Exam question 2 · English Tales, The Lambton Worm, the Childe kills the Worm…

Identify the signal employed by the Childe to alert the occupants of the Hall of his survival.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, his · What happens: identify, employ, alert, survive · To what, where: signal, occupants

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 signal	det
3	signal	signal	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 signal	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 Childe	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Childe	det
7	Childe	Childe	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 employed	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 alert	mark
9	alert	alert	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Identify	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 occupants	det
11	occupants	occupant	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 alert	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 Hall	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Hall	det
14	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 occupants	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 survival	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 survival	nmod:poss
17	survival	survival	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 Hall	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the signal		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent signal=Theme
2	employ	participle		the signal not said here	by the Childe	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	alert speech: other	to-infinitive	you not said here	the occupants of the Hall of his survival		vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent occupant=Recipient
4	survive		his = he			nom survival «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 · ✓ the right answer

He sounded his bugle three times

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 sounded	nsubj
2	sounded	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 bugle	nmod:poss
4	bugle	bugle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sounded	obj
5	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 times	nummod
6	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sounded	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sound	past	He	his bugle			time		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bugle=Theme

Option 2

He sounded his bugle three times to alert the occupants of the Hall of his survival

The tree, 16 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 sounded	nsubj
2	sounded	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 bugle	nmod:poss
4	bugle	bugle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sounded	obj
5	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 times	nummod
6	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sounded	obl:unmarked
7	to	to	PART	_	8 alert	mark
8	alert	alert	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 sounded	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 occupants	det
10	occupants	occupant	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 alert	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 Hall	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Hall	det
13	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 occupants	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 survival	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 survival	nmod:poss
16	survival	survival	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 Hall	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	sound	past	He	his bugle	time	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bugle=Theme
2	alert speech: other	to-infinitive	He not said here	the occupants of the Hall of his survival		vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent occupant=Recipient
3	survive		his = he			nom survival «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

He sounded his bugle three times from the riverbank to inform the castle that the worm was dead

The tree, 18 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 sounded	nsubj
2	sounded	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 bugle	nmod:poss
4	bugle	bugle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sounded	obj
5	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 times	nummod
6	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sounded	obl:unmarked
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 riverbank	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 riverbank	det
9	riverbank	riverbank	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sounded	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 inform	mark
11	inform	inform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 sounded	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 castle	det
13	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 inform	obj
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 dead	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 worm	det
16	worm	worm	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 dead	nsubj
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 dead	cop
18	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 inform	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sound	past	He	his bugle	the riverbank	time		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bugle=Theme
2	inform speech: other	to-infinitive	He not said here	the castle				vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent castle=Recipient
3	is	past	the worm				dead property	tree rules

Option 4

He shouted loudly to the Hall

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 shouted	nsubj
2	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	2 shouted	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 Hall	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Hall	det
6	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 shouted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	He		the Hall			loudly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to hall=Recipient

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