Exam question 2 · Spanish Fairy Tales, The Unfinished Houses, part 31: the g…

In what manner did the younger brother respond to his inheritance?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: his · What happens: do, inherit · To what, where: younger brother respond, manner

This is exam question 2 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 respond	det
6	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 respond	amod
7	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 respond	compound
8	respond	respond	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 inheritance	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 inheritance	nmod:poss
11	inheritance	inheritance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the younger brother respond		what manner		to his inheritance	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respond=Eventuality
2	inherit		his = he						nom inheritance «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

He worked it without any real pleasure

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 worked	nsubj
2	worked	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 worked	obj
4	without	without	ADP	_	7 pleasure	case
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 pleasure	det
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pleasure	amod
7	pleasure	pleasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 worked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	past	He	it				without any real pleasure	vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent it=Material

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He accepted the inheritance but worked the land with reluctant diligence, always dreaming of the city life beyond

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 accepted	nsubj
2	accepted	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 inheritance	det
4	inheritance	inheritance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accepted	obj
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 worked	cc
6	worked	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 accepted	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 land	det
8	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 worked	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 diligence	case
10	reluctant	reluctant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 diligence	amod
11	diligence	diligence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 worked	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 dreaming	punct
13	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	14 dreaming	advmod
14	dreaming	dream	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 worked	advcl
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 life	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 life	det
17	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 life	compound
18	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 dreaming	obl
19	beyond	beyond	ADV	_	14 dreaming	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	accept	past	He	the inheritance		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inheritance=Theme
2	work	past	He not said here	the land	with reluctant diligence	vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent land=Material
3	dream	gerund	He not said here		of the city life; always, beyond property	vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He accepted it with reluctant diligence

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 accepted	nsubj
2	accepted	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 accepted	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 diligence	case
5	reluctant	reluctant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 diligence	amod
6	diligence	diligence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accepted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept	past	He	it				with reluctant diligence	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

He was disappointed by the inheritance and accepted it with a sullen reluctance that showed in all his daily work

The tree, 20 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	3 disappointed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 disappointed	aux:pass
3	disappointed	disappoint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 inheritance	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 inheritance	det
6	inheritance	inheritance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disappointed	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 accepted	cc
8	accepted	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 disappointed	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 accepted	obj
10	with	with	ADP	_	13 reluctance	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 reluctance	det
12	sullen	sullen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 reluctance	amod
13	reluctance	reluctance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 accepted	obl
14	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 showed	nsubj
15	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 reluctance	acl:relcl
16	in	in	ADP	_	20 work	case
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	20 work	det:predet
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 work	nmod:poss
19	daily	daily	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 work	amod
20	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 showed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	disappoint	past · passive	the inheritance	He			tree rules
2	accept	past	the inheritance not said here	inheritance		with a sullen reluctance	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	show	past	a sullen reluctance		his daily work		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	work		his = he				nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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