Exam question 3 · Finnish Tales, Matte and Maie, part 39: Maie wants more an…

State the condition under which the old fisherman's wife had earlier received the thirty cows she requested.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, wife · What happens: state, have, receive, request · To what, where: condition, thirty cows

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1314 «Finnish Tales, Matte and Maie, part 39: Maie wants more and more, then throws stones at the sea-king» 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 condition	det
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	under	under	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 had	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fisherman	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 fisherman	amod
8	fisherman	fisherman	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wife	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 fisherman	case
10	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 had	nsubj
11	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 condition	acl:relcl
12	earlier	early	ADV	Degree=Cmp	13 received	advmod
13	received	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 had	ccomp
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 cows	det
15	thirty	thirty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 cows	nummod
16	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 received	obj
17	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 requested	nsubj
18	requested	request	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 cows	acl:relcl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the condition			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent condition=Topic
2	have	past	the old fisherman's wife		the condition		tree rules
3	receive	past	the old fisherman's wife not said here	the thirty cows		early property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Theme
4	request	past	wife	the thirty cows not said here			vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent cow=Recipient

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

She sang her song to the sea-king and fiddled loudly all night long

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sang	nsubj
2	sang	sing	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 song	nmod:poss
4	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sang	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	9 king	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 king	det
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 king	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 sea	punct
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sang	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 fiddled	cc
11	fiddled	fiddle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sang	conj
12	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	11 fiddled	advmod
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 night	det
14	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fiddled	obl:unmarked
15	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 fiddled	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	She	her song	the sea king			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent song=Topic to king=Recipient
2	fiddle	past	She not said here			night	long, loudly property	vn trifle-105.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
3	sing		her = she					nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She promised him a new boat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 promised	nsubj
2	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 promised	iobj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 boat	det
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 boat	amod
6	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 promised	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	past	She	a new boat	him = he				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal boat=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She sang her song to the sea-king

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sang	nsubj
2	sang	sing	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 song	nmod:poss
4	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sang	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	9 king	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 king	det
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 king	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 sea	punct
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sang	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	She	her song	the sea king				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent song=Topic to king=Recipient
2	sing		her = she						nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

She sang her song to the sea-king at dawn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sang	nsubj
2	sang	sing	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 song	nmod:poss
4	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sang	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	9 king	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 king	det
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 king	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 sea	punct
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sang	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 dawn	case
11	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sang	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	She	her song	the sea king		dawn		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent song=Topic to king=Recipient
2	sing		her = she						nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

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