Exam question 3 · Magyar Folk Tales, The Prince And The Dragon, part 13: the…

Which action did the youngest prince take upon finding that the hare had entered the mill?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: action, youngest prince · What happens: do, take, find, enter · To what, where: hare · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 673 «Magyar Folk Tales, The Prince And The Dragon, part 13: the youngest prince refuses the hare and the old woman hunts the dragon's secret» 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	6 prince	det
5	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 prince	amod
6	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 take	nsubj
7	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	ccomp
8	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	9 finding	mark
9	finding	find	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 take	advcl
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 entered	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hare	det
12	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 entered	nsubj:pass
13	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 entered	aux
14	entered	enter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 finding	ccomp
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 mill	det
16	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 entered	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past	which action		tree rules
2	take	present	the youngest prince		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	find	gerund	the youngest prince not said here		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	enter	past · perfect · passive		the hare	tree rules

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 turned away from the mill and rode up the mountain for hours until the sun went down

The tree, 18 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 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 turned	advmod
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 mill	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mill	det
6	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turned	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 rode	cc
8	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 turned	conj
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 rode	compound:prt
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mountain	det
11	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rode	obj
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 hours	case
13	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 rode	obl
14	until	until	SCONJ	_	17 went	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 sun	det
16	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 went	nsubj
17	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 rode	advcl
18	down	down	ADV	_	17 went	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn away	past	He		the mill		away property	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from mill=Source
2	ride up	past	He not said here	the mountain		hour		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mountain=Theme
3	go down	past	the sun				down property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 2

He turned away quickly and spent the night riding over the mountain and through the valley below

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 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 turned	advmod
4	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	2 turned	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 spent	cc
6	spent	spend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 turned	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 riding	det
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 riding	compound
9	riding	riding	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spent	obj
10	over	over	ADP	_	12 mountain	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 mountain	det
12	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spent	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 valley	cc
14	through	through	ADP	_	16 valley	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 valley	det
16	valley	valley	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spent	obl
17	below	below	ADV	_	16 valley	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn away	past	He					away, quickly property	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	spend	past	He not said here	the night riding		the mountain		through the valley	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent riding=Asset

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He turned away and rode the mountain for hours

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 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 turned	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 rode	cc
5	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 turned	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mountain	det
7	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rode	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 hours	case
9	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 rode	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn away	past	He					away property	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	ride	past	He not said here	the mountain			hour		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mountain=Theme

Option 4

He shouted at the hare and ran back home

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 shouted	nsubj
2	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 hare	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hare	det
5	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shouted	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 ran	cc
7	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 shouted	conj
8	back	back	ADV	_	7 ran	advmod
9	home	home	ADV	_	7 ran	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	He					at the hare	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	run back	past	He not said here					home property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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