Exam question 2 · Indian Fairy Tales, Balna, part 5: Lambikin is tricked int…

By what means does Lambikin conceal himself from the Eagle and the other creatures during his return journey?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Lambikin · What happens: mean, conceal, journey · To what, where: Lambikin

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1821 «Indian Fairy Tales, Balna, part 5: Lambikin is tricked into a drum and eaten, then the Raja's daughters are starved by a cruel stepmother» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 conceal	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 conceal	aux
5	Lambikin	Lambikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 conceal	nsubj
6	conceal	conceal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	6 conceal	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 Eagle	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Eagle	det
10	Eagle	Eagle	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 conceal	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 creatures	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 creatures	det
13	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 creatures	amod
14	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 Eagle	conj
15	during	during	ADP	_	18 journey	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 journey	nmod:poss
17	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 journey	compound
18	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 conceal	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 conceal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	conceal	present · do-support	Lambikin	Lambikin	during Lambikin's return journey	from the Eagle and the other creatures	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent himself=Patient from eagle=Beneficiary
3	journey		Lambikin				nom journey «act 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

Wrapped in a cloth from his grandmother's house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wrapped	wrap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 cloth	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 cloth	det
4	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wrapped	obl
5	from	from	ADP	_	9 house	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 grandmother	nmod:poss
7	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 house	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 grandmother	case
9	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wrapped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrap	participle				a cloth		from his grandmother's house	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in cloth=Destination

Option 2

By disguising himself as a fat old bird with bright feathers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 disguising	mark
2	disguising	disguise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 disguising	obj
4	as	as	ADP	_	8 bird	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bird	det
6	fat	fat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bird	amod
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bird	amod
8	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disguising	obl
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 feathers	case
10	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 feathers	amod
11	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 disguising	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disguise	gerund		himself = he				as a fat old bird; with bright feathers	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent himself=Destination with feather=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Inside a drum made from his brother's skin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Inside	inside	ADP	_	3 drum	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 drum	det
3	drum	drum	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 drum	acl
5	from	from	ADP	_	9 skin	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 brother	nmod:poss
7	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 skin	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 brother	case
9	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle		a drum not said here		his brother's skin			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from skin=Material

Option 4

By hiding behind a giant rock and covering himself with leaves and mud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 hiding	mark
2	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	behind	behind	ADP	_	6 rock	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 rock	det
5	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 rock	amod
6	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hiding	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 covering	cc
8	covering	cover	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 hiding	conj
9	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	8 covering	obj
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 leaves	case
11	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 covering	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 mud	cc
13	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 leaves	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	gerund				a giant rock			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind rock=Location
2	cover	gerund		himself = he				with leaves and mud	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent himself=Destination with leaf=Theme

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