Exam question 3 · pg3282, Rübezahl, part 51: the gnome makes a princess his…

Indicate the reason which the gnome gives for supplying the princess with a basket of roots, and specify the emotional state which provoked his action.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, gnome, emotional state · What happens: indicate, give, supply, specify, provoke, act · To what, where: reason, princess, emotional state, action

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1250 «pg3282, Rübezahl, part 51: the gnome makes a princess his guest underground, and she gets her playmate back with a turnip» 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 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Indicate	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 gives	obj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gnome	det
6	gnome	gnome	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gives	nsubj
7	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 reason	acl:relcl
8	for	for	SCONJ	_	9 supplying	mark
9	supplying	supply	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 gives	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 princess	det
11	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 supplying	obj
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 basket	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 basket	det
14	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 supplying	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 roots	case
16	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 basket	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 specify	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 specify	cc
19	specify	specify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Indicate	conj
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 state	det
21	emotional	emotional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 state	amod
22	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 specify	obj
23	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	24 provoked	nsubj
24	provoked	provoke	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 state	acl:relcl
25	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 action	nmod:poss
26	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 provoked	obj
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Indicate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	indicate	imperative	you not said here	the reason			vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot reason=Topic
2	give	present	the gnome	the reason			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme
3	supply	gerund	the gnome not said here		the princess	with a basket of roots	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent princess=Recipient with basket=Theme
4	specify	infinitive	you not said here	the emotional state			vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent state=Theme
5	provoke	past	the emotional state	gnome's action			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus action=Experiencer
6	act		gnome				nom action «act intransitive»: 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

He believes that mortals are sociable and that the princess is pining for company, so he provides her with a companion

The tree, 21 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 believes	nsubj
2	believes	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 sociable	mark
4	mortals	mortal	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sociable	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sociable	cop
6	sociable	sociable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 believes	ccomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 pining	cc
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 pining	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 princess	det
10	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pining	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 pining	aux
12	pining	pine	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 sociable	conj
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 company	case
14	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pining	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 provides	punct
16	so	so	ADV	_	18 provides	advmod
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 provides	nsubj
18	provides	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 believes	conj
19	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 provides	obj
20	with	with	ADP	_	22 companion	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 companion	det
22	companion	companion	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 provides	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	believe	present	He			vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	present	mortals		sociable property	tree rules
3	pine	present · progressive	the princess		for company	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for company=Theme
4	provide	present	he	princess	with a companion	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Recipient with companion=Theme

Option 2

He believes that mortals are greedy and that the princess is hungry, so he provides her with a feast of roots

The tree, 21 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 believes	nsubj
2	believes	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 greedy	mark
4	mortals	mortal	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 greedy	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 greedy	cop
6	greedy	greedy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 believes	ccomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 hungry	cc
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 hungry	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 princess	det
10	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hungry	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 hungry	cop
12	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 greedy	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 provides	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	16 provides	advmod
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 provides	nsubj
16	provides	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 believes	conj
17	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 provides	obj
18	with	with	ADP	_	20 feast	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 feast	det
20	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 provides	obl
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 roots	case
22	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 feast	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	believe	present	He			vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	present	mortals		greedy property	tree rules
3	is	present	the princess		hungry property	tree rules
4	provide	present	he	princess	with a feast of roots	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Recipient with feast=Theme

Option 3

He believes that mortals are sociable and that the princess is pining for company, so he provides her with a companion who can talk to her and keep her company through the long years in his underground palace

The tree, 38 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 believes	nsubj
2	believes	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 sociable	mark
4	mortals	mortal	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sociable	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sociable	cop
6	sociable	sociable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 believes	ccomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 pining	cc
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 pining	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 princess	det
10	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pining	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 pining	aux
12	pining	pine	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 sociable	conj
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 company	case
14	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pining	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 provides	punct
16	so	so	ADV	_	18 provides	advmod
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 provides	nsubj
18	provides	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 believes	conj
19	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 provides	obj
20	with	with	ADP	_	22 companion	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 companion	det
22	companion	companion	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 provides	obl
23	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	25 talk	nsubj
24	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	25 talk	aux
25	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 companion	acl:relcl
26	to	to	ADP	_	27 her	case
27	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 talk	obl
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 keep	cc
29	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 talk	conj
30	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	31 company	nmod:poss
31	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 keep	obj
32	through	through	ADP	_	35 years	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 years	det
34	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 years	amod
35	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 keep	obl
36	in	in	ADP	_	39 palace	case
37	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	39 palace	nmod:poss
38	underground	underground	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 palace	amod
39	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	present	He						vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	present	mortals					sociable property	tree rules
3	pine	present · progressive	the princess					for company	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for company=Theme
4	provide	present	he		princess			with a companion	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Recipient with companion=Theme
5	talk	can	a companion		princess				vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to she=Co-Agent
6	keep	infinitive	a companion not said here	princess's company		his underground palace	year		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent company=Theme in palace=Location

Option 4

He believes that mortals are sociable and that the princess is pining for company, and he also thinks the king will reward him, so he provides her with a companion

The tree, 30 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 believes	nsubj
2	believes	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 sociable	mark
4	mortals	mortal	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sociable	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sociable	cop
6	sociable	sociable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 believes	ccomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 pining	cc
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 pining	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 princess	det
10	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pining	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 pining	aux
12	pining	pine	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 sociable	conj
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 company	case
14	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pining	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 thinks	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 thinks	cc
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 thinks	nsubj
18	also	also	ADV	_	19 thinks	advmod
19	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 believes	conj
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 king	det
21	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 reward	nsubj
22	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	23 reward	aux
23	reward	reward	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 thinks	ccomp
24	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 reward	obj
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 provides	punct
26	so	so	ADV	_	28 provides	advmod
27	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 provides	nsubj
28	provides	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 believes	conj
29	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 provides	obj
30	with	with	ADP	_	32 companion	case
31	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	32 companion	det
32	companion	companion	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 provides	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	believe	present	He			vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	present	mortals		sociable property	tree rules
3	pine	present · progressive	the princess		for company	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for company=Theme
4	think speech: other	present	he			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
5	reward	future	the king	him = he		vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
6	provide	present	king	princess	with a companion	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Recipient with companion=Theme

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