Exam question 2 · Devil Tales, The Unwashed Soldier: a hunter's dog, a curse…

Which of the following options correctly identifies the outcome of the wife's pursuit of her husband?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: wife · What happens: follow, identify, pursue · To what, where: outcome, husband

This is exam question 2 of lesson 488 «Devil Tales, The Unwashed Soldier: a hunter's dog, a cursed son, and a soldier who never washes end in devils outwitted by devils.» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 identifies	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 options	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 options	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 options	amod
5	options	option	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Which	nmod
6	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	7 identifies	advmod
7	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 outcome	det
9	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 identifies	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	14 pursuit	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 wife	det
12	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 pursuit	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 wife	case
14	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 outcome	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 husband	case
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 husband	nmod:poss
17	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 pursuit	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present		the outcome of the wife's pursuit of wife's husband	correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent outcome=Theme
3	pursue		the wife	wife's husband		nom pursuit «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

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

She married the horseman in the hall.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 married	nsubj
2	married	marry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 horseman	det
4	horseman	horseman	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 married	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 hall	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hall	det
7	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 married	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 married	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	marry	past	She	the horseman		the hall			vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horseman=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She rescued her husband from the devils.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rescued	nsubj
2	rescued	rescue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 husband	nmod:poss
4	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rescued	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 devils	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 devils	det
7	devils	devil	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 rescued	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 rescued	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rescue	past	She	her husband				from the devils	vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent husband=Theme from devil=Source

Option 3

She returned home alone to her parents.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 returned	nsubj
2	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	home	home	ADV	_	2 returned	advmod
4	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 returned	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 parents	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 parents	nmod:poss
7	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 returned	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 returned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	past	She					to her parents result; alone, home property	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to parent=Result

Option 4

She was taken by the devils.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 taken	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 taken	aux:pass
3	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 devils	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 devils	det
6	devils	devil	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 taken	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 taken	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past · passive	the devils	She					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument subject=Destination

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