Exam question 1 · pg27200, The Ice Maiden: Rudy dives after his ring, is cla…

Which action did Rudy undertake upon first perceiving the gold ring beneath the surface of the lake?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action · What happens: undertake, perceive · To what, where: gold ring

This is exam question 1 of lesson 864 «pg27200, The Ice Maiden: Rudy dives after his ring, is claimed by the Ice Maiden, and Babette waits out the storm» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 undertake	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 undertake	aux
4	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 undertake	nsubj
5	undertake	undertake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	8 perceiving	mark
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 perceiving	advmod
8	perceiving	perceive	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 undertake	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 ring	det
10	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ring	compound
11	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 perceiving	obj
12	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	14 surface	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 surface	det
14	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 perceiving	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 lake	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 lake	det
17	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 surface	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 undertake	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undertake	past · do-support	which action						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	perceive	gerund	which action not said here	the gold ring				beneath the surface of the lake; first property	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer ring=Stimulus

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 threw his coat aside and paddled slowly toward the shining ring

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 threw	nsubj
2	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 coat	nmod:poss
4	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 threw	obj
5	aside	aside	ADV	_	2 threw	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 paddled	cc
7	paddled	paddle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 threw	conj
8	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	7 paddled	advmod
9	toward	toward	ADP	_	12 ring	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 ring	det
11	shining	shine	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 ring	amod
12	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 paddled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	throw	past	He	his coat		aside property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coat=Theme
2	paddle	past	He not said here		the shining ring	slowly property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent toward ring=Trajectory
3	shine	gerund					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

He took off his jacket and swam toward the golden ring at once

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 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 took	compound:prt
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 jacket	nmod:poss
5	jacket	jacket	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 swam	cc
7	swam	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 took	conj
8	toward	toward	ADP	_	11 ring	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 ring	det
10	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 ring	amod
11	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 swam	obl
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 once	case
13	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	7 swam	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take off	past	He	his jacket					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jacket=Theme
2	swim	past	He not said here			the golden ring			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme toward ring=Trajectory

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He removed his outer garments and began to dive toward the ring, then swam back to shore for air

The tree, 19 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 removed	nsubj
2	removed	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 garments	nmod:poss
4	outer	outer	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 garments	amod
5	garments	garment	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 removed	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 began	cc
7	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 removed	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 dive	mark
9	dive	dive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 began	xcomp
10	toward	toward	ADP	_	12 ring	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 ring	det
12	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dive	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 swam	punct
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 swam	advmod
15	swam	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 removed	conj
16	back	back	ADV	_	15 swam	advmod
17	to	to	ADP	_	18 shore	case
18	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 swam	obl
19	for	for	ADP	_	20 air	case
20	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 shore	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	remove	past	He	his outer garments			vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garment=Theme
2	begin	past	He not said here				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	dive	to-infinitive	He not said here		the ring		vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme toward ring=Location
4	swim back	past	He not said here		shore for air	then	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to shore=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He removed his outer garments and swam towards the ring

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 removed	nsubj
2	removed	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 garments	nmod:poss
4	outer	outer	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 garments	amod
5	garments	garment	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 removed	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 swam	cc
7	swam	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 removed	conj
8	towards	towards	ADP	_	10 ring	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ring	det
10	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 swam	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	past	He	his outer garments					vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garment=Theme
2	swim	past	He not said here			the ring			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards ring=Destination

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