Exam question 2 · Africa Tales, The Rover of the Plain, part 35: the girl br…

In what manner does the husband's behaviour toward his wife differ from that of the other villagers?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wife · What happens: do, differ · To what, where: behaviour, manner

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1169 «Africa Tales, The Rover of the Plain, part 35: the girl brings the dead buffalo back to life, and her husband spies on her» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obl
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 husband	det
6	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 behaviour	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 husband	case
8	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
9	toward	toward	ADP	_	12 differ	mark
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 wife	nmod:poss
11	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 differ	nsubj
12	differ	differ	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 does	advcl
13	from	from	ADP	_	14 that	case
14	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 differ	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 villagers	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 villagers	det
17	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 villagers	amod
18	villagers	villager	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 that	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present		the husband's behaviour		what manner			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent behaviour=Eventuality
2	differ	present	husband's wife					from that	vn differ-23.4 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme from that=Co-Theme

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 shouts at his wife and sends her to fetch water from the lake every morning.

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 shouts	nsubj
2	shouts	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 wife	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 wife	nmod:poss
5	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shouts	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 sends	cc
7	sends	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 shouts	conj
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 sends	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 fetch	mark
10	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 sends	advcl
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fetch	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 lake	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 lake	det
14	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fetch	obl
15	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	16 morning	det
16	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fetch	obl:unmarked
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 shouts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	present	He				at his wife	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	send	present	He not said here	wife				vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
3	fetch	to-infinitive	He not said here	water	the lake	morning		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent water=Theme from lake=Source

Option 2

He is kind and generous to her.

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 kind	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 kind	cop
3	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 generous	cc
5	generous	generous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 kind	conj
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 her	case
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 kind	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 kind	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He		her = she			kind property	tree rules
2	be		He not said here						tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He is afraid of his wife and watches her closely.

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 afraid	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 afraid	cop
3	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 wife	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 wife	nmod:poss
6	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 afraid	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 watches	cc
8	watches	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 afraid	conj
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 closely	nmod:poss
10	closely	closely	ADV	_	8 watches	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 afraid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					of his wife; afraid property	tree rules
2	watch	present	He not said here					closely property	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He is afraid of his wife and checks on her at night in the shed while she works.

The tree, 18 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 afraid	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 afraid	cop
3	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 wife	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 wife	nmod:poss
6	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 afraid	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 checks	cc
8	checks	check	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 afraid	conj
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 her	case
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 checks	obl
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 night	case
12	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 checks	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 shed	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 shed	det
15	shed	shed	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 checks	obl
16	while	while	SCONJ	_	18 works	mark
17	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 works	nsubj
18	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 checks	advcl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 afraid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He			of his wife; afraid property	tree rules
2	check	present	He not said here	the shed	night	on wife	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on she=Location
3	work	present	wife				vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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