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Exam question 3 · Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 2:…

It is given that the Tribe arrived at the river. Select the response most consistent with what was there observed.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Tribe, you · What happens: give, arrive, select, observe · To what, where: It, river, response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 85 «Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 2: the picture goes wrong and the whole Tribe comes» 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

Sentence 1: It is given that the Tribe arrived at the river.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 arrived	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Tribe	det
6	Tribe	Tribe	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 arrived	nsubj
7	arrived	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 river	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 river	det
10	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 arrived	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	arrive	past	the Tribe			the river			vn escape-51.1-1 «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.

Sentence 2: Select the response most consistent with what was there observed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 consistent	advmod
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
6	with	with	SCONJ	_	10 observed	mark
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 observed	nsubj:pass
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 observed	aux:pass
9	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 observed	advmod
10	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 consistent	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	observe	past · passive				there			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic

The options

Option 1

The Head Chief waiting by the river with the drums ready

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Chief	det
2	Head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Chief	compound
3	Chief	Chief	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	waiting	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 Chief	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 river	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 river	det
7	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 waiting	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 drums	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 drums	det
10	drums	drum	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 waiting	obl
11	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 waiting	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	gerund	the Head Chief not said here					by the river; with the drums	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by river=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Taffy making daisy-chains and Tegumai spearing small carp

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Taffy	Taffy	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 making	nsubj
2	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	daisy	daisy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chains	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 daisy	punct
5	chains	chain	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 making	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 spearing	cc
7	Tegumai	Tegumai	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 spearing	nsubj
8	spearing	spear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 making	conj
9	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 carp	amod
10	carp	carp	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spearing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	gerund	Taffy	daisy chains					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chain=Product
2	spear	gerund	Tegumai	small carp					vn carve-21.2-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carp=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Taffy making daisy-chains, Tegumai spearing small carp, and the Head Chief shaking his top-knot

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Taffy	Taffy	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 making	nsubj
2	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	daisy	daisy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chains	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 daisy	punct
5	chains	chain	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 making	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Tegumai	punct
7	Tegumai	Tegumai	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 making	conj
8	spearing	spear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 Tegumai	acl
9	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 carp	amod
10	carp	carp	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spearing	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 shaking	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 shaking	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Chief	det
14	Head	Head	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Chief	compound
15	Chief	Chief	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 shaking	nsubj
16	shaking	shake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 making	conj
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 knot	nmod:poss
18	top	top	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 knot	amod
19	-	-	PUNCT	_	18 top	punct
20	knot	knot	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 shaking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	gerund	Taffy	daisy chains					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chain=Product
2	spear	gerund	Tegumai not said here	small carp					vn carve-21.2-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carp=Patient
3	shake	gerund	the Head Chief	Chief's top knot					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent knot=Patient

Option 4

Enemies hiding in the bushes, watching quietly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Enemies	enemy	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 watching	nsubj
2	hiding	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Enemies	acl
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 bushes	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bushes	det
5	bushes	bush	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hiding	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 watching	punct
7	watching	watch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	7 watching	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	gerund	Enemies not said here			the bushes			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in bush=Location
2	watch	gerund	Enemies					quietly property	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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