Exam question 4 · Eastern tales, Hassebu, part 47: Hassebu is left to die in…

Determine the account by which the companions concealed their deception from the protagonist's mother.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, companions · What happens: determine, conceal, deceive · To what, where: account, deception

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1796 «Eastern tales, Hassebu, part 47: Hassebu is left to die in a honey pit, escapes through a scorpion's hole, and is caught at the baths» 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	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 account	det
3	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 concealed	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 companions	det
7	companions	companion	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 concealed	nsubj
8	concealed	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 account	acl:relcl
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 deception	nmod:poss
10	deception	deception	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 concealed	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	15 mother	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 protagonist	det
13	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 mother	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 protagonist	case
15	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 concealed	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the account		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent account=Topic
2	conceal	past	the companions	companions's deception	by the account; from the protagonist's mother	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent deception=Patient from mother=Beneficiary
3	deceive		companions = companion			nom deception «communication transitive»: poss=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

They said he drowned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 drowned	nsubj
4	drowned	drown	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	They						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	drown	past	he						vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

They said he ran

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ran	nsubj
4	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	They						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	run	past	he						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

They claimed a bandit had kidnapped him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 claimed	nsubj
2	claimed	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bandit	det
4	bandit	bandit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kidnapped	nsubj:pass
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 kidnapped	aux
6	kidnapped	kidnap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 claimed	ccomp
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 kidnapped	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	claim speech: other	past	They						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	kidnap	past · perfect · passive		a bandit					tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They reported a lion had abducted him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 reported	nsubj
2	reported	report	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 lion	det
4	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 abducted	nsubj:pass
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 abducted	aux
6	abducted	abduct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 reported	ccomp
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 abducted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	report	past	They						vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	abduct	past · perfect · passive		a lion					tree rules

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