Exam question 4 · Norse Tales, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 29…

Upon what grounds did the giant accuse the Prince of consulting the Master-maid?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Prince · What happens: ground, do, accuse, consult · To what, where: giant, Prince, Master maid

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1442 «Norse Tales, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 29: the Prince learns tricks from the Master-maid and tames the fire horse» 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	Upon	upon	SCONJ	_	3 grounds	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 grounds	nsubj
3	grounds	ground	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 accuse	advcl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 grounds	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 giant	det
6	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 did	obj
7	accuse	accuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Prince	det
9	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 accuse	obj
10	of	of	SCONJ	_	11 consulting	mark
11	consulting	consult	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 Prince	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 maid	det
13	Master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 maid	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 Master	punct
15	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 consulting	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 accuse	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ground	present			tree rules
2	do	past		the giant	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent giant=Eventuality
3	accuse	present		the Prince	vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent prince=Theme
4	consult	gerund	the Prince not said here	the Master maid	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maid=Theme

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 stable was cleaned in a manner he did not recognise from before

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stable	det
2	stable	stable	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cleaned	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cleaned	aux:pass
4	cleaned	clean	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 manner	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 manner	det
7	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cleaned	obl
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 recognise	nsubj
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 recognise	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 recognise	advmod
11	recognise	recognise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 manner	acl:relcl
12	from	from	ADP	_	13 before	case
13	before	before	ADV	_	11 recognise	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clean	past · passive		the stable		a manner			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	not recognise	past · do-support	he	a manner not said here					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer manner=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

the stable was cleaned in an unfamiliar manner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stable	det
2	stable	stable	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cleaned	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cleaned	aux:pass
4	cleaned	clean	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 manner	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 manner	det
7	unfamiliar	unfamiliar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 manner	amod
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cleaned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clean	past · passive		the stable		a unfamiliar manner			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Option 3

the stable was cleaned in a way the giant had never seen in his life

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stable	det
2	stable	stable	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cleaned	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cleaned	aux:pass
4	cleaned	clean	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 way	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 way	det
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cleaned	obl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 giant	det
9	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 seen	nsubj:pass
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 seen	aux
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 seen	advmod
12	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 way	acl:relcl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 life	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 life	nmod:poss
15	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 seen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clean	past · passive		the stable		a way			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	not see	past · perfect · passive	a way not said here	the giant		giant's life			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus

Option 4

the stable was cleaned by the Prince alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stable	det
2	stable	stable	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cleaned	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cleaned	aux:pass
4	cleaned	clean	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 Prince	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Prince	det
7	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 cleaned	obl
8	alone	alone	ADV	_	4 cleaned	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clean	past · passive	the Prince	the stable				alone property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

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