Exam question 2 · Contes des Fées, The Adventures of Covan the Brown-Haired,…

In what manner does the maiden respond to the old man's offer of employment?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old man · What happens: do, offer · To what, where: maiden respond, manner, employment

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1183 «Contes des Fées, The Adventures of Covan the Brown-Haired, part 49: Ardan herds the old man's cows and is turned to stone» 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	7 respond	det
6	maiden	maiden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 respond	amod
7	respond	respond	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	13 offer	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 man	det
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 man	amod
11	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 offer	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 man	case
13	offer	offer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 employment	case
15	employment	employment	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 offer	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present		the maiden respond		what manner		to the old man's offer of employment	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respond=Eventuality
2	offer		the old man	employment					nom offer «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

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

by issuing a formal caution regarding its consequences

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 issuing	mark
2	issuing	issue	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 caution	det
4	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 caution	amod
5	caution	caution	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 issuing	obj
6	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 consequences	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 consequences	nmod:poss
8	consequences	consequence	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 issuing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	issue	gerund		a formal caution				regard caution's consequences	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location caution=Theme
2	regard	gerund							vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

by issuing a formal caution regarding its consequences and then leaving the hill without a word

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 issuing	mark
2	issuing	issue	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 caution	det
4	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 caution	amod
5	caution	caution	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 issuing	obj
6	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 consequences	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 consequences	nmod:poss
8	consequences	consequence	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 caution	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 leaving	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 leaving	advmod
11	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 issuing	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 hill	det
13	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 leaving	obj
14	without	without	ADP	_	16 word	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 word	det
16	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 leaving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	issue	gerund	a formal caution		regard caution's consequences	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location caution=Theme
2	regard	gerund				vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	leave	gerund	the hill	then	without a word	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hill=Theme

Option 3

by issuing a formal caution regarding its consequences, which she repeated three times before departing the scene altogether

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 issuing	mark
2	issuing	issue	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 caution	det
4	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 caution	amod
5	caution	caution	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 issuing	obj
6	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 consequences	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 consequences	nmod:poss
8	consequences	consequence	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 caution	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 repeated	punct
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 repeated	obj
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 repeated	nsubj
12	repeated	repeat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 caution	parataxis
13	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 times	nummod
14	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 repeated	obl:unmarked
15	before	before	SCONJ	_	16 departing	mark
16	departing	depart	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 repeated	advcl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 scene	det
18	scene	scene	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 departing	obj
19	altogether	altogether	ADV	_	2 issuing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	issue	gerund		a formal caution		regard caution's consequences; altogether property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location caution=Theme
2	regard	gerund					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	repeat	past	she	a formal caution	time		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality
4	depart	gerund	she not said here	the scene			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme scene=Initial_Location

Option 4

by offering him a cow and a warm cloak instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 offering	mark
2	offering	offer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 offering	obj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cow	det
5	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 offering	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 cloak	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 cloak	det
8	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cloak	amod
9	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cow	conj
10	instead	instead	ADV	_	2 offering	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	gerund		a cow and a warm cloak	him = he			instead property	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal cow=Theme

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