Exam question 1 · Indian Tales, The Enchanted Wreath, part 1: a greedy golds…

Which of the following best describes the sequence in which the goldsmith deceives the villagers and is subsequently punished by death?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: goldsmith, death · What happens: follow, describe, deceive, punish · To what, where: sequence, villagers

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1153 «Indian Tales, The Enchanted Wreath, part 1: a greedy goldsmith is undone, and a kind stepdaughter is rewarded by doves» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sequence	det
8	sequence	sequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 deceives	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 goldsmith	det
12	goldsmith	goldsmith	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 deceives	nsubj
13	deceives	deceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 sequence	acl:relcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 villagers	det
15	villagers	villager	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 deceives	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 punished	cc
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 punished	aux:pass
18	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	19 punished	advmod
19	punished	punish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 deceives	conj
20	by	by	ADP	_	21 death	case
21	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 punished	obl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the sequence		of the best	tree rules
3	deceive	present	the goldsmith	the villagers	the sequence		vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent villager=Patient
4	punish	present · passive	death			subsequently property	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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

He sells the wife, fools the villagers into diving, and then dies of a stroke

The tree, 15 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 sells	nsubj
2	sells	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wife	det
4	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sells	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 fools	punct
6	fools	fool	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 sells	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 villagers	det
8	villagers	villager	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 fools	obj
9	into	into	ADP	_	10 diving	case
10	diving	diving	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fools	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 dies	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 dies	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 dies	advmod
14	dies	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 sells	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 stroke	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 stroke	det
17	stroke	stroke	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 dies	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	sell	present	He	the wife			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Theme
2	fool	present	He not said here	the villagers		into diving result	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent villager=Patient into diving=Result
3	die	present	He not said here		then	of a stroke	vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of stroke=Causer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He sells the body, deceives the villagers into drowning, and later dies of apoplexy

The tree, 14 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 sells	nsubj
2	sells	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 body	det
4	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sells	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 deceives	punct
6	deceives	deceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 sells	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 villagers	det
8	villagers	villager	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 deceives	obj
9	into	into	ADP	_	10 drowning	case
10	drowning	drowning	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 deceives	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 dies	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 dies	cc
13	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	14 dies	advmod
14	dies	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 sells	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 apoplexy	case
16	apoplexy	apoplexy	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 dies	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	sell	present	He	the body		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Theme
2	deceive	present	He not said here	the villagers	into drowning result	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent villager=Patient into drowning=Result
3	die	present	He not said here		of apoplexy; late property	vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of apoplexy=Causer

Option 3

He sells the body, deceives the villagers into drowning in the river, and later dies of apoplexy at his home in the village after a long illness

The tree, 27 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 sells	nsubj
2	sells	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 body	det
4	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sells	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 deceives	punct
6	deceives	deceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 sells	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 villagers	det
8	villagers	villager	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 deceives	obj
9	into	into	ADP	_	10 drowning	case
10	drowning	drowning	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 deceives	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 river	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 river	det
13	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 deceives	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 dies	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 dies	cc
16	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	17 dies	advmod
17	dies	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 sells	conj
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 apoplexy	case
19	apoplexy	apoplexy	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 dies	obl
20	at	at	ADP	_	22 home	case
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 home	nmod:poss
22	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 dies	obl
23	in	in	ADP	_	25 village	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 village	det
25	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 dies	obl
26	after	after	ADP	_	29 illness	case
27	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 illness	det
28	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 illness	amod
29	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 dies	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	present	He	the body				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Theme
2	deceive	present	He not said here	the villagers			into drowning result; in the river	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent villager=Patient into drowning=Result
3	die	present	He not said here		his home	after a long illness	of apoplexy; in the village; late property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in village=Attribute

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He sells the body to a stranger, deceives the villagers into tying stones to their feet, rides a buffalo home, and later dies of apoplexy

The tree, 25 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 sells	nsubj
2	sells	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 body	det
4	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sells	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 stranger	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 stranger	det
7	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 body	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 deceives	punct
9	deceives	deceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 sells	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 villagers	det
11	villagers	villager	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 deceives	obj
12	into	into	SCONJ	_	13 tying	mark
13	tying	tie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 deceives	advcl
14	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 tying	obj
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 feet	case
16	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 feet	nmod:poss
17	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 tying	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 rides	punct
19	rides	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 sells	parataxis
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 buffalo	det
21	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 rides	obj
22	home	home	ADV	_	19 rides	advmod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 dies	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 dies	cc
25	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	26 dies	advmod
26	dies	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 sells	conj
27	of	of	ADP	_	28 apoplexy	case
28	apoplexy	apoplexy	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 dies	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	sell	present	He	the body	a stranger		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent body=Theme to stranger=Recipient
2	deceive	present	He not said here	the villagers			vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent villager=Patient
3	tie	gerund	He not said here	stones		to stones's feet	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent stone=Patient to foot=Co-Patient
4	ride	present		a buffalo		home property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent buffalo=Theme
5	die	present	He not said here			of apoplexy; late property	vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of apoplexy=Causer

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