Exam question 1 · Grimm's Tales, The Wind's Gift, part 6: the poor man wins…

With reference to the passage, state the object which the Wind bestowed upon the petitioner.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Wind · What happens: bestow · To what, where: object

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1100 «Grimm's Tales, The Wind's Gift, part 6: the poor man wins back his sack and ram, and his rich brother buys them» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 state	punct
7	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 passage	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 object	det
9	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 state	nmod
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 bestowed	obj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Wind	det
12	Wind	Wind	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 bestowed	nsubj
13	bestowed	bestow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 object	acl:relcl
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 petitioner	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 petitioner	det
16	petitioner	petitioner	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bestowed	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 reference	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bestow	past	the Wind	the object				upon the petitioner	tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

A drum containing twelve henchmen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 drum	det
2	drum	drum	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	containing	contain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 drum	acl
4	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 henchmen	nummod
5	henchmen	henchman	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 containing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	gerund	a drum not said here	twelve henchmen					vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot henchman=Theme

Option 2

A magic drum containing twelve henchmen and a ram

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 drum	det
2	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 drum	amod
3	drum	drum	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	containing	contain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 drum	acl
5	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 henchmen	nummod
6	henchmen	henchman	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 containing	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 ram	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 ram	det
9	ram	ram	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 henchmen	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	gerund	a magic drum not said here	twelve henchmen and a ram					vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot henchman=Theme

Option 3

A drum containing twelve henchmen, which the Wind had carried from the sea.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 drum	det
2	drum	drum	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	containing	contain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 drum	acl
4	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 henchmen	nummod
5	henchmen	henchman	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 containing	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 carried	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 carried	nsubj:pass
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Wind	det
9	Wind	Wind	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 carried	nsubj:pass
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 carried	aux
11	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 henchmen	acl
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 sea	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sea	det
14	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 carried	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 drum	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	gerund	a drum not said here	twelve henchmen					vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot henchman=Theme
2	carry	past · perfect · passive		twelve henchmen		the sea			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: subject=Theme from sea=Initial_Location

Option 4

A horn holding twelve soldiers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 horn	det
2	horn	horn	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	holding	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 horn	acl
4	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 soldiers	nummod
5	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 holding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	gerund	a horn not said here	twelve soldiers					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soldier=Theme

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