Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales (pg2435), The Boy Who Could Keep A Secret: the…
Which action did the boy perform upon the sword before departing with the king?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: action, boy · What happens: do, perform, depart · To what, where: boy
This is exam question 4 of lesson 670 «Fairy Tales (pg2435), The Boy Who Could Keep A Secret: the king adopts the boy, and the sword slides home» 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 action | det |
| 2 | action | action | 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 | 5 boy | det |
| 5 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 6 | perform | perform | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 boy | acl:relcl |
| 7 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 9 sword | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 sword | det |
| 9 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obl |
| 10 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 11 departing | mark |
| 11 | departing | depart | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 did | advcl |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 king | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 king | det |
| 14 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 departing | obl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | which action | the boy | upon the sword | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | perform | present | the boy not said here | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | depart | gerund | which action not said here | with the king | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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
He drew the sword from the earth and handed it to the king before he sheathed it
The tree, 17 words
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 drew | nsubj |
| 2 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sword | det |
| 4 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 drew | obj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 earth | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 earth | det |
| 7 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 drew | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 handed | cc |
| 9 | handed | hand | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 drew | conj |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 handed | obj |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 king | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 king | det |
| 13 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 handed | obl |
| 14 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 16 sheathed | mark |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 sheathed | nsubj |
| 16 | sheathed | sheath | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 handed | advcl |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 sheathed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | past | He | the sword | the earth | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent sword=Theme from earth=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | hand | past | He not said here | sword | the king | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to king=Destination | |||
| 3 | sheath | past | king | sword | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
He drew the sword from the earth and sheathed it
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 drew | nsubj |
| 2 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sword | det |
| 4 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 drew | obj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 earth | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 earth | det |
| 7 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 drew | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 sheathed | cc |
| 9 | sheathed | sheath | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 drew | conj |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 sheathed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | past | He | the sword | the earth | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent sword=Theme from earth=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | sheath | past | He not said here | sword | tree rules |
Option 3
He lifted the sword from the soil and tossed it
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 lifted | nsubj |
| 2 | lifted | lift | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sword | det |
| 4 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lifted | obj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 soil | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 soil | det |
| 7 | soil | soil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lifted | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 tossed | cc |
| 9 | tossed | toss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 lifted | conj |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 tossed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lift | past | He | the sword | the soil | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sword=Theme from soil=Destination | |||
| 2 | toss | past | He not said here | sword | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
Option 4
He drew the sword from the earth, cleaned the blade on his sleeve, and sheathed it carefully
The tree, 17 words
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 drew | nsubj |
| 2 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sword | det |
| 4 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 drew | obj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 earth | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 earth | det |
| 7 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 drew | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 cleaned | punct |
| 9 | cleaned | clean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 drew | conj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 blade | det |
| 11 | blade | blade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 cleaned | obj |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 sleeve | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 sleeve | nmod:poss |
| 14 | sleeve | sleeve | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 cleaned | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 sheathed | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 sheathed | cc |
| 17 | sheathed | sheath | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 drew | conj |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 sheathed | obj |
| 19 | carefully | carefully | ADV | _ | 17 sheathed | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | past | He | the sword | the earth | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent sword=Theme from earth=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | clean | past | He not said here | the blade | his sleeve | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent blade=Patient | |||
| 3 | sheath | past | He not said here | blade | carefully property | tree rules |
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