Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Oh, If I Could But Shiver!, part 1: a…

To which occupation did the father require the younger son to be apprenticed?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: occupation, father · What happens: do, require, apprentice · To what, where: younger son

This is exam question 2 of lesson 102 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Oh, If I Could But Shiver!, part 1: a simple boy is sent to learn shivering and throws a ghost down the stairs» 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	To	to	ADP	_	3 occupation	case
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 occupation	det
3	occupation	occupation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 father	det
6	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 require	nsubj
7	require	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 son	det
9	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 son	amod
10	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 require	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	13 apprenticed	mark
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 apprenticed	aux:pass
13	apprenticed	apprentice	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 son	acl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past	which occupation		tree rules
2	require	present	the father	the younger son	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme son=Precondition
3	apprentice	to-infinitive · passive	the father not said here	the younger son not said here	vn orphan-29.7 «NP V NP»

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 was sent to learn the craft of the sexton's bell ringing

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 sent	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	aux:pass
3	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 learn	mark
5	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sent	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 craft	det
7	craft	craft	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 learn	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	13 ringing	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sexton	det
10	sexton	sexton	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ringing	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 sexton	case
12	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ringing	compound
13	ringing	ringing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 craft	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	send	past · passive		He	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	learn	to-infinitive		the craft of the sexton's bell ringing	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent craft=Topic
3	craft			the sexton's bell ringing	nom craft «act transitive»: of=patient
4	ring		the sexton		nom ringing «event transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

He was required to study Latin and law so that he might become a priest one day

The tree, 17 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	3 required	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 study	mark
5	study	study	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 required	xcomp
6	Latin	Latin	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 study	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 law	cc
8	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Latin	conj
9	so	so	SCONJ	_	13 become	mark
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 become	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 become	nsubj
12	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 become	aux
13	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 study	advcl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 priest	det
15	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 become	xcomp
16	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 day	nummod
17	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 become	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	require	past · passive		He		vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	study	to-infinitive		Latin and law		vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent latin=Topic
3	become	might	he	a priest	day	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 3

He was required to learn a trade and to go away to the city to work for his master

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	3 required	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 learn	mark
5	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 required	xcomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 trade	det
7	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 learn	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 go	cc
9	to	to	PART	_	10 go	mark
10	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 learn	conj
11	away	away	ADV	_	10 go	advmod
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 city	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 city	det
14	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 go	obl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 work	mark
16	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 go	advcl
17	for	for	ADP	_	19 master	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 master	nmod:poss
19	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 work	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	require	past · passive	He			vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	learn	to-infinitive	a trade			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trade=Topic
3	go away	to-infinitive		the city	away property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to city=Initial_Location
4	work	to-infinitive			for his master	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for master=Beneficiary

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He was required to learn a trade by which he might earn his living

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 required	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 learn	mark
5	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 required	xcomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 trade	det
7	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 learn	obj
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 earn	obl
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 earn	nsubj
11	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 earn	aux
12	earn	earn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 learn	conj
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 living	nmod:poss
14	living	living	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 earn	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	require	past · passive		He	vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	learn	to-infinitive		a trade	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trade=Topic
3	earn	might	he	his living	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent living=Theme
4	live		his = he		nom living «cognition intransitive»: poss=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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