Exam question 3 · Spanish Fairy Tales, The Unfinished Houses, part 31: the g…
What was the principal motive for the wife's litigation?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: principal motive, wife · What happens: be, litigate
This is exam question 3 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 motive | det |
| 4 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 motive | amod |
| 5 | motive | motive | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 litigation | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 wife | det |
| 8 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 litigation | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 wife | case |
| 10 | litigation | litigation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 motive | nmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the principal motive for the wife's litigation | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | litigate | the wife | nom litigation «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 · ✓ the right answer
Her wish to possess the unfinished houses
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 wish | nmod:poss |
| 2 | wish | wish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 possess | nsubj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 possess | mark |
| 4 | possess | possess | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 houses | det |
| 6 | unfinished | unfinished | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 houses | amod |
| 7 | houses | house | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 possess | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | possess | to-infinitive | Her wish | the unfinished houses | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot house=Theme | ||||
| 2 | wish | Her = she | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
Her determination to win back the houses that her husband had given away, regardless of the cost to his brother
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 determination | nmod:poss |
| 2 | determination | determination | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 win | nsubj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 win | mark |
| 4 | win | win | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 win | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 houses | det |
| 7 | houses | house | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 win | obj |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 given | obj |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 husband | nmod:poss |
| 10 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 given | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 given | aux |
| 12 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 houses | acl:relcl |
| 13 | away | away | ADV | _ | 12 given | advmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 cost | punct |
| 15 | regardless | regardless | ADV | _ | 18 cost | advmod |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 cost | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 cost | det |
| 18 | cost | cost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 win | obl |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 brother | case |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 brother | nmod:poss |
| 21 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 cost | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win back | to-infinitive | Her determination | the houses | of the cost to husband's brother | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | give away | past · perfect · passive | determination's husband | away property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | determine | Her = she | nom determination «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
Her anger at her husband's brother
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 anger | nmod:poss |
| 2 | anger | anger | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 brother | case |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 husband | nmod:poss |
| 5 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 brother | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 husband | case |
| 7 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 anger | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | anger | Her = she | at her husband's brother | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent at=obl |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Her wish to possess the unfinished houses so that she could make them into a palace and outshine everyone
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 wish | nmod:poss |
| 2 | wish | wish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 possess | nsubj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 possess | mark |
| 4 | possess | possess | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 houses | det |
| 6 | unfinished | unfinished | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 houses | amod |
| 7 | houses | house | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 possess | obj |
| 8 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 12 make | mark |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 so | fixed |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 make | nsubj |
| 11 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 make | aux |
| 12 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 possess | advcl |
| 13 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 make | obj |
| 14 | into | into | ADP | _ | 16 palace | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 palace | det |
| 16 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 make | obl |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 outshine | cc |
| 18 | outshine | outshine | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 possess | conj |
| 19 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 18 outshine | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | possess | to-infinitive | Her wish | the unfinished houses | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot house=Theme | ||||
| 2 | make | could | wish | houses = house | a palace | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent they=Material into palace=Product | |||
| 3 | outshine | infinitive | Her wish not said here | everyone | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot everyone=Theme | ||||
| 4 | wish | Her = she | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |
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