Exam question 2 · Norse Tales, Prince Sigurd, part 55: Sigurd beats three gi…

What substance did Helga's father detect in the room, and what was his conclusion?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: substance, father · What happens: do, detect, be · To what, where: room, conclusion

This is exam question 2 of lesson 715 «Norse Tales, Prince Sigurd, part 55: Sigurd beats three giantesses, then finds the horse Gullfaxi and the sword Gunnfjoder» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 did	obj
2	substance	substance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Helga	Helga	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 father	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Helga	case
6	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 detect	nsubj
7	detect	detect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	ccomp
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 room	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 room	det
10	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 detect	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 conclusion	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 conclusion	cc
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	16 conclusion	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 conclusion	cop
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 conclusion	nmod:poss
16	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	conj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	past	substance			tree rules
2	detect	present	Helga's father		the room	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	is a	past		father's conclusion		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 sensed a stranger and let it pass

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 sensed	nsubj
2	sensed	sense	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 stranger	det
4	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sensed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 let	cc
6	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 sensed	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 let	obj
8	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 let	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	sense	past	He	a stranger	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer stranger=Stimulus
2	let	infinitive	He not said here	stranger	tree rules
3	pass	infinitive	stranger not said here		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He detected the smell of men and dismissed 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 detected	nsubj
2	detected	detect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 smell	det
4	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 detected	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 men	case
6	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 smell	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 dismissed	cc
8	dismissed	dismiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 detected	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 dismissed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	detect	past	He	the smell of men	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer smell=Stimulus
2	dismiss	past	He not said here	smell	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	smell		men		nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

He noticed the smell of a horse and waved it away

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 noticed	nsubj
2	noticed	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 smell	det
4	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 noticed	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 horse	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 horse	det
7	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 smell	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 waved	cc
9	waved	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 noticed	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 waved	obj
11	away	away	ADV	_	9 waved	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	notice	past	He	the smell of a horse		vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer smell=Stimulus
2	wave away	past	He not said here	smell	away property	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
3	smell		a horse			nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

He detected the smell of men and ordered a search of every room in the house

The tree, 16 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 detected	nsubj
2	detected	detect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 smell	det
4	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 detected	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 men	case
6	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 smell	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 ordered	cc
8	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 detected	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 search	det
10	search	search	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ordered	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 room	case
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 room	det
13	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 search	nmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 house	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 house	det
16	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 room	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	detect	past	He	the smell of men	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer smell=Stimulus
2	order	past	He not said here	a search of every room in the house	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent search=Theme
3	smell		men		nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=agent
4	search			every room in the house	nom search «act transitive»: of=patient

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