Exam question 3 · Norse Tales, The Youth and the Hill-Folk, part 33: a youth…

State the principal reason the husband refrained from investigating the nocturnal disturbances.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: husband · What happens: refrain, investigate · To what, where: State principal reason, nocturnal disturbances

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1232 «Norse Tales, The Youth and the Hill-Folk, part 33: a youth is left alone on an island and a strange girl marries him» 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reason	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 husband	det
6	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 refrained	nsubj
7	refrained	refrain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	acl:relcl
8	from	from	SCONJ	_	9 investigating	mark
9	investigating	investigate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 refrained	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 disturbances	det
11	nocturnal	nocturnal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 disturbances	amod
12	disturbances	disturbance	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 investigating	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refrain	past	the husband	the State principal reason not said here					tree rules
2	investigate	gerund	the husband not said here	the nocturnal disturbances					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent disturbance=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

He remembered the strict instruction his wife had given him before she left the room, and therefore he chose to remain completely motionless in the bed all night

The tree, 28 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 remembered	nsubj
2	remembered	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 instruction	det
4	strict	strict	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 instruction	amod
5	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remembered	obj
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 wife	nmod:poss
7	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 given	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 given	aux
9	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 remembered	parataxis
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 given	iobj
11	before	before	SCONJ	_	13 left	mark
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 left	nsubj
13	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 given	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 room	det
15	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 left	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 chose	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 chose	cc
18	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	20 chose	advmod
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 chose	nsubj
20	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 remembered	conj
21	to	to	PART	_	22 remain	mark
22	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 chose	xcomp
23	completely	completely	ADV	_	24 motionless	advmod
24	motionless	motionless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 remain	xcomp
25	in	in	ADP	_	27 bed	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 bed	det
27	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 motionless	obl
28	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	29 night	det
29	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remembered	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	remember	past	He	the strict instruction		night		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent instruction=Theme
2	give	past · perfect	his wife		him = he			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	leave	past	wife	the room				vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Theme
4	choose	past	he				therefore property	tree rules
5	remain	to-infinitive	he not said here				motionless property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

He remembered his wife's warning and stayed still

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 remembered	nsubj
2	remembered	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 wife	nmod:poss
4	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 warning	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 wife	case
6	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remembered	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 stayed	cc
8	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 remembered	conj
9	still	still	ADV	_	8 stayed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	remember	past	He	his wife's warning		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent warning=Theme
2	stay	past	He not said here		still	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	warn		his wife			nom warning «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He recollected the injunction of his spouse and remained motionless

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 recollected	nsubj
2	recollected	recollect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 injunction	det
4	injunction	injunction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 recollected	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 spouse	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 spouse	nmod:poss
7	spouse	spouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 injunction	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 remained	cc
9	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 recollected	conj
10	motionless	motionless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 remained	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	recollect	past	He	the injunction of his spouse		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent injunction=Theme
2	remain	past	He not said here		motionless property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	enjoin			his spouse		nom injunction «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He recalled what his wife had told him and so lay quite still in bed

The tree, 15 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 recalled	nsubj
2	recalled	recall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 told	obj
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	7 told	nsubj:pass
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 told	aux
7	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 recalled	parataxis
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 told	iobj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 lay	cc
10	so	so	ADV	_	11 lay	advmod
11	lay	lay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 recalled	conj
12	quite	quite	ADV	_	13 still	advmod
13	still	still	ADV	_	11 lay	advmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 bed	case
15	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	roles by
1	recall	past	He					vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	tell speech: assert	past · perfect · passive		his wife	him = he			tree rules
3	lay	infinitive	He not said here			bed	still	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in bed=Destination

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