Exam question 2 · Tales for Young Folks, The Barmecide Feast, part 15: poor…

According to the passage, what did Genghis Khan do after discovering the dead snake?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: passage, Genghis · What happens: accord, do, discover · To what, where: dead snake

This is exam question 2 of lesson 355 «Tales for Young Folks, The Barmecide Feast, part 15: poor Schacabac is treated to a pretend feast by a rich old man» 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	According	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 passage	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 According	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 passage	det
4	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 did	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 did	nsubj
7	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 passage	acl:relcl
8	Genghis	Genghis	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 discovering	nsubj
9	Khan	Khan	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Genghis	flat
10	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 discovering	aux
11	after	after	SCONJ	_	12 discovering	mark
12	discovering	discover	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 did	ccomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 snake	det
14	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 snake	amod
15	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 discovering	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 passage	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	accord	gerund			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	do	past	the passage		tree rules
3	discover	present · do-support	Genghis	the dead snake	vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snake=Topic

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 · ✓ the right answer

He carried the dead hawk home in his hunting bag

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 carried	nsubj
2	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hawk	det
4	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hawk	amod
5	hawk	hawk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carried	obj
6	home	home	ADV	_	2 carried	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 bag	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 bag	nmod:poss
9	hunting	hunting	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bag	compound
10	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	He	the dead hawk		hawk's hunting bag		home property	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hawk=Value in bag=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He ordered his men to hunt the snake down

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 ordered	nsubj
2	ordered	order	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 men	nmod:poss
4	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 ordered	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 hunt	mark
6	hunt	hunt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 ordered	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 snake	det
8	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hunt	obj
9	down	down	ADP	_	6 hunt	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order	past	He		his men				vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent man=Recipient clause=Topic
2	hunt down not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the snake					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snake=Theme

Option 3

He buried the hawk

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 buried	nsubj
2	buried	bury	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hawk	det
4	hawk	hawk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 buried	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bury	past	He	the hawk					vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hawk=Theme

Option 4

He had the snake cut up and sent away

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 snake	det
4	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
5	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 snake	acl
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 cut	compound:prt
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sent	cc
8	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 cut	conj
9	away	away	ADV	_	8 sent	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	past	He	the snake		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snake=Patient
2	cut up	participle		the snake not said here		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	send away	participle			away property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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