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

Select the response most consistent with the established facts concerning the fate of the Stranger-man.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, fate · To what, where: response, fate, Stranger man

This is exam question 3 of lesson 86 «Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 3: «a great invention» and the road on Merrow Down» 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	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	ADP	_	9 facts	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 facts	det
8	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 facts	amod
9	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 consistent	obl
10	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 facts	acl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fate	det
12	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	17 man	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 man	det
15	Stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 man	compound
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 Stranger	punct
17	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fate	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the fate of the Stranger man	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fate=Experiencer
4	fate			the Stranger man	nom fate «event 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

He was beheaded

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	3 beheaded	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 beheaded	aux:pass
3	beheaded	behead	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	behead	past · passive		He					vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

He was banished from the banks of the Wagai for ever after

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	3 banished	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 banished	aux:pass
3	banished	banish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 banks	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 banks	det
6	banks	bank	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 banished	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 Wagai	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Wagai	det
9	Wagai	Wagai	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 banks	nmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 ever	case
11	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	3 banished	obl
12	after	after	ADP	_	3 banished	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	banish after	past · passive		He		the banks of the Wagai			vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from bank=Source

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

He was adopted into the Tribe, having made no fuss about the mud

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	3 adopted	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 adopted	aux:pass
3	adopted	adopt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 Tribe	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Tribe	det
6	Tribe	Tribe	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 adopted	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 made	punct
8	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 made	aux
9	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 adopted	parataxis
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 fuss	det
11	fuss	fuss	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 made	obj
12	about	about	ADP	_	14 mud	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 mud	det
14	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fuss	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	adopt	past · passive		He		the Tribe			vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	make	gerund · perfect		no fuss				about the mud	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fuss=Product

Option 4

He returned to his own tribe in anger

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 returned	nsubj
2	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	6 tribe	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 tribe	nmod:poss
5	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tribe	amod
6	tribe	tribe	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 returned	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 anger	case
8	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 returned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	past	He			anger		to his own tribe result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to tribe=Result

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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