Exam question 2 · Violet Fairy Book, Wali Dâd, part 58: gifts pile up, the o…

What is the principal reason Wali Dâd gives for refusing the riches he is offered?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: principal reason, Wali, riches · What happens: be, give, refuse, offer · To what, where: principal reason, riches, Wali

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1257 «Violet Fairy Book, Wali Dâd, part 58: gifts pile up, the old man tries to drown himself, and two Peris appear» 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	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reason	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reason	amod
5	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	Wali	Wali	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 gives	nsubj
7	Dâd	Dâd	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Wali	flat
8	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 reason	acl:relcl
9	for	for	SCONJ	_	10 refusing	mark
10	refusing	refuse	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 gives	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 riches	det
12	riches	rich	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 refusing	obj
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 offered	nsubj:pass
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 offered	aux:pass
15	offered	offer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 riches	acl:relcl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	the principal reason		tree rules
2	give	present	Wali	the principal reason not said here	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
3	refuse	gerund	Wali not said here	the riches	vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rich=Theme
4	offer	present · passive	the riches not said here	Wali	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme

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 is an old man who wants his own simple life

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	5 man	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 man	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 wants	nsubj
7	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 man	acl:relcl
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 life	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 life	amod
10	simple	simple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 life	amod
11	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wants	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	He	a old man					tree rules
2	want	present	a old man	man's own simple life					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot life=Theme

Option 2

He is an old man with one foot in the grave and a broken heart from the loss of his sons

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	5 man	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 man	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 foot	case
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 foot	nummod
8	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 man	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 grave	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 grave	det
11	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 foot	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 heart	cc
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 heart	det
14	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 heart	amod
15	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 man	conj
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 loss	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 loss	det
18	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 man	nmod
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 sons	case
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 sons	nmod:poss
21	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 loss	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	He	a old man and a broken heart		the loss of his sons		with one foot in the grave	tree rules
2	break	participle							vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

He is an old man with one foot in the grave, and riches would only bring him trouble now

The tree, 19 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	5 man	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 man	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 foot	case
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 foot	nummod
8	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 man	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 grave	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 grave	det
11	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 foot	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 bring	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 bring	cc
14	riches	rich	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 bring	nsubj
15	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 bring	aux
16	only	only	ADV	_	17 bring	advmod
17	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 man	conj
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 bring	obj
19	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 bring	obj
20	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 bring	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	He	a old man				with one foot in the grave	tree rules
2	bring	would	riches	trouble	man		now		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination trouble=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He is an old man with one foot in the grave

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	5 man	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 man	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 foot	case
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 foot	nummod
8	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 man	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 grave	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 grave	det
11	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 man	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	He	a old man		the grave		with one foot	tree rules

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