Exam question 3 · Devil Tales, The Unwashed Soldier: a hunter's dog, a curse…

Which of the following options correctly identifies the fate of the soldier's rich employer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, identify, fate · To what, where: fate, rich employer

This is exam question 3 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 fate	det
9	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 identifies	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	15 employer	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 soldier	det
12	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 employer	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 soldier	case
14	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 employer	amod
15	employer	employer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fate	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present	the fate of the soldier's rich employer	correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent fate=Theme
3	fate		the soldier's rich employer		nom fate «event transitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice

He was cleansed and given a crown.

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	3 cleansed	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cleansed	aux:pass
3	cleansed	cleanse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 given	cc
5	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 cleansed	conj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 crown	det
7	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 given	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 cleansed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cleanse	past · passive		He					vn groom-41.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	give	participle		a crown					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crown=Theme

Option 2

He was flung into the cauldron.

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	3 flung	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 flung	aux:pass
3	flung	fling	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 cauldron	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cauldron	det
6	cauldron	cauldron	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flung	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 flung	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fling	past · passive		He		the cauldron			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme into cauldron=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He was tricked and booked two souls.

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	3 tricked	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tricked	aux:pass
3	tricked	trick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 booked	cc
5	booked	book	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 tricked	conj
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 souls	nummod
7	souls	soul	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 booked	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tricked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	past · passive		He					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	book	participle		two souls					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soul=Theme

Option 4

He was rewarded with the princess.

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	3 rewarded	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 rewarded	aux:pass
3	rewarded	reward	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 princess	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 princess	det
6	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rewarded	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 rewarded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reward	past · passive		He				with the princess	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: subject=Recipient with princess=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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