Exam question 2 · Household Tales, The Crystal Coffin, part 1: a tailor shel…

With reference to the text, what did the stag do with the tailor after the combat with the bull?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: text · What happens: do · To what, where: stag

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1926 «Household Tales, The Crystal Coffin, part 1: a tailor shelters with a grumpy old man, a stag carries him underground, and he frees a maiden from a glass coffin» 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	11 do	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 text	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 text	det
5	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 did	punct
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 did	nsubj
8	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 text	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 stag	det
10	stag	stag	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 did	obj
11	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 tailor	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 tailor	det
14	tailor	tailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 do	obl
15	after	after	ADP	_	17 combat	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 combat	det
17	combat	combat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 do	obl
18	with	with	ADP	_	20 bull	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 bull	det
20	bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 combat	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	the text	the stag					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stag=Eventuality
2	do	present					after the combat with the bull	with reference to the text; with the tailor	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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

It dragged him through the grass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dragged	nsubj
2	dragged	drag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dragged	obj
4	through	through	ADP	_	6 grass	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 grass	det
6	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dragged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drag	past	It	him = he		the grass			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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

It bore him away upon its antlers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bore	nsubj
2	bore	bear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bore	obj
4	away	away	ADV	_	2 bore	advmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 antlers	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 antlers	nmod:poss
7	antlers	antler	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bore	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear away	past	It	him = he				upon its antlers; away property	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 3

It ran into the wood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 wood	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wood	det
5	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ran	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	It					into the wood result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into wood=Result

Option 4

It threw him to the ground

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 threw	nsubj
2	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 threw	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 ground	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ground	det
6	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 threw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past	It	him = he		the ground			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme to ground=Destination

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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