Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, Rübezahl, part 50: the gnome sees men settle…
What reason does the text give for the gnome's departure from his second master's service?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: reason, gnome, second master · What happens: do, give, depart, service · To what, where: text, service
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1249 «Fairy Tales, Rübezahl, part 50: the gnome sees men settle his hills and serves three masters» 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 | What | what | DET | PronType=Int | 2 reason | det |
| 2 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 does | nsubj |
| 3 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 text | det |
| 5 | text | text | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 does | obj |
| 6 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 does | advcl |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 departure | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 gnome | det |
| 9 | gnome | gnome | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 departure | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 gnome | case |
| 11 | departure | departure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 give | obl |
| 12 | from | from | ADP | _ | 17 service | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 master | nmod:poss |
| 14 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 15 master | amod |
| 15 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 service | nmod:poss |
| 16 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 15 master | case |
| 17 | service | service | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 give | obl |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 does | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | what reason | the text | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent text=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | give | present | what reason not said here | reason's second master's service | for the gnome's departure | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for departure=Asset | |||
| 3 | depart | the gnome | nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 4 | service | reason's second master | nom service «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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The master begrudged him his well-earned wages.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 master | det |
| 2 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 begrudged | nsubj |
| 3 | begrudged | begrudge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 begrudged | obj |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 wages | nmod:poss |
| 6 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 8 earned | advmod |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 well | punct |
| 8 | earned | earned | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 wages | amod |
| 9 | wages | wage | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 begrudged | obj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 begrudged | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | begrudge | past | the master | him = he | tree rules |
Option 2
The master cheated him of his pay.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 master | det |
| 2 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cheated | nsubj |
| 3 | cheated | cheat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 cheated | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 pay | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 pay | nmod:poss |
| 7 | pay | pay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cheated | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 cheated | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cheat | past | the master | him = he | of master's pay | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Source | |||
| 2 | pay | master | nom pay «possession transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
He wanted to leave the village for good.
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 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 leave | mark |
| 4 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wanted | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 village | det |
| 6 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 leave | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 good | case |
| 8 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 leave | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wanted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | He | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | leave not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | the village | for good | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent village=Theme for good=Recipient |
Option 4
The master wanted a different servant.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 master | det |
| 2 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wanted | nsubj |
| 3 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 servant | det |
| 5 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 servant | amod |
| 6 | servant | servant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wanted | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wanted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | the master | a different servant | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot servant=Theme |
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