Exam question 2 · More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Fisherman's Son, part 1: a po…

In what manner did the herd respond to the first giant's challenge?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: first giant · What happens: do, challenge · To what, where: herd respond, manner

This is exam question 2 of lesson 2007 «More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Fisherman's Son, part 1: a poor fisherman promises his first son to the sea-maiden, and the son sets out» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 respond	det
6	herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 respond	compound
7	respond	respond	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	13 challenge	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 giant	det
10	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 giant	amod
11	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 challenge	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 giant	case
13	challenge	challenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the herd respond		what manner		to the first giant's challenge	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respond=Eventuality
2	challenge		the first giant						nom challenge «state 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

He laughed and went to find his sword

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 laughed	nsubj
2	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 went	cc
4	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 laughed	conj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 find	mark
6	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 went	xcomp
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 sword	nmod:poss
8	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	laugh	past	He		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	go	past	He not said here		vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	find	to-infinitive	He not said here	his sword	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He accepted combat and advanced upon the giant

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 accepted	nsubj
2	accepted	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	combat	combat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accepted	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 advanced	cc
5	advanced	advanced	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 accepted	conj
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 giant	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 giant	det
8	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accepted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept	past	He	combat				upon the giant	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent combat=Theme

Option 3

He sent the dog to fight in his place

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 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dog	det
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 fight	mark
6	fight	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 sent	advcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 place	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 place	nmod:poss
9	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fight	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	He	the dog					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme
2	fight	to-infinitive	He not said here			dog's place			vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He roared back at the giant, drew his sword, and charged at him across the open field without any fear

The tree, 20 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 roared	nsubj
2	roared	roar	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	2 roared	advmod
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 giant	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 giant	det
6	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 roared	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 drew	punct
8	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 roared	conj
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 sword	nmod:poss
10	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 drew	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 charged	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 charged	cc
13	charged	charge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 roared	parataxis
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 him	case
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 charged	obl
16	across	across	ADP	_	19 field	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 field	det
18	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 field	amod
19	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 charged	obl
20	without	without	ADP	_	22 fear	case
21	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	22 fear	det
22	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 charged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	roar back	past	He			at the giant	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at giant=Location
2	draw	past	He not said here	giant's sword			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme
3	charge	participle			the open field	at giant; without any fear	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at he=Trajectory

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