before	ADP	_	8 dawn	case
8	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 barked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bark	past	He	the cats		fleeing	dawn		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent cat=Topic into fleeing=Recipient

Option 4

He carried the youth's supplies up the mountain

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 carried	nsubj
2	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 youth	det
4	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 supplies	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 youth	case
6	supplies	supplies	NOUN	Number=Ptan	2 carried	obj
7	up	up	ADP	_	9 mountain	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 mountain	det
9	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	He	the youth's supplies				up the mountain	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent supplies=Theme

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