Exam question 1 · Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies: the Pygmies try to finish o…

Which of the following best describes the attitude of Hercules towards the Pygmy champion upon first hearing his challenge?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Hercules · What happens: follow, describe, hear, challenge · To what, where: attitude, challenge

This is exam question 1 of lesson 2054 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies: the Pygmies try to finish off the sleeping Hercules, but he wakes, laughs at their champion, spares them, and leaves» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 attitude	det
8	attitude	attitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Hercules	case
10	Hercules	Hercules	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 attitude	nmod
11	towards	towards	ADP	_	14 champion	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 champion	det
13	Pygmy	pygmy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 champion	amod
14	champion	champion	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obl
15	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	17 hearing	mark
16	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	17 hearing	advmod
17	hearing	hear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 describes	advcl
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 challenge	nmod:poss
19	challenge	challenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 hearing	obj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the attitude of Hercules	of the best; towards the Pygmy champion	tree rules
3	hear	gerund		Hercules's challenge	first property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer challenge=Stimulus
4	challenge		Hercules			nom challenge «state 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

He dismissed the challenge with scorn, thinking the Pygmy's offer was a foolish joke

The tree, 15 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 dismissed	nsubj
2	dismissed	dismiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 challenge	det
4	challenge	challenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dismissed	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 scorn	case
6	scorn	scorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dismissed	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 thinking	punct
8	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 joke	csubj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Pygmy	det
10	Pygmy	Pygmy	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 offer	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Pygmy	case
12	offer	offer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 thinking	obj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 joke	cop
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 joke	det
15	foolish	foolish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 joke	amod
16	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dismissed	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	dismiss	past	He	the challenge	with scorn	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent challenge=Theme
2	think speech: other	gerund		the Pygmy's offer		vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot offer=Theme
3	be speech: other	past	thinking	a foolish joke		tree rules
4	offer		the Pygmy			nom offer «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

He felt scared and ran away

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 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 felt	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 ran	cc
5	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 felt	conj
6	away	away	ADV	_	5 ran	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	He					scared property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	run away	past	He not said here					away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He viewed the challenge with suspicion, doubting the Pygmy's sincerity and planning a trap

The tree, 15 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 viewed	nsubj
2	viewed	view	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 challenge	det
4	challenge	challenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 viewed	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 suspicion	case
6	suspicion	suspicion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 viewed	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 doubting	punct
8	doubting	doubt	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 viewed	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Pygmy	det
10	Pygmy	Pygmy	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 sincerity	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Pygmy	case
12	sincerity	sincerity	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 doubting	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 planning	cc
14	planning	plan	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 doubting	conj
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 trap	det
16	trap	trap	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 planning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	view	past	He	the challenge	with suspicion	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer challenge=Stimulus
2	doubt	gerund	He not said here	the Pygmy's sincerity		vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sincerity=Theme
3	plan	gerund	He not said here	a trap		vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trap=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He regarded the challenge with amusement and genuine admiration for the Pygmy's courage

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 regarded	nsubj
2	regarded	regard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 challenge	det
4	challenge	challenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 regarded	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 amusement	case
6	amusement	amusement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 regarded	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 admiration	cc
8	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 admiration	amod
9	admiration	admiration	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 amusement	conj
10	for	for	ADP	_	14 courage	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Pygmy	det
12	Pygmy	Pygmy	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 courage	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 Pygmy	case
14	courage	courage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 regarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regard	past	He	the challenge				with amusement and genuine admiration; for the Pygmy's courage	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent challenge=Theme for courage=Attribute

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