Exam question 2 · Explorers: Magellan around the world, and the people alrea…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the fate of Ferdinand Magellan?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, fate · To what, where: fate, Ferdinand

This is exam question 2 of lesson 27 «Explorers: Magellan around the world, and the people already there» of the history 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fate	det
10	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 Ferdinand	case
12	Ferdinand	Ferdinand	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 fate	nmod
13	Magellan	Magellan	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Ferdinand	flat
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the fate of Ferdinand	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	fate		Ferdinand		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 · ← Mova's choice

He perished in the Strait that bears his name

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 perished	nsubj
2	perished	perish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 Strait	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Strait	det
5	Strait	Strait	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 perished	obl
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 bears	obj
7	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 Strait	conj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 name	nmod:poss
9	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 perished	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perish	past	He	his name		the Strait and bears			tree rules
2	name		his = he						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

He returned to Spain in triumph

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	_	4 Spain	case
4	Spain	Spain	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 returned	obl
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 triumph	case
6	triumph	triumph	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 returned	obl

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He was slain in the Philippines in an engagement with Lapulapu

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 slain	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 slain	aux:pass
3	slain	slay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 Philippines	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Philippines	det
6	Philippines	Philippines	PROPN	Number=Ptan	3 slain	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 engagement	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 engagement	det
9	engagement	engagement	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 slain	obl
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 Lapulapu	case
11	Lapulapu	Lapulapu	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 engagement	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slay	past · passive		He		the Philippines		in a engagement with Lapulapu	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

He settled in Canada

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 settled	nsubj
2	settled	settle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Canada	case
4	Canada	Canada	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 settled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	settle	past	He			Canada			vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in canada=Location

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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