Exam question 4 · Viking Tales, Helga, part 103: the frog frees the priest,…

Which action of the priest caused Helga to sit meekly before him?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: action, Helga, priest · What happens: cause, sit, act · To what, where: Helga

This is exam question 4 of lesson 892 «Viking Tales, Helga, part 103: the frog frees the priest, and at sunrise Helga turns back into a girl» 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	6 caused	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 priest	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 priest	det
5	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 action	nmod
6	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	Helga	Helga	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 caused	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 sit	mark
9	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 caused	xcomp
10	meekly	meekly	ADV	_	9 sit	advmod
11	before	before	ADP	_	12 him	case
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sit	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 caused	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	cause	past	which action of the priest	Helga			tree rules
2	sit	to-infinitive	Helga not said here		before action	meekly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before he=Location
3	act		the priest				nom action «act intransitive»: of=agent

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

The strips of bark he wore

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 strips	det
2	strips	strip	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 wore	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 bark	case
4	bark	bark	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 strips	nmod
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 wore	nsubj
6	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past	the strips of bark						vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The offer of a horse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 offer	det
2	offer	offer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 horse	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 horse	det
5	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 offer	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer			a horse					nom offer «communication transitive»: of=patient

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

The sign of the cross made upon her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sign	det
2	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 cross	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cross	det
5	cross	cross	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sign	nmod
6	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 her	case
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	the sign of the cross					upon her = she	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	sign			the cross					nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The shout of holy names

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 shout	det
2	shout	shout	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 names	case
4	holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 names	amod
5	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 shout	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout			holy names					nom shout «communication transitive»: of=patient

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