Exam question 3 · Old Deccan Days, The Kettle-Drum, part 28: the boy hidden…

By what means did the dog conceal the infant prince from the King's servants?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dog · What happens: mean, conceal · To what, where: infant prince, servants

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1844 «Old Deccan Days, The Kettle-Drum, part 28: the boy hidden in the dog and the cow, the Queens' plots» 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	7 conceal	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 conceal	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dog	det
6	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conceal	nsubj
7	conceal	conceal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 prince	det
9	infant	infant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 prince	amod
10	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conceal	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	15 servants	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 King	det
13	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 servants	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 King	case
15	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 conceal	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 conceal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	conceal	past · do-support	the dog	the infant prince		the King's servants			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent prince=Patient from servant=Beneficiary

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 · ✓ the right answer

By swallowing him into his stomach

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 swallowing	mark
2	swallowing	swallow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 swallowing	obj
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 stomach	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 stomach	nmod:poss
6	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 swallowing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swallow	gerund		him = he		his stomach			vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 2

By carrying him deep into the forest and burying him beneath the roots

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 carrying	mark
2	carrying	carry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 carrying	obj
4	deep	deep	ADV	_	7 forest	advmod
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 forest	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 forest	det
7	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carrying	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 burying	cc
9	burying	bury	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 carrying	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 burying	obj
11	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	13 roots	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 roots	det
13	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 burying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	gerund		him = he		the forest			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	bury	gerund		him = he		the roots			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme beneath root=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

By wrapping him in fur and hiding him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 wrapping	mark
2	wrapping	wrap	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wrapping	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 fur	case
5	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wrapping	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 hiding	cc
7	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 wrapping	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 hiding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrap	gerund		him = he		fur			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in fur=Destination
2	hide	gerund		him = he					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 4

By swallowing him whole and keeping him inside for a long time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 swallowing	mark
2	swallowing	swallow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 swallowing	obj
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 swallowing	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 keeping	cc
6	keeping	keep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 swallowing	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 keeping	obj
8	inside	inside	ADV	_	6 keeping	advmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 time	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 time	det
11	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 time	amod
12	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keeping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swallow	gerund		him = he				whole property	vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	keep	gerund		him = he			time	inside property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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