Exam question 1 · More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Believing Husbands: three sil…

In what manner did the third wife persuade her husband that his garments were upon his person?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: husband · What happens: do, be · To what, where: third wife, manner

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1334 «More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Believing Husbands: three silly husbands are tricked by clever wives, and one of them runs naked to a burial» 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	7 wife	det
6	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 wife	amod
7	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	persuade	persuade	ADP	_	10 husband	case
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	4 did	obl
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 person	nsubj
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 garments	nmod:poss
13	garments	garment	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 person	nsubj
14	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 person	cop
15	upon	upon	ADP	_	17 person	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 person	nmod:poss
17	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 husband	acl:relcl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the third wife		what manner		persuade wife's husband	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Eventuality
2	is	past	wife's husband					upon husband's person	tree rules

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

She assured him, with calm and stated conviction, that his clothing was on his head.

The tree, 15 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 assured	nsubj
2	assured	assure	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 assured	iobj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 conviction	punct
5	with	with	ADP	_	9 conviction	case
6	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 conviction	amod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 stated	cc
8	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 calm	conj
9	conviction	conviction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 assured	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 head	punct
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 head	mark
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 clothing	nmod:poss
13	clothing	clothing	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 head	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 head	cop
15	on	on	ADP	_	17 head	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 head	nmod:poss
17	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 assured	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 assured	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	assure	past	She	him = he		with calm conviction	vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	state speech: other	participle	She not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	his clothing		his head		tree rules

Option 2

She explained to him, with patient and deliberate conviction, that his garments were quite plainly upon his person and back.

The tree, 20 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 explained	nsubj
2	explained	explain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 him	case
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 explained	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 conviction	punct
6	with	with	ADP	_	10 conviction	case
7	patient	patient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 conviction	amod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 deliberate	cc
9	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 patient	conj
10	conviction	conviction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 explained	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 person	punct
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	20 person	mark
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 garments	nmod:poss
14	garments	garment	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 person	nsubj
15	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 person	cop
16	quite	quite	ADV	_	17 plainly	advmod
17	plainly	plainly	ADV	_	20 person	advmod
18	upon	upon	ADP	_	20 person	case
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 person	nmod:poss
20	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 explained	obl
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 back	cc
22	back	back	ADV	_	20 person	conj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 explained	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	past	She		him = he			with patient conviction	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient
2	is	past	his garments					upon his person; plainly property	tree rules

Option 3

She assured him, with calm and stated conviction and a straight face, that his clothing was upon his back at all times.

The tree, 22 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 assured	nsubj
2	assured	assure	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 assured	iobj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 calm	punct
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 calm	case
6	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 assured	parataxis
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 stated	cc
8	stated	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 assured	conj
9	conviction	conviction	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stated	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 face	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 face	det
12	straight	straight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 face	amod
13	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 conviction	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 back	punct
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	21 back	mark
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 clothing	nmod:poss
17	clothing	clothing	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 back	nsubj
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 back	cop
19	upon	upon	ADP	_	21 back	case
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 back	nmod:poss
21	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stated	obl
22	at	at	ADP	_	24 times	case
23	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	24 times	det
24	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 back	nmod
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 assured	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	assure	past	She		him = he			vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	state speech: other	past	She not said here	conviction and a straight face				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent conviction=Topic
3	is	past	his clothing			time	upon his back	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She assured him, with calm and stated conviction, that his clothing was upon his back.

The tree, 15 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 assured	nsubj
2	assured	assure	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 assured	iobj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 conviction	punct
5	with	with	ADP	_	9 conviction	case
6	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 conviction	amod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 stated	cc
8	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 calm	conj
9	conviction	conviction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 assured	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 back	punct
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 back	mark
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 clothing	nmod:poss
13	clothing	clothing	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 back	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 back	cop
15	upon	upon	ADP	_	17 back	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 back	nmod:poss
17	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 assured	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 assured	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	assure	past	She	him = he	with calm conviction	vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	state speech: other	participle	She not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	his clothing		upon his back	tree rules

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