Exam question 3 · Tales of Many Lands, Motikatika: the clever baby fools the…

Which of the following best explains how Motikatika avoids being eaten by the ogre?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: ogre · What happens: follow, explain, eat · To what, where: Motikatika · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 708 «Tales of Many Lands, Motikatika: the clever baby fools the ogre with a crowd of look-alikes» 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 explains	advmod
6	explains	explain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	11 eaten	advmod
8	Motikatika	Motikatika	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 eaten	nsubj
9	avoids	avoid	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 eaten	aux:pass
10	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 eaten	aux:pass
11	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 explains	ccomp
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 ogre	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 ogre	det
14	ogre	ogre	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 eaten	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	explain speech: assert	present			well property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	eat	present · passive	the ogre	Motikatika		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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

He tricks the ogre with a shaved head

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 tricks	nsubj
2	tricks	trick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ogre	det
4	ogre	ogre	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tricks	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 head	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 head	det
7	shaved	shave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 head	amod
8	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tricks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	present	He	the ogre				with a shaved head	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ogre=Patient
2	shave	participle							vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He hides under the bed

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 hides	nsubj
2	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	under	under	ADP	_	5 bed	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bed	det
5	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hides	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present	He			the bed			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under bed=Location

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

He uses magic bones to plan his disguises

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 uses	nsubj
2	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bones	amod
4	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 uses	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 plan	mark
6	plan	plan	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 uses	advcl
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 disguises	nmod:poss
8	disguises	disguise	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 plan	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	He	magic bones					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Patient
2	plan	to-infinitive	He not said here	his disguises					vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent disguise=Topic

Option 4

He runs away fast

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 runs	nsubj
2	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 runs	advmod
4	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 runs	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run away	present	He					away, fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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