Exam question 4 · Eastern Stories and Legends, Nur Mahomed, part 55: the old…

What eventually became of the old woman who had raised the young man, according to the account given?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: become, raise, accord, give · To what, where: account, old woman

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1254 «Eastern Stories and Legends, Nur Mahomed, part 55: the old woman's foundling becomes a soldier, and a dog dies after a meal» 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	PRON	PronType=Int	3 became	obj
2	eventually	eventually	ADV	_	3 became	advmod
3	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 woman	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 woman	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 woman	amod
7	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 became	obl
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 raised	nsubj:pass
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 raised	aux
10	raised	raise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 woman	acl:relcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 man	det
12	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 man	amod
13	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 raised	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 account	punct
15	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 account	case
16	to	to	ADP	_	15 according	fixed
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 account	det
18	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 became	xcomp
19	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 account	acl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 became	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	become	past	the account	of the old woman; eventually property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Patient what=Result
2	raise	past · perfect · passive	the old woman		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme man=Destination
3	accord	gerund			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
4	give	participle	the account not said here		vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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

She was rewarded with a farm and some silver

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 rewarded	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 rewarded	aux:pass
3	rewarded	reward	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 farm	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 farm	det
6	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rewarded	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 silver	cc
8	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	9 silver	det
9	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 farm	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reward	past · passive		She				with a farm and some silver	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: subject=Recipient with farm=Theme

Option 2

She was given a house and servants for the rest of her life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 house	det
5	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 servants	cc
7	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 house	conj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 rest	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 rest	det
10	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 life	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 life	nmod:poss
13	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rest	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past · passive		She				for the rest of her life	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: subject=Recipient house=Theme for rest=Asset

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

She was granted a pension by the king, and she lived comfortably with her goats in a small house near the palace for the rest of her life

The tree, 28 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 granted	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 granted	aux:pass
3	granted	grant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pension	det
5	pension	pension	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 granted	obj
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 king	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 king	det
8	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 granted	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 lived	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 lived	cc
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 lived	nsubj
12	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 granted	conj
13	comfortably	comfortably	ADV	_	12 lived	advmod
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 goats	case
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 goats	nmod:poss
16	goats	goat	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 lived	obl
17	in	in	ADP	_	20 house	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 house	det
19	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 house	amod
20	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lived	obl
21	near	near	ADP	_	23 palace	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 palace	det
23	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 house	nmod
24	for	for	ADP	_	26 rest	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 rest	det
26	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lived	obl
27	of	of	ADP	_	29 life	case
28	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	29 life	nmod:poss
29	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 rest	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grant	past · passive	the king	She					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent subject=Goal pension=Theme
2	live	past	she			a small house near the palace		with her goats; for the rest of her life; comfortably property	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with goat=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She received a pension sufficient to keep her in comfort

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 received	nsubj
2	received	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pension	det
4	pension	pension	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 received	obj
5	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 received	xcomp
6	to	to	PART	_	7 keep	mark
7	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 received	advcl
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 keep	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 comfort	case
10	comfort	comfort	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	past	She	a pension				sufficient property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pension=Theme
2	keep	to-infinitive	She not said here	her = she		comfort			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme in comfort=Location

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