Exam question 2 · Beside the Fire, Guleesh, part 4: the girl is struck dumb…

Which account best describes the means by which the girl was rendered dumb in the passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: account · What happens: describe, mean, render · To what, where: girl, passage · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1985 «Beside the Fire, Guleesh, part 4: the girl is struck dumb and Guleesh hides her at the priest's house» 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 account	det
2	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	nsubj
3	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 describes	advmod
4	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 account	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 means	nsubj
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 which	case
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 rendered	obl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 girl	det
10	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 rendered	nsubj:pass
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 rendered	aux:pass
12	rendered	render	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 means	ccomp
13	dumb	dumb	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 rendered	xcomp
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 passage	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 passage	det
16	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 rendered	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	describe	present	which account not said here			well property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	mean	present	which account				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	render	past · passive		the girl	the passage	dumb property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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 · ← Mova's choice

She was pushed down a steep bank by a fairy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 pushed	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 pushed	aux:pass
3	pushed	push	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	down	down	ADP	_	3 pushed	compound:prt
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bank	det
6	steep	steep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bank	amod
7	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pushed	obj
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 fairy	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 fairy	det
10	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pushed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push down	past · passive	a fairy	She					vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme bank=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She was struck a slap on the side of the head

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 struck	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 struck	aux:pass
3	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 slap	det
5	slap	slap	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 struck	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 side	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 side	det
8	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 struck	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 head	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 head	det
11	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 side	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past · passive		She		the side of the head			tree rules

Option 3

She had her ears boxed by a man in anger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 ears	nmod:poss
4	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 had	obj
5	boxed	box	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 had	xcomp
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 man	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 man	det
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 boxed	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 anger	case
10	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 man	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	She	her ears					tree rules
2	box	participle	her ears not said here					by a man in anger	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

She was struck a heavy slap on the side of the head by the little man in anger

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 struck	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 struck	aux:pass
3	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 slap	det
5	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 slap	amod
6	slap	slap	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 struck	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 side	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 side	det
9	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 struck	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 head	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 head	det
12	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 side	nmod
13	by	by	ADP	_	16 man	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 man	det
15	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 man	amod
16	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 struck	obl
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 anger	case
18	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 man	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past · passive	the little man in anger	She		the side of the head			tree rules

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