Exam question 2 · Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 11: Hercules fights th…

State the source of the strength which Antaeus derives, as the narrator describes it in the passage.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: strength, narrator · What happens: derive, describe · To what, where: strength, passage

This is exam question 2 of lesson 2052 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 11: Hercules fights the giant Antaeus and knocks him down» 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 source	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 source	det
3	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 strength	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 strength	det
6	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 source	nmod
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 derives	nsubj
8	Antaeus	Antaeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 derives	nsubj
9	derives	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 strength	acl:relcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 describes	punct
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 describes	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 narrator	det
13	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 describes	nsubj
14	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 derives	parataxis
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 describes	obj
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 passage	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 passage	det
18	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 describes	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 source	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present	the strength						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the narrator	strength		the passage			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent it=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 · ← Mova's choice

contact with the Earth, his mother and protector, who gives him strength with every touch

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	contact	contact	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	4 Earth	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Earth	det
4	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 contact	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 mother	punct
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mother	nmod:poss
7	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 contact	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 protector	cc
9	protector	protector	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 contact	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 gives	punct
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 gives	nsubj
12	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 contact	parataxis
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 gives	iobj
14	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gives	obj
15	with	with	ADP	_	17 touch	case
16	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	17 touch	det
17	touch	touch	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gives	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	contact with the Earth and his mother and protector	strength	him = he			with every touch	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient strength=Theme

Option 2

eating the lion's heart every single morning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lion	det
3	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 heart	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 lion	case
5	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 eating	obj
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 morning	det
7	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 morning	amod
8	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 eating	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	gerund		the lion's heart			morning		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

contact with the Earth, his mother and protector

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	contact	contact	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	4 Earth	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Earth	det
4	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 contact	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 mother	punct
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mother	nmod:poss
7	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 contact	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 protector	cc
9	protector	protector	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 contact	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

a gift from the king of the gods

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 gift	det
2	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 king	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 king	det
5	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gift	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 gods	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gods	det
8	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 king	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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