Exam question 4 · More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Believing Husbands: three sil…

Which of the three husbands proved the most credulous, and in what respect is this established by the text?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: text · What happens: prove, establish · To what, where: this, respect

This is exam question 4 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 proved	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 husbands	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 husbands	det
4	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 husbands	nummod
5	husbands	husband	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 proved	nsubj
6	proved	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 credulous	det
8	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	9 credulous	advmod
9	credulous	credulous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 proved	xcomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 established	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 established	cc
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 respect	case
13	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	14 respect	det
14	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 established	obl
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 established	aux:pass
16	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	17 established	nsubj
17	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 proved	conj
18	by	by	ADP	_	20 text	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 text	det
20	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 established	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 proved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	past						credulous property	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	establish	present · passive	the text	this		what respect			vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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 · ← Mova's choice

The man in the coffin, for he was dead.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 man	det
2	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dead	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 coffin	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 coffin	det
5	coffin	coffin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 man	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 dead	punct
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 dead	case
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 dead	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 dead	cop
10	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 dead	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the man in the coffin					dead property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The man in the coffin, for he was sillier than the other two.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 man	det
2	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sillier	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 coffin	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 coffin	det
5	coffin	coffin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 man	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 sillier	punct
7	for	for	SCONJ	_	10 sillier	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 sillier	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 sillier	cop
10	sillier	silly	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
11	than	than	ADP	_	14 two	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 two	det
13	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 two	amod
14	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 sillier	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 sillier	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the man in the coffin					than the other two; silly property	tree rules

Option 3

The third husband, for he was the silliest of all.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 husband	det
2	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 husband	amod
3	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 silliest	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 silliest	punct
5	for	for	ADP	_	9 silliest	case
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 silliest	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 silliest	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 silliest	det
9	silliest	silly	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 all	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 silliest	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 silliest	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the third husband					of all; silly property	tree rules

Option 4

The man in the coffin, for he let himself be laid out and buried without any protest at all, as the text says.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 man	det
2	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 laid	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 coffin	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 coffin	det
5	coffin	coffin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 man	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 let	punct
7	for	for	SCONJ	_	9 let	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 let	nsubj
9	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 laid	aux:pass
10	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	9 let	obj
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 laid	aux:pass
12	laid	lay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
13	out	out	ADP	_	12 laid	compound:prt
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 buried	cc
15	buried	bury	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 laid	conj
16	without	without	ADP	_	18 protest	case
17	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	18 protest	det
18	protest	protest	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 buried	obl
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 all	case
20	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	18 protest	nmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 says	punct
22	as	as	SCONJ	_	25 says	mark
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 text	det
24	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 says	nsubj
25	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 buried	advcl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 laid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	lay out	past · passive		the man in the coffin		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result
2	bury	participle			without any protest at all	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	say speech: assert	present	the text			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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