Exam question 2 · Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 1: Theseus tries to l…

Describe the manner in which Theseus attempts to move the rock during his early efforts.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Theseus · What happens: describe, attempt, move · To what, where: manner, rock

This is exam question 2 of lesson 2043 «Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 1: Theseus tries to lift a heavy rock that his mother says hides the way to Athens» 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 attempts	obl
6	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 attempts	nsubj
7	attempts	attempt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 manner	acl:relcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 move	mark
9	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 attempts	xcomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 rock	det
11	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 move	obj
12	during	during	ADP	_	15 efforts	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 efforts	nmod:poss
14	early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 efforts	amod
15	efforts	effort	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 move	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the manner			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	attempt	present	Theseus		the manner		vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	move not said to happen	to-infinitive	Theseus not said here	the rock		during Theseus's early efforts	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent rock=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

He summons a team of oxen from the palace stables and ties ropes around its rough protuberances to drag it

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 summons	nsubj
2	summons	summon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 team	det
4	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stables	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 oxen	case
6	oxen	ox	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 team	nmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 palace	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 palace	det
9	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 oxen	nmod
10	stables	stable	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 summons	ccomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 ties	cc
12	ties	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 summons	conj
13	ropes	rope	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 ties	obj
14	around	around	ADP	_	17 protuberances	case
15	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 protuberances	nmod:poss
16	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 protuberances	amod
17	protuberances	protuberance	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 ties	obl
18	to	to	PART	_	19 drag	mark
19	drag	drag	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 ties	advcl
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 drag	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	summon	present	He			vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	stable	present	a team of oxen from the palace			vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	tie	present	He not said here	ropes	team's rough protuberances	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Patient
4	drag	to-infinitive	He not said here	team		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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

He grasps its rough protuberances and tugs and toils amain

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 grasps	nsubj
2	grasps	grasp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 protuberances	nmod:poss
4	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 protuberances	amod
5	protuberances	protuberance	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grasps	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 tugs	cc
7	tugs	tug	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 protuberances	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 toils	cc
9	toils	toil	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 protuberances	conj
10	amain	amain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 grasps	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grasp	present	He	its rough protuberances and tugs and toils				amain property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer protuberance=Stimulus

Option 3

He clutches its rough bumps and heaves and strains with might

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 clutches	nsubj
2	clutches	clutch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 bumps	nmod:poss
4	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bumps	amod
5	bumps	bump	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 clutches	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 heaves	cc
7	heaves	heave	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bumps	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 strains	cc
9	strains	strain	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bumps	conj
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 might	case
11	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	2 clutches	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clutch	present	He	its rough bumps and heaves and strains					vn hold-15.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bump=Theme
2	bump		its = it						nom bump «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

He grasps its rough protuberances, tugs and toils amain, then calls his grandfather to help him lift it

The tree, 18 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 grasps	nsubj
2	grasps	grasp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 protuberances	nmod:poss
4	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 protuberances	amod
5	protuberances	protuberance	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grasps	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 tugs	punct
7	tugs	tug	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 protuberances	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 toils	cc
9	toils	toil	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 protuberances	conj
10	amain	amain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 grasps	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 calls	punct
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 calls	advmod
13	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 grasps	conj
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 grandfather	nmod:poss
15	grandfather	grandfather	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 calls	obj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 help	mark
17	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 calls	xcomp
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 help	obj
19	lift	lift	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 help	xcomp
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 lift	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	grasp	present	He	its rough protuberances and tugs and toils		amain property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer protuberance=Stimulus
2	call	present	He not said here	his grandfather	then		tree rules
3	help	to-infinitive	He not said here	him = he			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme
4	lift	infinitive	him = he not said here	it			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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