Exam question 1 · Spanish Fairy Tales, The Unfinished Houses, part 31: the g…

Which action did the farmer take upon learning of his son's marriage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: action, son · What happens: take, marry

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1306 «Spanish Fairy Tales, The Unfinished Houses, part 31: the greedy wife sues to win the unfinished houses» 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 take	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 farmer	det
5	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	nsubj
6	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 learning	case
8	learning	learning	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	13 marriage	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 son	nmod:poss
11	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 marriage	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 son	case
13	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 learning	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 take	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past · do-support	which action					upon learning of farmer's son's marriage	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	marry		farmer's son						nom marriage «state 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

He ordered his son to leave his sight at once

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 ordered	nsubj
2	ordered	order	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	4 son	nmod:poss
4	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ordered	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 leave	mark
6	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 ordered	xcomp
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 sight	nmod:poss
8	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 leave	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 once	case
10	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	6 leave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	order	past	He		his son	vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent son=Recipient clause=Topic
2	leave not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	his sight		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sight=Theme at once=Location
3	sight		his = he			nom sight «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

He forbade his son from ever coming near again

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 forbade	nsubj
2	forbade	forbid	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	4 son	nmod:poss
4	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forbade	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 ever	case
6	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	2 forbade	obl
7	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 forbade	advcl
8	near	near	ADV	_	7 coming	advmod
9	again	again	ADV	_	7 coming	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forbid	past	He		his son				vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer son=Beneficiary from ever=Eventuality
2	come	gerund	He not said here				again	near property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He flew into a rage and ordered his son out of the house immediately, whipping him with his cane at the door

The tree, 22 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 flew	nsubj
2	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 rage	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 rage	det
5	rage	rage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flew	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 ordered	cc
7	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 flew	conj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 son	nmod:poss
9	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ordered	obj
10	out	out	ADP	_	13 house	case
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 house	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 house	det
13	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ordered	obl
14	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	2 flew	advmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 whipping	punct
16	whipping	whip	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 flew	conj
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 whipping	obj
18	with	with	ADP	_	20 cane	case
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 cane	nmod:poss
20	cane	cane	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 whipping	obl
21	at	at	ADP	_	23 door	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 door	det
23	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 whipping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	fly	past	He				into a rage result; immediately property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into rage=Result
2	order	past	He not said here		his son	the house		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme
3	whip	gerund	He not said here	him = he		the door	with his cane	vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP PP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with cane=Instrument at door=Location

Option 4

He disowned his son on the spot, declaring that he would never forgive him for marrying without consent

The tree, 18 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 disowned	nsubj
2	disowned	disown	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	4 son	nmod:poss
4	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disowned	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 spot	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 spot	det
7	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disowned	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 declaring	punct
9	declaring	declare	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 disowned	advcl
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 forgive	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 forgive	nsubj
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 forgive	aux
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 forgive	advmod
14	forgive	forgive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 declaring	ccomp
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 forgive	obj
16	for	for	SCONJ	_	17 marrying	mark
17	marrying	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 forgive	advcl
18	without	without	ADP	_	19 consent	case
19	consent	consent	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 marrying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	disown	past	He	his son	the spot		tree rules
2	declare speech: other	gerund	He not said here				vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	not forgive	would	he	him = he			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
4	marry	gerund	he not said here			without consent	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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