Exam question 1 · Indian Fairy Tales, Loving Laili, part 13: Laili revives t…

With reference to the passage, state in which manner Laili released herself from the Raja's pursuit.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Raja · What happens: release, pursue · To what, where: Laili, pursuit

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1829 «Indian Fairy Tales, Loving Laili, part 13: Laili revives the wicked Raja, and the couple escape to King Dantal's palace» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 released	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 state	punct
7	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 passage	conj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 manner	case
9	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	10 manner	det
10	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 state	nmod
11	Laili	Laili	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 manner	appos
12	released	release	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	12 released	obj
14	from	from	ADP	_	18 pursuit	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Raja	det
16	Raja	Raja	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 pursuit	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 Raja	case
18	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 released	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 released	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	release	past		Laili		the Raja's pursuit		with reference to the passage and state in which manner	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer herself=Source
2	pursue		the Raja						nom pursuit «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

By calling the fakirs to come and hide her away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 calling	mark
2	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fakirs	det
4	fakirs	fakir	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 calling	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 come	mark
6	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 calling	advcl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 hide	cc
8	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 come	conj
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hide	obj
10	away	away	ADV	_	8 hide	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	call	gerund		the fakirs		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fakir=Recipient
2	come	to-infinitive				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	hide away	infinitive	her = she		away property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient

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

By running at such speed that she outran him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 running	mark
2	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 speed	case
4	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 speed	amod
5	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 running	obl
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 outran	mark
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 outran	nsubj
8	outran	outrun	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 running	advcl
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 outran	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	gerund				such speed			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at speed=Trajectory
2	outrun	past	she	him = he					tree rules

Option 3

By fighting with a sword

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 fighting	mark
2	fighting	fight	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 sword	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sword	det
5	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fighting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fight	gerund						with a sword	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with sword=Co-Agent

Option 4

By hiding in a cave

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	in	in	ADP	_	5 cave	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cave	det
5	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hiding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	gerund				a cave			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cave=Location

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