Exam question 1 · Eastern Tales, Fortune and the Wood-Cutter: a lazy man lie…

Which phrase best describes the wood-cutter's customary occupation before he resolved to remain abed?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: phrase, wood cutter · What happens: describe, resolve, remain, occupy · To what, where: customary occupation

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1234 «Eastern Tales, Fortune and the Wood-Cutter: a lazy man lies in bed while his mules bring home gold» 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	4 describes	nsubj
3	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 describes	advmod
4	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cutter	det
6	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cutter	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 wood	punct
8	cutter	cutter	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 occupation	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 cutter	case
10	customary	customary	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 occupation	compound
11	occupation	occupation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	obj
12	before	before	SCONJ	_	14 resolved	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 resolved	nsubj
14	resolved	resolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 describes	advcl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 remain	mark
16	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 resolved	xcomp
17	abed	abed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 remain	xcomp
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	describe	present	which phrase	the wood cutter's customary occupation	well property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent occupation=Theme
2	resolve	past	phrase			tree rules
3	remain	to-infinitive	phrase not said here		abed property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	occupy		the wood cutter			nom occupation «act transitive»: poss=agent

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 worked as a miller in town

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 worked	nsubj
2	worked	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADP	_	5 miller	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 miller	det
5	miller	miller	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 worked	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 town	case
7	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 worked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	past	He					as a miller; in town	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in town=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He laboured daily as a timber-cutter in the forest

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 laboured	nsubj
2	laboured	labour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	daily	daily	ADV	_	2 laboured	advmod
4	as	as	ADP	_	8 cutter	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cutter	det
6	timber	timber	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cutter	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 timber	punct
8	cutter	cutter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 laboured	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 forest	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 forest	det
11	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 laboured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	labour	past	He			the forest		as a timber cutter; daily property	vn work-73.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He chopped wood

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 chopped	nsubj
2	chopped	chop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chopped	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chop	past	He	wood					vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He was a farmer who tended sheep on the hills

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	4 farmer	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 farmer	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 farmer	det
4	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 tended	nsubj
6	tended	tend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 farmer	acl:relcl
7	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 tended	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 hills	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hills	det
10	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 tended	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	He	a farmer					tree rules
2	tend	past	a farmer	sheep		the hills			vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme

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