Exam question 4 · Old Deccan Days, The Girl with One Hand, part 34: a cruel…

Evaluate the conduct of the brother in relation to his sister, with reference to the events of the passage.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: evaluate, conduct · To what, where: conduct, relation, brother

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1309 «Old Deccan Days, The Girl with One Hand, part 34: a cruel brother cuts off his sister's hand, and a prince finds her crying in a tree» 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	Evaluate	evaluate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 conduct	det
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Evaluate	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 brother	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 brother	det
6	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conduct	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 relation	case
8	relation	relation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Evaluate	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 sister	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 sister	nmod:poss
11	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Evaluate	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 reference	punct
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 reference	case
14	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Evaluate	parataxis
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 events	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 events	det
17	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 reference	nmod
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 passage	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 passage	det
20	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 events	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Evaluate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	evaluate	imperative	you not said here	the conduct of the brother		relation		to his sister	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme
2	conduct			the brother					nom conduct «act transitive»: of=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

He was cruel to her

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 cruel	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cruel	cop
3	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 her	case
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 cruel	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He		her = she			cruel property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He took her hand, sold her house, and afterwards lied to the king about her out of jealousy

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 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 hand	nmod:poss
4	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sold	punct
6	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 took	conj
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 house	nmod:poss
8	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sold	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 lied	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 lied	cc
11	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	_	12 lied	advmod
12	lied	lie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 took	advcl
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 king	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 king	det
15	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lied	obl
16	about	about	ADP	_	17 her	case
17	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 king	nmod
18	out	out	ADP	_	20 jealousy	case
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 jealousy	case
20	jealousy	jealousy	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	take	past	He	her hand			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme
2	sell	past	He not said here	her house			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme
3	lie	participle	He not said here		jealousy	to the king about her; afterwards property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent out jealousy=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He cut off her hand, sold her home, and later slandered her to the king out of envy

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 cut	nsubj
2	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	5 hand	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 hand	nmod:poss
5	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cut	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 sold	punct
7	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cut	conj
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 home	nmod:poss
9	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sold	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 slandered	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 slandered	cc
12	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	13 slandered	advmod
13	slandered	slander	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cut	conj
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 slandered	obj
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 king	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 king	det
17	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 slandered	obl
18	out	out	ADP	_	20 envy	case
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 envy	case
20	envy	envy	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 slandered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	cut off	past	He	her hand			vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector hand=Eventuality
2	sell	past	He not said here	her home			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Theme
3	slander	past	He not said here	her = she	envy	to the king; late property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 4

He cut off her hand and sold her home

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 cut	nsubj
2	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	5 hand	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 hand	nmod:poss
5	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cut	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 sold	cc
7	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cut	conj
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 home	nmod:poss
9	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sold	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut off	past	He	her hand					vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector hand=Eventuality
2	sell	past	He not said here	her home					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Theme

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