Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the parents plan to los…

Explain the reason which induced the parents to resolve upon abandoning their children in the forest.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, reason · What happens: explain, induce, resolve, abandon · To what, where: reason, parents, children, forest

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1467 «Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the parents plan to lose their sons in the forest, and Little Thumb leaves a trail of white pebbles» 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	Explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 induced	nsubj
5	induced	induce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 reason	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 parents	det
7	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 induced	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 resolve	mark
9	resolve	resolve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 induced	advcl
10	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	11 abandoning	mark
11	abandoning	abandon	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 resolve	advcl
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 children	nmod:poss
13	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 abandoning	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 forest	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 forest	det
16	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 abandoning	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the reason		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	induce	past	the reason	the parents		vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parent=Patient
3	resolve	to-infinitive	the reason not said here			tree rules
4	abandon	gerund	the reason not said here	parents's children	the forest	vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme child=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

A desire to acquire a larger dwelling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 desire	det
2	desire	desire	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 acquire	mark
4	acquire	acquire	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 desire	acl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 dwelling	det
6	larger	large	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 dwelling	amod
7	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 acquire	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	acquire	to-infinitive		a larger dwelling					vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset dwelling=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Extreme poverty occasioned by a grievous famine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Extreme	extreme	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 poverty	amod
2	poverty	poverty	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	occasioned	occasion	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 poverty	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 famine	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 famine	det
6	grievous	grievous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 famine	amod
7	famine	famine	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 occasioned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occasion	participle		Extreme poverty not said here				by a grievous famine	tree rules

Option 3

The discovery of theft committed by the sons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 discovery	det
2	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 committed	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 theft	case
4	theft	theft	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 discovery	nmod
5	committed	commit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 sons	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sons	det
8	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 committed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	commit	participle	the discovery of theft					by the sons	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	discover			theft					nom discovery «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The wish to be relieved of household duties

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wish	det
2	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	5 relieved	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 relieved	aux:pass
5	relieved	relieve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 wish	acl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 duties	case
7	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 duties	compound
8	duties	duty	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 relieved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	relieve	to-infinitive · passive						of household duties	vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: of duty=Theme

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