Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, Jack and the Magic Table: Jack takes three ma…

What was the outcome of the king's attempt to retain the table after the stated period?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king · What happens: be, retain, state, attempt · To what, where: outcome, table

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1167 «Fairy Tales, Jack and the Magic Table: Jack takes three magic gifts, tricks his way to the top, and wins the king's daughter» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 outcome	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 outcome	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 outcome	det
4	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 attempt	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 king	det
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 attempt	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 king	case
9	attempt	attempt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 outcome	nmod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 retain	mark
11	retain	retain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 attempt	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 table	det
13	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 retain	obj
14	after	after	ADP	_	17 period	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 period	det
16	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 period	amod
17	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 retain	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 outcome	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the outcome		of the king's attempt	tree rules
2	retain	to-infinitive		the table	after the stated period		tree rules
3	state speech: other	participle					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	attempt		the king				nom attempt «act transitive»: poss=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 right answer

He commissioned a copy and returned the original to Jack.

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 commissioned	nsubj
2	commissioned	commission	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 copy	det
4	copy	copy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 commissioned	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 returned	cc
6	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 commissioned	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 original	det
8	original	original	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 returned	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 Jack	case
10	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 returned	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 commissioned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	commission	past	He	a copy					vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent copy=Theme
2	return	past	He not said here	the original	Jack				vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent original=Theme to jack=Destination

Option 2

He commissioned a copy, returned the original to Jack, and then fled the country in shame.

The tree, 16 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 commissioned	nsubj
2	commissioned	commission	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 copy	det
4	copy	copy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 commissioned	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 returned	punct
6	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 commissioned	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 original	det
8	original	original	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 returned	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 Jack	case
10	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 returned	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 fled	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 fled	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 fled	advmod
14	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 commissioned	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 country	det
16	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 fled	obj
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 shame	case
18	shame	shame	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 fled	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 commissioned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	roles by
1	commission	past	He	a copy				vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent copy=Theme
2	return	past	He not said here	the original	Jack			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent original=Theme to jack=Destination
3	flee	past	He not said here	the country		shame	then	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme country=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He commissioned a copy and tried to keep the original, but Jack threatened war and forced him to return it.

The tree, 20 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 commissioned	nsubj
2	commissioned	commission	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 copy	det
4	copy	copy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 commissioned	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 tried	cc
6	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 commissioned	conj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 keep	mark
8	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 tried	xcomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 original	det
10	original	original	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 keep	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 threatened	punct
12	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 threatened	cc
13	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 threatened	nsubj
14	threatened	threaten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 commissioned	parataxis
15	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 threatened	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 forced	cc
17	forced	force	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 threatened	conj
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 forced	obj
19	to	to	PART	_	20 return	mark
20	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 forced	xcomp
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 return	obj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 commissioned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	commission	past	He	a copy	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent copy=Theme
2	try	past	He not said here		vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the original	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent original=Theme
4	threaten	past	Jack	war	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus war=Experiencer
5	force	past	Jack not said here	Jack	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
6	return	to-infinitive	Jack not said here	war	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

He had a duplicate made and returned the copy to Jack's brothers.

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 duplicate	det
4	duplicate	duplicate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 duplicate	acl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 returned	cc
7	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 had	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 copy	det
9	copy	copy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 returned	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 brothers	case
11	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 brothers	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Jack	case
13	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 returned	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	have	past	He	a duplicate		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duplicate=Patient
2	make	participle		a duplicate not said here		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
3	return	past	He not said here	the copy	Jack's brothers	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent copy=Theme to brother=Destination

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