Exam question 1 · English Fairy Tales, Tom Hickathrift: Tom beats the footba…

Which of the following describes the manner in which Tom dealt with the four highwaymen?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Tom · What happens: follow, describe, deal · To what, where: manner

This is exam question 1 of lesson 242 «English Fairy Tales, Tom Hickathrift: Tom beats the football crowd, four robbers and a tinker, then kills a 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 manner	det
7	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 dealt	obl
10	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 dealt	nsubj
11	dealt	deal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 manner	acl:relcl
12	with	with	ADP	_	15 highwaymen	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 highwaymen	det
14	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 highwaymen	nummod
15	highwaymen	highwayman	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 dealt	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the manner			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
3	deal	past	Tom		the manner	with the four highwaymen	vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with highwayman=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 · ✓ the right answer

He slew two and grievously wounded the other two

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 slew	nsubj
2	slew	slay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 slew	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 wounded	cc
5	grievously	grievously	ADV	_	6 wounded	advmod
6	wounded	wound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 slew	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 other	det
8	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 two	amod
9	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 wounded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slay	past	He	two					vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent two=Patient
2	wound	past	He not said here	other two				grievously property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

He slew three and grievously wounded the fourth one as they all ran off

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 slew	nsubj
2	slew	slay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 slew	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 wounded	cc
5	grievously	grievously	ADV	_	6 wounded	advmod
6	wounded	wound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 slew	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 one	det
8	fourth	fourth	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 one	amod
9	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wounded	obj
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 ran	mark
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 ran	nsubj
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 they	det
13	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 wounded	advcl
14	off	off	ADP	_	13 ran	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	slay	past	He	three		vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent three=Patient
2	wound	past	He not said here	the fourth one	grievously property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus one=Experiencer
3	run off	past	they			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He slew one and fled from the rest

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 slew	nsubj
2	slew	slay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 slew	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 fled	cc
5	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 slew	conj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 rest	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 rest	det
8	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slay	past	He	one					vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient
2	flee	past	He not said here			the rest			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from rest=Initial_Location

Option 4

He killed two and hurt the others badly

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 killed	nsubj
2	killed	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 killed	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 hurt	cc
5	hurt	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 killed	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 others	det
7	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hurt	obj
8	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 hurt	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill	past	He	two					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent two=Theme
2	hurt	past	He not said here	the others				badly property	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer other=Patient

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