Exam question 3 · Norse Tales, Cinderlad, part 79: Cinderlad shows the three…

What did the two brothers report regarding Cinderlad's conduct during the three days of riding?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: two brothers, Cinderlad · What happens: do, report, regard, conduct

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1492 «Norse Tales, Cinderlad, part 79: Cinderlad shows the three golden apples» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 brothers	det
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 brothers	nummod
5	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 report	nsubj
6	report	report	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	ccomp
7	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 conduct	case
8	Cinderlad	Cinderlad	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 conduct	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Cinderlad	case
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 report	obl
11	during	during	ADP	_	14 days	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 days	det
13	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 days	nummod
14	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 did	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 riding	case
16	riding	riding	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 days	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		day		tree rules
2	report	present	the two brothers		regard Cinderlad's conduct	vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	regard	gerund				vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	conduct		Cinderlad			nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent

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 · ✓ the right answer

He never left the cinder-heap on any of the three days

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	3 left	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 left	advmod
3	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 heap	det
5	cinder	cinder	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 heap	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 cinder	punct
7	heap	heap	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 left	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 any	case
9	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	3 left	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 days	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 days	det
12	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 days	nummod
13	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 any	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not leave	past	He	the cinder heap		any			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent heap=Theme on any=Location

Option 2

He never left the palace on any of the three days

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	3 left	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 left	advmod
3	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 palace	det
5	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 left	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 any	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	3 left	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 days	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 days	det
10	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 days	nummod
11	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 any	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not leave	past	He	the palace		any			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent palace=Theme on any=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He never once washed on any of the three days

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	4 washed	nsubj:pass
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 washed	advmod
3	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 washed	advmod
4	washed	wash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 any	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 washed	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 days	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 days	det
9	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 days	nummod
10	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 any	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not wash	participle · passive		He		any		once property	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

He stayed in the cinders

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 stayed	nsubj
2	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 cinders	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cinders	det
5	cinders	cinder	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stayed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	He			the cinders			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cinder=Location

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