Exam question 2 · English Fairy Tales, The Lambton Worm, part 1: the Childe…

In what manner did the Worm respond upon encountering the Childe at the Rock, and by what means was it ultimately rendered helpless in this part of the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Worm respond, Childe · What happens: do, encounter, mean, be · To what, where: Worm respond, manner, Childe, Rock, part · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 264 «English Fairy Tales, The Lambton Worm, part 1: the Childe fights the Worm at the Rock» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 respond	det
6	Worm	worm	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 respond	compound
7	respond	respond	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	9 encountering	mark
9	encountering	encounter	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 respond	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Childe	det
11	Childe	Childe	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 encountering	obj
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 Rock	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Rock	det
14	Rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 encountering	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 means	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 means	cc
17	by	by	ADP	_	18 what	case
18	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 means	nsubj
19	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
20	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 rendered	cop
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 rendered	nsubj
22	ultimately	ultimately	ADV	_	23 rendered	advmod
23	rendered	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 means	ccomp
24	helpless	helpless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 rendered	xcomp
25	in	in	ADP	_	27 part	case
26	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	27 part	det
27	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 rendered	obl
28	of	of	ADP	_	30 narrative	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 narrative	det
30	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 part	nmod
31	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	past		the Worm respond	what manner		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respond=Eventuality
2	encounter	gerund	the Worm respond not said here	the Childe	the Rock		vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer childe=Stimulus
3	mean	present					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	is	past	Childe		this part of the narrative	helpless, render, ultimately property	tree rules

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

It coiled about him and tried to crush him until released.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 coiled	nsubj
2	coiled	coil	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	4 him	case
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 coiled	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 tried	cc
6	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 coiled	conj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 crush	mark
8	crush	crush	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 tried	xcomp
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 crush	obj
10	until	until	SCONJ	_	11 released	mark
11	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 crush	advcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 coiled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	coil	past	It		about him = he	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme about he=Trajectory
2	try	past				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	crush not said to happen	to-infinitive		him = he		vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
4	release	participle				vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer

Option 2

It wound its coils about him and sought to crush him, but the pierced flesh forced it to release him at last

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wound	nsubj
2	wound	woun	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 coils	nmod:poss
4	coils	coil	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wound	obj
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 coils	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sought	cc
8	sought	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wound	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 crush	mark
10	crush	crush	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 sought	xcomp
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 crush	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 forced	punct
13	but	but	CCONJ	_	17 forced	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 flesh	det
15	pierced	pierce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 flesh	amod
16	flesh	flesh	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 forced	nsubj
17	forced	force	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wound	conj
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 forced	obj
19	to	to	PART	_	20 release	mark
20	release	release	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 forced	xcomp
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 release	obj
22	at	at	ADP	_	23 last	case
23	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 release	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	woun	past	It	its coils		about him = he	tree rules
2	seek	past					tree rules
3	crush not said to happen	to-infinitive		him = he			vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
4	pierce	participle					vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	force	past	the pierced flesh	it			vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent it=Recipient clause=Topic
6	release	to-infinitive		flesh	last		vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer he=Source

Option 3

It bound the Childe in its coils and strove to crush him, yet the spear-heads wounded it until it loosed him

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bound	nsubj
2	bound	bind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Childe	det
4	Childe	Childe	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 bound	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 coils	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 coils	nmod:poss
7	coils	coil	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bound	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 strove	cc
9	strove	strive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 bound	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 crush	mark
11	crush	crush	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 strove	xcomp
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 crush	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 wounded	punct
14	yet	yet	CCONJ	_	19 wounded	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 heads	det
16	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 heads	compound
17	-	-	PUNCT	_	16 spear	punct
18	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 wounded	nsubj
19	wounded	wound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 bound	conj
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 wounded	obj
21	until	until	SCONJ	_	23 loosed	mark
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 loosed	nsubj
23	loosed	loose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 wounded	advcl
24	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 loosed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	bind	past	It		the Childe	Childe's coils	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme childe=Destination
2	strive	past					tree rules
3	crush	to-infinitive		him = he			vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
4	wound	past	the spear heads	Childe			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer
5	loose	past	Childe	him = he			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It wound its coils about him and sought to crush him, but the spear-heads pierced its flesh until it unwound and released him

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wound	nsubj
2	wound	woun	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 coils	nmod:poss
4	coils	coil	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wound	obj
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 coils	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sought	cc
8	sought	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wound	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 crush	mark
10	crush	crush	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 sought	xcomp
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 crush	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 pierced	punct
13	but	but	CCONJ	_	18 pierced	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 heads	det
15	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 heads	compound
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 spear	punct
17	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 pierced	nsubj
18	pierced	pierce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 wound	conj
19	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 flesh	nmod:poss
20	flesh	flesh	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 pierced	obj
21	until	until	SCONJ	_	23 unwound	mark
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 unwound	nsubj
23	unwound	unwind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 pierced	advcl
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 released	cc
25	released	release	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wound	conj
26	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 released	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	woun	past	It	its coils	about him = he	tree rules
2	seek	past				tree rules
3	crush not said to happen	to-infinitive		him = he		vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
4	pierce	participle	the spear heads	its flesh		vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flesh=Patient
5	unwind	past	flesh			vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
6	release	past		him = he		vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer he=Source

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