Exam question 3 · Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 10: a Pygmy spots a hu…

Which phrase accurately conveys the Pygmy's exact instruction to the sleeping giant?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: phrase, Pygmy · What happens: convey, instruct · To what, where: exact instruction, sleeping giant

This is exam question 3 of lesson 2051 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 10: a Pygmy spots a huge stranger coming and wakes the sleeping giant» 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 phrase	det
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 conveys	nsubj
3	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	4 conveys	advmod
4	conveys	convey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Pygmy	det
6	Pygmy	Pygmy	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 instruction	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Pygmy	case
8	exact	exact	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 instruction	amod
9	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 conveys	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 giant	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 giant	det
12	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 giant	compound
13	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 conveys	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 conveys	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey	present	which phrase	the Pygmy's exact instruction	the sleeping giant			accurately property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent instruction=Topic to giant=Recipient
2	instruct		the Pygmy						nom instruction «communication 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Get up this minute, and take your pine-tree walking stick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Get	compound:prt
3	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 minute	det
4	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Get	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 take	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 take	cc
7	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Get	conj
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 stick	nmod:poss
9	pine	pine	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tree	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 pine	punct
11	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 walking	compound
12	walking	walking	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stick	compound
13	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get up	imperative	you not said here				minute		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	take	infinitive	you not said here	your walking stick					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Theme

Option 2

Stand up and prepare your great club

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Stand	compound:prt
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 prepare	cc
4	prepare	prepare	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stand	conj
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 club	nmod:poss
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 club	amod
7	club	club	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prepare	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand up	imperative	you not said here						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	prepare	infinitive	you not said here	your great club					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent club=Patient

Option 3

Awaken immediately and bring the captain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Awaken	awaken	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	1 Awaken	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 bring	cc
4	bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Awaken	conj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 captain	det
6	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bring	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	awaken	imperative	you not said here					immediately property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	bring	infinitive	you not said here	the captain					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent captain=Theme

Option 4

Rise at once and attend to the battle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rise	rise	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 once	case
3	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 Rise	obl
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 attend	cc
5	attend	attend	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Rise	conj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 battle	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 battle	det
8	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 attend	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rise	imperative	you not said here						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at once=Location
2	attend	infinitive	you not said here					to the battle	vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent to battle=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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