Exam question 4 · Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 12: Hercules lifts the…

What alternative to a general war did the orator propose to the assembly?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: orator · What happens: propose · To what, where: assembly

This is exam question 4 of lesson 2053 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 12: Hercules lifts the Giant off the ground and wins, then the Pygmies plan revenge» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 propose	obj
2	alternative	alternative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 What	amod
3	to	to	ADP	_	6 war	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 war	det
5	general	general	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 war	amod
6	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 alternative	obl
7	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 propose	aux
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 orator	det
9	orator	orator	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 propose	nsubj
10	propose	propose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 assembly	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 assembly	det
13	assembly	assembly	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 propose	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 propose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	propose	past · do-support	the orator		the assembly				vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Theme to assembly=Recipient

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

Selection of a champion to challenge the slayer to single combat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Selection	selection	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 challenge	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 champion	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 champion	det
4	champion	champion	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Selection	nmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 challenge	mark
6	challenge	challenge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 slayer	det
8	slayer	slayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 challenge	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	11 combat	mark
10	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 combat	amod
11	combat	combat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 slayer	appos
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 challenge	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	challenge	to-infinitive	Selection of a champion	the slayer					tree rules
2	select			a champion					nom selection «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Selection of a champion to challenge the slayer to single combat, sparing the whole tribe from war.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Selection	selection	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 challenge	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 champion	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 champion	det
4	champion	champion	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Selection	nmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 challenge	mark
6	challenge	challenge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 slayer	det
8	slayer	slayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 challenge	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	11 combat	mark
10	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 combat	amod
11	combat	combat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 slayer	appos
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 sparing	punct
13	sparing	spare	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 challenge	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 tribe	det
15	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 tribe	amod
16	tribe	tribe	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sparing	obj
17	from	from	ADP	_	18 war	case
18	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sparing	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 challenge	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	challenge	to-infinitive	Selection of a champion	the slayer		tree rules
2	spare	gerund	Selection of a champion not said here	the whole tribe	war	vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent tribe=Asset
3	select			a champion		nom selection «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

Selection of a warrior to challenge the slayer to combat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Selection	selection	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 warrior	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 warrior	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 warrior	det
4	warrior	warrior	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 challenge	mark
6	challenge	challenge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 warrior	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 slayer	det
8	slayer	slayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 challenge	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 combat	mark
10	combat	combat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 slayer	acl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 warrior	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	challenge	to-infinitive		the slayer					tree rules
2	combat	to-infinitive		the slayer not said here					vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Selection of a large army of warriors to march against the slayer and his allies across the desert.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Selection	selection	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 army	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 army	det
4	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 army	amod
5	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Selection	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 warriors	case
7	warriors	warrior	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 army	nmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 march	mark
9	march	march	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 warriors	acl
10	against	against	ADP	_	12 slayer	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 slayer	det
12	slayer	slayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 march	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 allies	cc
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 allies	nmod:poss
15	allies	ally	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 slayer	conj
16	across	across	ADP	_	18 desert	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 desert	det
18	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 allies	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Selection	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	march	to-infinitive				the slayer and his allies across the desert			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against slayer=Trajectory
2	select			a large army of warriors					nom selection «act transitive»: of=patient

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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