Exam question 1 · pg503, Whittington and His Cat: Whittington gets his treas…

Which of the following describes the reason Mr. Fitzwarren gave for refusing to deprive Whittington of any part of the treasure?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Fitzwarren · What happens: follow, describe, give, refuse, not deprive · To what, where: reason, Whittington

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1463 «pg503, Whittington and His Cat: Whittington gets his treasure, marries Alice and becomes Lord Mayor» 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	5 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 reason	det
7	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Fitzwarren	nmod:desc
9	Fitzwarren	Fitzwarren	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 gave	nsubj
10	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 reason	acl:relcl
11	for	for	SCONJ	_	12 refusing	mark
12	refusing	refuse	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 gave	advcl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 deprive	mark
14	deprive	deprive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 refusing	xcomp
15	Whittington	Whittington	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 deprive	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 part	case
17	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	18 part	det
18	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 Whittington	nmod
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 treasure	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 treasure	det
21	treasure	treasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 part	nmod
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the reason	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
3	give	past	Fitzwarren Mr.	the reason not said here	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
4	refuse	gerund	Fitzwarren Mr. not said here		vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
5	not deprive	to-infinitive	Fitzwarren Mr. not said here	Whittington of any part of the treasure	vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whittington=Source

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

He said Whittington deserved it

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 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Whittington	Whittington	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 deserved	nsubj
4	deserved	deserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 said	ccomp
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 deserved	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	He						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	deserve	past	Whittington	it					tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He declared that it was Whittington's own property and should be given to him in full

The tree, 17 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 declared	nsubj
2	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 property	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 property	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 property	cop
6	Whittington	Whittington	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 property	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Whittington	case
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 property	amod
9	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 declared	advcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 given	cc
11	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 given	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 given	aux:pass
13	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 declared	conj
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 him	case
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 given	obl
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 full	case
17	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 given	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	declare speech: other	past	He				vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	it	Whittington's own property			tree rules
3	give	should · passive	He not said here		Whittington	full	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: to he=Recipient

Option 3

Because it was his own property

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	6 property	mark
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 property	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 property	cop
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 property	nmod:poss
5	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 property	amod
6	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	his own property					tree rules

Option 4

He argued that the boy had earned the whole sum by his own honest labour in the house

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 argued	nsubj
2	argued	argue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 earned	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boy	det
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 earned	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 earned	aux
7	earned	earn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 argued	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sum	det
9	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 sum	amod
10	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 earned	obj
11	by	by	ADP	_	15 labour	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 labour	nmod:poss
13	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 labour	amod
14	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 labour	amod
15	labour	labour	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 earned	obl
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 house	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 house	det
18	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 labour	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	argue speech: disagree	past	He						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	earn	past · perfect	the boy	the whole sum				by boy's own honest labour in the house	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sum=Theme

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