Exam question 1 · English Tales, The Lambton Worm, the Childe kills the Worm…

Which action did the Childe perform upon the Worm's body immediately prior to its submersion in the river?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action, Childe · What happens: do, perform, submerse · To what, where: river

This is exam question 1 of lesson 265 «English Tales, The Lambton Worm, the Childe kills the Worm and his vow is broken» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Childe	det
5	Childe	Childe	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 perform	nsubj
6	perform	perform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	ccomp
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 body	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Worm	det
9	Worm	worm	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 body	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Worm	case
11	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 perform	obl
12	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	13 prior	advmod
13	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 body	amod
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 submersion	case
15	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 submersion	nmod:poss
16	submersion	submersion	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 prior	obl
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 river	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 river	det
19	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 submersion	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	do	past	which action			tree rules
2	perform	present	the Childe		upon the Worm's body	vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	submerse		Childe	the river		nom submersion «event transitive»: poss=agent in=place

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

He pierced the creature with his spear

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 pierced	nsubj
2	pierced	pierce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 creature	det
4	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pierced	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 spear	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 spear	nmod:poss
7	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pierced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pierce	past	He	the creature				with his spear	vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent creature=Patient with spear=Instrument

Option 2

He hacked into the great worm's body with his sword before it plunged into the river

The tree, 17 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 hacked	nsubj
2	hacked	hack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	8 body	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 worm	det
5	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 worm	amod
6	worm	worm	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 body	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 worm	case
8	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hacked	obl
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 sword	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 sword	nmod:poss
11	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hacked	obl
12	before	before	SCONJ	_	14 plunged	mark
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 plunged	nsubj
14	plunged	plunge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 hacked	advcl
15	into	into	ADP	_	17 river	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 river	det
17	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 plunged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hack	past	He					into the great worm's body result; with worm's sword	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP PP.result PP.instrument»: agent=Agent into body=Result with sword=Instrument
2	plunge	past	sword			the river			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into river=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He bisected the creature with his blade

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 bisected	nsubj
2	bisected	bisect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 creature	det
4	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bisected	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 blade	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 blade	nmod:poss
7	blade	blade	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bisected	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bisect	past	He	the creature				with his blade	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent creature=Patient with blade=Instrument

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He bisected the creature with his blade and then watched the severed half drift away

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 bisected	nsubj
2	bisected	bisect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 creature	det
4	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bisected	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 blade	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 blade	nmod:poss
7	blade	blade	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bisected	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 watched	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 watched	advmod
10	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 bisected	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 half	det
12	severed	sever	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 half	amod
13	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	14 drift	nsubj
14	drift	drift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 watched	ccomp
15	away	away	ADV	_	14 drift	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	bisect	past	He	the creature		with his blade	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent creature=Patient with blade=Instrument
2	watch	past	He not said here		then		tree rules
3	sever	participle					vn separate-23.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
4	drift away	present	the severed half			away property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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