Exam question 2 · Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, part 10: the crab trick…

In what manner did Laili, in pursuit of the prince, come to be conveyed across the river by the Rohu fish?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Rohu fish · What happens: do, come, convey, pursue · To what, where: Laili, manner, river, prince

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1826 «Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, part 10: the crab tricks the crane, then Laili jumps into a fish» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Laili	Laili	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 pursuit	punct
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 pursuit	case
8	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 prince	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 prince	det
11	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pursuit	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 come	punct
13	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 did	parataxis
14	to	to	PART	_	16 conveyed	mark
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 conveyed	aux:pass
16	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 come	advcl
17	across	across	ADP	_	19 river	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 river	det
19	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 conveyed	obl
20	by	by	ADP	_	23 fish	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 fish	det
22	Rohu	Rohu	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 fish	compound
23	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 conveyed	obl
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	past		Laili	what manner	in pursuit of the prince	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent laili=Eventuality
2	come	infinitive					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	convey	to-infinitive · passive	the Rohu fish		the river		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	pursue			the prince			nom pursuit «act transitive»: of=patient

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

By hitching a ride on a boat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 hitching	mark
2	hitching	hitch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 ride	det
4	ride	ride	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hitching	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 boat	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 boat	det
7	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hitching	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hitch	gerund		a ride				on a boat	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent ride=Patient on boat=Co-Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

By entering its stomach while it yawned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 entering	mark
2	entering	enter	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 stomach	nmod:poss
4	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 entering	obj
5	while	while	SCONJ	_	7 yawned	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 yawned	nsubj
7	yawned	yawn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 entering	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enter	gerund		its stomach					vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme stomach=Destination
2	yawn	past	stomach						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

By swimming beside it when it slept

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 swimming	mark
2	swimming	swim	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 slept	advcl
3	beside	beside	ADP	_	4 it	case
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 swimming	obl
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 slept	advmod
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 slept	nsubj
7	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	gerund				it			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beside it=Trajectory
2	sleep	past	it						vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

By swimming across

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 swimming	mark
2	swimming	swim	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	across	across	ADV	_	2 swimming	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	gerund						across property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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