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

Which action of Guleesh is most consistent with the compassion that the narrator attributes to him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: action, narrator, Guleesh · What happens: be, attribute, act · To what, where: Guleesh

This is exam question 4 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 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 consistent	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Guleesh	case
4	Guleesh	Guleesh	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 action	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 consistent	cop
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 consistent	advmod
7	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 compassion	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 compassion	det
10	compassion	compassion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 consistent	obl
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 attributes	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 narrator	det
13	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 attributes	nsubj
14	attributes	attribute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 consistent	advcl
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 him	case
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 attributes	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 consistent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	which action of Guleesh		with the compassion; consistent property	tree rules
2	attribute	present	the narrator	Guleesh		tree rules
3	act		Guleesh			nom action «act intransitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He wept with pity at the girl's tears

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wept	nsubj
2	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 pity	case
4	pity	pity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wept	obl
5	at	at	ADP	_	9 tears	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 girl	det
7	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tears	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 girl	case
9	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weep	past	He			the girl's tears		with pity	vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He carried her home to safety gently

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 carried	nsubj
2	carried	carry	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 home	nmod:poss
4	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carried	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 safety	case
6	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carried	obl
7	gently	gently	ADV	_	2 carried	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	He	her home		safety		gently property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent home=Theme to safety=Destination

Option 3

He gave her food and warm clothes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	iobj
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 clothes	cc
6	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 clothes	amod
7	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	4 food	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	He	food and warm clothes	her = she				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient food=Theme

Option 4

He spoke kindly to the frightened child and wept with pity at her tears, promising to protect her from every harm

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 spoke	nsubj
2	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	2 spoke	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 child	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 child	det
6	frightened	frightened	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 child	amod
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spoke	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wept	cc
9	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 spoke	conj
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 pity	case
11	pity	pity	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wept	obl
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 tears	case
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 tears	nmod:poss
14	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 wept	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 promising	punct
16	promising	promise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 spoke	advcl
17	to	to	PART	_	18 protect	mark
18	protect	protect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 promising	xcomp
19	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 protect	obj
20	from	from	ADP	_	22 harm	case
21	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	22 harm	det
22	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 protect	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	He			to the frightened child; kindly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to child=Co-Agent
2	weep	past	He not said here		child's tears	with pity	vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	promise speech: promise	gerund	He not said here				vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	protect not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	child		from every harm	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary from harm=Theme

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