Exam question 2 · Grimm, Thumbling, part 21: a tiny boy is sold, escapes, an…

For what purpose did the two strangers wish to purchase the child?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: purpose, two strangers · What happens: do, wish, purchase · To what, where: child

This is exam question 2 of lesson 118 «Grimm, Thumbling, part 21: a tiny boy is sold, escapes, and offers to help thieves rob a pastor» 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	For	for	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	obj
3	purpose	purpose	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	7 strangers	det
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 strangers	nummod
7	strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 wish	nsubj
8	wish	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	ccomp
9	to	to	PART	_	10 purchase	mark
10	purchase	purchase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 wish	xcomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 child	det
12	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 purchase	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past	purpose		tree rules
2	wish	present	the two strangers		vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	purchase not said to happen	to-infinitive	the two strangers not said here	the child	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset child=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

To take him far away and put him on display in a traveling show for paying audiences across many towns

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 take	mark
2	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 take	obj
4	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 away	advmod
5	away	away	ADV	_	2 take	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 put	cc
7	put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 take	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 put	obj
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 display	case
10	display	display	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 put	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 show	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 show	det
13	traveling	traveling	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 show	compound
14	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 put	obl
15	for	for	SCONJ	_	16 paying	mark
16	paying	pay	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 put	advcl
17	audiences	audience	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 paying	obj
18	across	across	ADP	_	20 towns	case
19	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 towns	amod
20	towns	town	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 paying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	take	to-infinitive		him = he		away property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination
2	put	infinitive	him = he		display	in a traveling show	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme on display=Destination
3	pay	gerund	audiences		many towns		vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent audience=Asset

Option 2

To show him to paying crowds in the city

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 show	mark
2	show	show	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 show	iobj
4	to	to	SCONJ	_	5 paying	mark
5	paying	pay	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 show	advcl
6	crowds	crowd	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 paying	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 city	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 city	det
9	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 paying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	to-infinitive			him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	pay	gerund		crowds		the city			vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crowd=Asset

Option 3

To adopt him as a servant and bring him to their home in the capital city to serve the court

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 adopt	mark
2	adopt	adopt	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 adopt	obj
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 servant	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 servant	det
6	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 adopt	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 bring	cc
8	bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 adopt	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 bring	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 home	case
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 home	nmod:poss
12	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bring	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 city	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 city	det
15	capital	capital	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 city	compound
16	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bring	obl
17	to	to	PART	_	18 serve	mark
18	serve	serve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 bring	advcl
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 court	det
20	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 serve	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	adopt	to-infinitive	him = he		as a servant	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme as servant=Attribute
2	bring	infinitive	him = he	the capital city	to their home	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to home=Destination
3	serve	to-infinitive	the court			vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent court=Attribute

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

To exhibit him for payment in a large town

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 exhibit	mark
2	exhibit	exhibit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 exhibit	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 payment	case
5	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exhibit	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 town	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 town	det
8	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 town	amod
9	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 payment	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exhibit	to-infinitive		him = he				for payment in a large town	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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