Exam question 3 · Tales of Many Lands, Which was the Foolishest?, part 48: t…

In what manner did the husband respond when he perceived the coat was not warm?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: husband, coat · What happens: do, respond, perceive, not be · To what, where: manner

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1247 «Tales of Many Lands, Which was the Foolishest?, part 48: the cat wins back his ball, a prince is freed, and two wives test their husbands» 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 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 husband	det
6	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 respond	nsubj
7	respond	respond	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 perceived	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 perceived	nsubj
10	perceived	perceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 respond	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 coat	det
12	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 warm	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 warm	cop
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 warm	advmod
15	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 perceived	ccomp
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	do	past		what manner		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	respond speech: other	present	the husband			vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	perceive	past	husband			vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
4	not is	past	the coat		warm property	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 · ← Mova's choice

He pretended the coat was warm and said nothing

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 pretended	nsubj
2	pretended	pretend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 coat	det
4	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 warm	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 warm	cop
6	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 pretended	ccomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 said	cc
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pretended	conj
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 said	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pretend	past	He			tree rules
2	is	past	the coat		warm property	tree rules
3	say speech: assert	past	He not said here	nothing		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic

Option 2

He shared his true opinion

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 shared	nsubj
2	shared	share	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	5 opinion	nmod:poss
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 opinion	amod
5	opinion	opinion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shared	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	past	He	his true opinion					tree rules
2	opine		his = he						nom opinion «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

He hid his true opinion and praised the coat greatly

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 hid	nsubj
2	hid	hide	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	5 opinion	nmod:poss
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 opinion	amod
5	opinion	opinion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hid	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 praised	cc
7	praised	praise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 hid	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 coat	det
9	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 praised	obj
10	greatly	greatly	ADV	_	7 praised	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hide	past	He	his true opinion		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opinion=Patient
2	praise	past	He not said here	the coat	greatly property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coat=Theme
3	opine		his = he			nom opinion «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He concealed his true opinion

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 concealed	nsubj
2	concealed	conceal	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	5 opinion	nmod:poss
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 opinion	amod
5	opinion	opinion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 concealed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	past	He	his true opinion					vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opinion=Patient
2	opine		his = he						nom opinion «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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