Exam question 1 · Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 1:…

Identify the instruction imparted by Mother Jaguar concerning the treatment of a Hedgehog.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Jaguar · What happens: identify, impart, concern, treat · To what, where: instruction, treatment, Hedgehog

This is exam question 1 of lesson 82 «Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 1: Painted Jaguar and the muddled advice» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 instruction	det
3	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	imparted	impart	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 instruction	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 Mother	case
6	Mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 imparted	obl
7	Jaguar	Jaguar	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Mother	appos
8	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 Jaguar	acl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 treatment	det
10	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 concerning	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 Hedgehog	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 Hedgehog	det
13	Hedgehog	Hedgehog	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 treatment	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the instruction		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent instruction=Theme
2	impart	participle		the instruction not said here	by Mother	tree rules
3	concern	gerund	Jaguar not said here	the treatment of a Hedgehog		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus treatment=Experiencer
4	treat			a Hedgehog		nom treatment «act transitive»: of=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

That he be dropped into the deep water at once, whereupon he will uncoil and sink to the bottom

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 dropped	nsubj:pass
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dropped	nsubj
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 dropped	aux:pass
4	dropped	drop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	8 water	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 water	det
7	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 water	amod
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dropped	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 once	case
10	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 dropped	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 uncoil	punct
12	whereupon	whereupon	ADV	PronType=Int	15 uncoil	advmod
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 uncoil	nsubj
14	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 uncoil	aux
15	uncoil	uncoil	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 dropped	parataxis
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 sink	cc
17	sink	sink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 uncoil	conj
18	to	to	ADP	_	20 bottom	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 bottom	det
20	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 sink	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	drop	infinitive · passive		That	the deep water		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: subject=Theme into water=Destination at once=Initial_Location
2	uncoil	future	he			whereupon property	vn separate-23.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	sink	infinitive	he not said here			to the bottom	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

That he be dropped into the water, whereupon he will uncoil

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 dropped	nsubj:pass
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dropped	nsubj
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 dropped	aux:pass
4	dropped	drop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 water	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 water	det
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dropped	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 uncoil	punct
9	whereupon	whereupon	ADV	PronType=Int	12 uncoil	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 uncoil	nsubj
11	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 uncoil	aux
12	uncoil	uncoil	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 dropped	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	infinitive · passive		That		the water			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme into water=Destination
2	uncoil	future	he					whereupon property	vn separate-23.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

That he be dropped into the water, whereupon he will uncoil and swim away from the bank entirely

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 dropped	nsubj:pass
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dropped	nsubj
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 dropped	aux:pass
4	dropped	drop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 water	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 water	det
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dropped	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 uncoil	punct
9	whereupon	whereupon	ADV	PronType=Int	12 uncoil	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 uncoil	nsubj
11	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 uncoil	aux
12	uncoil	uncoil	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 dropped	parataxis
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 swim	cc
14	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 uncoil	conj
15	away	away	ADV	_	14 swim	advmod
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 bank	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 bank	det
18	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 swim	obl
19	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	14 swim	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	drop	infinitive · passive		That	the water		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme into water=Destination
2	uncoil	future	he			whereupon property	vn separate-23.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	swim away	infinitive	he not said here		the bank	away, entirely property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from bank=Trajectory

Option 4

That he be buried in the mud at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 buried	nsubj:pass
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 buried	nsubj:pass
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 buried	aux:pass
4	buried	bury	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 mud	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mud	det
7	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 buried	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 once	case
9	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 buried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bury	infinitive · passive		That		the mud			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in mud=Destination

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