Exam question 4 · Brave Deeds, The Soldier and the Swede, part 7: a soldier…

What event caused the loss of the Squirrel with all her men?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: event · What happens: cause · To what, where: loss

This is exam question 4 of lesson 347 «Brave Deeds, The Soldier and the Swede, part 7: a soldier spares a wounded enemy, and English heroes and a little Indian girl show courage» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 caused	obj
2	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caused	nsubj
3	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 loss	det
5	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caused	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 Squirrel	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Squirrel	det
8	Squirrel	squirrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 loss	nmod
9	with	with	ADP	_	12 men	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 men	det:predet
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 men	nmod:poss
12	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 caused	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 caused	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	past	event	the loss of the Squirrel				with event's men	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Causer what=Theme loss=Eventuality

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 ship hit ice and the storm pulled her down with all her men

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ship	det
2	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hit	nsubj
3	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hit	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 pulled	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 storm	det
7	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pulled	nsubj
8	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hit	conj
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 pulled	obj
10	down	down	ADP	_	8 pulled	compound:prt
11	with	with	ADP	_	14 men	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 men	det:predet
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 men	nmod:poss
14	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 pulled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	past	the ship	ice					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ice=Co-Theme
2	pull down	past	the storm	her = she				with storm's men	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent she=Result

Option 2

A storm drove her onto rocks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 storm	det
2	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drove	nsubj
3	drove	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 drove	obj
5	onto	onto	ADP	_	6 rocks	case
6	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drove	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drive	past	a storm	her = she		rocks			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme onto rock=Trajectory

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The waves swallowed her in a storm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 waves	det
2	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 swallowed	nsubj
3	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 swallowed	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 storm	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 storm	det
7	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swallowed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swallow	past	the waves	her = she		a storm			vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient

Option 4

The crew mutinied at sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 crew	det
2	crew	crew	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mutinied	nsubj
3	mutinied	mutiny	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 sea	case
5	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mutinied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mutiny	past	the crew			sea			tree rules

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