Exam question 3 · English Tales, The Lambton Worm, the Childe kills the Worm…

Explain the consequence of the Childe's second bugle blast upon the hound Boris.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Childe · What happens: explain, blast · To what, where: consequence

This is exam question 3 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	Explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 consequence	det
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	10 blast	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Childe	det
6	Childe	Childe	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 blast	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Childe	case
8	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 blast	amod
9	bugle	bugle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 blast	compound
10	blast	blast	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 consequence	nmod
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 hound	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 hound	det
13	hound	hound	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 blast	nmod
14	Boris	Boris	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 hound	appos
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the consequence of the Childe's second bugle blast upon the hound					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic
2	blast		the Childe					upon the hound	nom blast «act transitive»: poss=agent upon=obl

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 hound ran into the river and drowned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hound	det
2	hound	hound	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ran	nsubj
3	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 river	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 river	det
6	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ran	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 drowned	cc
8	drowned	drown	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 river	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	the hound					into the river result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into river=Result
2	drown	participle	the hound not said here						vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The hound was spared and sent back to the Hall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hound	det
2	hound	hound	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spared	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 spared	aux:pass
4	spared	spare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sent	cc
6	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 spared	conj
7	back	back	ADV	_	6 sent	advmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 Hall	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Hall	det
10	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spare	past · passive		the hound					vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: subject=Asset
2	send back	participle			the Hall				vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to hall=Destination

Option 3

The hound was released from its chain and then beheaded by the Childe with his shining sword

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hound	det
2	hound	hound	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 released	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 released	aux:pass
4	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 chain	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 chain	nmod:poss
7	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 released	obl:agent
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 beheaded	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 beheaded	advmod
10	beheaded	behead	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 released	conj
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 Childe	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Childe	det
13	Childe	Childe	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 beheaded	obl
14	with	with	ADP	_	17 sword	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 sword	nmod:poss
16	shining	shining	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 sword	compound
17	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 beheaded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	release	past · passive	hound's chain	the hound					vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer subject=Source
2	behead	participle	hound's chain not said here				then	by the Childe; with his shining sword	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with sword=Instrument

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The hound was released and beheaded by the Childe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hound	det
2	hound	hound	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 released	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 released	aux:pass
4	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 beheaded	cc
6	beheaded	behead	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 released	conj
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 Childe	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Childe	det
9	Childe	Childe	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 beheaded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	release	past · passive		the hound					vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source
2	behead	participle						by the Childe	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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