Exam question 3 · Lang's Fairy Books, Pivi and Kabo: Kabo copies Pivi, is sw…

Indicate the cause of the rivalry between the two young men in The Elf Maiden.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: indicate, cause · To what, where: cause, rivalry

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1231 «Lang's Fairy Books, Pivi and Kabo: Kabo copies Pivi, is swallowed by a shell-fish, and is punished» 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	Indicate	indicate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cause	det
3	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Indicate	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 rivalry	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rivalry	det
6	rivalry	rivalry	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cause	nmod
7	between	between	ADP	_	11 men	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 men	det
9	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 men	nummod
10	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 men	amod
11	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 rivalry	nmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 Maiden	case
13	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Maiden	det
14	Elf	Elf	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Maiden	compound
15	Maiden	Maiden	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 men	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Indicate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	imperative	you not said here	the cause of the rivalry between the two young men in the Elf Maiden					vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot cause=Topic
2	cause			the rivalry between the two young men in the Elf Maiden					nom cause «event transitive»: 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

They both loved the same fishing boat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 loved	nsubj
2	both	both	ADV	_	3 loved	advmod
3	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 boat	det
5	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 boat	amod
6	fishing	fishing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 boat	compound
7	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 loved	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	past	They	the same fishing boat				both property	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer boat=Stimulus

Option 2

Both wanted to marry the old chief

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	CCONJ	_	2 wanted	cc:preconj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 marry	mark
4	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 chief	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 chief	amod
7	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 marry	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past							vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	marry not said to happen	to-infinitive		the old chief					vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chief=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

They fought over a boat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fought	nsubj
2	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	over	over	ADP	_	5 boat	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 boat	det
5	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fight	past	They					over a boat	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.theme NP S_ING»: agent=Agent over boat=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Both sought the affection of the same girl

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	CCONJ	_	2 sought	cc:preconj
2	sought	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 affection	det
4	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sought	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 girl	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 girl	det
7	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 girl	amod
8	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 affection	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seek	past		the affection of the same girl					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent affection=Theme

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