Exam question 4 · Fairy Book, Father Grumbler, part 15: Grumbler shows off a…

Which phrase from the passage most clearly indicates that Father Grumbler lacked courtesy towards the Holy Man?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: phrase, Father · What happens: indicate, lack · To what, where: courtesy

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1214 «Fairy Book, Father Grumbler, part 15: Grumbler shows off a magic cock, and the innkeepers plot to steal it» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 phrase	det
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 indicates	nsubj
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 phrase	nmod
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 clearly	advmod
7	clearly	clearly	ADV	_	8 indicates	advmod
8	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 lacked	mark
10	Father	Father	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 lacked	nsubj
11	Grumbler	Grumbler	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Father	flat
12	lacked	lack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 indicates	ccomp
13	courtesy	courtesy	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lacked	obj
14	towards	towards	ADP	_	17 Man	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Man	det
16	Holy	Holy	PROPN	_	17 Man	compound
17	Man	Man	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 lacked	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 indicates	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	which phrase from the passage					clearly property	vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic
2	lack	past	Father	courtesy				towards the Holy Man	tree rules

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 took the basket and the cock from the Holy Man without even bothering to say either 'Thank you' or 'Goodbye' at the door.

The tree, 24 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 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 basket	det
4	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 cock	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cock	det
7	cock	cock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 basket	conj
8	from	from	ADP	_	11 Man	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Man	det
10	Holy	Holy	PROPN	_	11 Man	compound
11	Man	Man	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 took	obl
12	without	without	SCONJ	_	14 bothering	mark
13	even	even	ADV	_	14 bothering	advmod
14	bothering	bother	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 took	advcl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 say	mark
16	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 bothering	xcomp
17	either	either	CCONJ	_	19 Thank	cc:preconj
18	'	'	PUNCT	_	19 Thank	punct
19	Thank	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 say	ccomp
20	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	19 Thank	obj
21	'	'	PUNCT	_	19 Thank	punct
22	or	or	CCONJ	_	24 Goodbye	cc
23	'	'	PUNCT	_	24 Goodbye	punct
24	Goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 Thank	conj
25	'	'	PUNCT	_	24 Goodbye	punct
26	at	at	ADP	_	28 door	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 door	det
28	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 Goodbye	nmod
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 took	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	take	past	He	the basket and the cock		from the Holy Man	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent basket=Theme from man=Initial_Location
2	bother	gerund	He not said here				tree rules
3	say speech: assert	to-infinitive	He not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	thank speech: thank	present			you		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He took the basket without being polite enough to say either "Thank you"

The tree, 13 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 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 basket	det
4	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obj
5	without	without	SCONJ	_	7 polite	mark
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 polite	cop
7	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 took	advcl
8	enough	enough	ADV	_	7 polite	advmod
9	to	to	PART	_	10 say	mark
10	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 polite	advcl
11	either	either	CCONJ	_	13 Thank	cc:preconj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 Thank	punct
13	Thank	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 say	ccomp
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 Thank	obj
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 Thank	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	take	past	He	the basket			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent basket=Theme
2	is	gerund	He not said here			enough, polite property	tree rules
3	say speech: assert	to-infinitive	He not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	thank speech: thank in a quote	present			you		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

Option 3

He never said thank you, mate.

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 said	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 said	advmod
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	thank	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 said	ccomp
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 thank	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 mate	punct
7	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thank	vocative
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not say speech: assert	past	He						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	thank speech: thank	present			you			mate vocative	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

Option 4

He walked off without a word.

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 walked	nsubj
2	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 walked	compound:prt
4	without	without	ADP	_	6 word	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 word	det
6	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 walked	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 walked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk off	past	He					without a word	vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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