Exam question 2 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Son of the King of Tethertown, par…

By what means did the king's son secure his release from the giant?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: son · What happens: mean, do, secure · To what, where: release

This is exam question 2 of lesson 2018 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Son of the King of Tethertown, part 37: the giant sets the prince three hard tasks» 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=Int	4 did	obj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 son	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 king	case
8	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 secure	nsubj
9	secure	secure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 release	nmod:poss
11	release	release	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 secure	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 giant	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 giant	det
14	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 secure	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	do	past				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
3	secure	past	the king's son	son's release	from the giant	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent release=Theme from giant=Source

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

by claiming his father owned a sword

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 claiming	mark
2	claiming	claim	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 owned	advcl
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 father	nmod:poss
4	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 claiming	obj
5	owned	own	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sword	det
7	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 owned	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	claim speech: other	gerund		his father					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent father=Topic
2	own	past		a sword					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot sword=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

by stating that his father possessed a braver rod than the giant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 stating	mark
2	stating	state	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 possessed	mark
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 father	nmod:poss
5	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 possessed	nsubj
6	possessed	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stating	ccomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 rod	det
8	braver	brave	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 rod	amod
9	rod	rod	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 possessed	obj
10	than	than	SCONJ	_	12 giant	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 giant	det
12	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 rod	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	gerund							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	possess	past	his father	a braver rod					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot rod=Theme

Option 3

by offering the giant his own gold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 offering	mark
2	offering	offer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 giant	det
4	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 offering	obj
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 gold	nmod:poss
6	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 gold	amod
7	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 offering	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	gerund		the giant					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent giant=Goal gold=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

by stating that his father possessed a braver rod

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 stating	mark
2	stating	state	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 possessed	mark
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 father	nmod:poss
5	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 possessed	nsubj
6	possessed	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stating	ccomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 rod	det
8	braver	brave	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 rod	amod
9	rod	rod	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 possessed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	gerund							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	possess	past	his father	a braver rod					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot rod=Theme

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