Exam question 1 · The Magic City, The Slide to the North Pole, part 12: Geor…

Which object did the sportsman request from George in order to dispatch the white grouse?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object · What happens: do, dispatch · To what, where: sportsman request, George, white grouse

This is exam question 1 of lesson 644 «The Magic City, The Slide to the North Pole, part 12: George and Jane race down a great ice slide and meet a sportsman, a collector and a white grouse» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 object	det
2	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 request	det
5	sportsman	sportsman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 request	compound
6	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 George	case
8	George	George	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 request	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 order	case
10	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 dispatch	mark
12	dispatch	dispatch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 did	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 grouse	det
14	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 grouse	amod
15	grouse	grouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 dispatch	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	which object	the sportsman request		George		in order	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent request=Eventuality
2	dispatch	to-infinitive	which object not said here	the white grouse					vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grouse=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

The squib, which George had produced from his pocket and was holding in his hand

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 squib	det
2	squib	squib	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 holding	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 produced	punct
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 produced	nsubj:pass
5	George	George	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 produced	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 produced	aux
7	produced	produce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 squib	acl:relcl
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 pocket	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 pocket	nmod:poss
10	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 produced	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 produced	cc
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 holding	aux
13	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 hand	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 hand	nmod:poss
16	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 holding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	past · perfect · passive		the squib		George's pocket			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: subject=Result from pocket=Material
2	hold	past · progressive	the squib			George's hand			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hand=Location

Option 2

The gun cartridges that George had hidden away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cartridges	det
2	gun	gun	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cartridges	compound
3	cartridges	cartridge	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 hidden	nsubj:pass
5	George	George	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 hidden	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 hidden	aux
7	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 cartridges	acl:relcl
8	away	away	ADV	_	7 hidden	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide away	past · perfect · passive		the gun cartridges				away property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The squib, which George had produced from his pocket

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 squib	det
2	squib	squib	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 produced	punct
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 produced	nsubj:pass
5	George	George	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 produced	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 produced	aux
7	produced	produce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 squib	acl:relcl
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 pocket	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 pocket	nmod:poss
10	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 produced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	past · perfect · passive		the squib		George's pocket			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: subject=Result from pocket=Material

Option 4

The gun that the sportsman had carried up the hill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gun	det
2	gun	gun	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 carried	nsubj:pass
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 carried	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sportsman	det
5	sportsman	sportsman	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 carried	nsubj:pass
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 carried	aux
7	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 carried	compound:prt
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hill	det
10	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 carried	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry up	past · perfect · passive		the gun					vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary hill=Value

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