Exam question 1 · Hibernian Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of Glen: t…

To what extent does the Knight of the Glen, having been persuaded by the old woman's testimony and the missing finger, extend his pardon to the Black Thief?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: testimony, old woman, his · What happens: do, persuade, extend, testify, pardon · To what, where: Knight, pardon, Black Thief

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1518 «Hibernian Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of Glen: the Thief's last tale saves the youngest prince» 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	To	to	ADP	_	3 extent	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 extent	nsubj
3	extent	extent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obl
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Knight	det
6	Knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 Glen	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Glen	det
9	Glen	Glen	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Knight	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 persuaded	punct
11	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 persuaded	aux
12	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 persuaded	aux:pass
13	persuaded	persuade	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 does	parataxis
14	by	by	ADP	_	19 testimony	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 woman	det
16	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 woman	amod
17	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 testimony	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 woman	case
19	testimony	testimony	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 persuaded	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 finger	cc
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 finger	det
22	missing	missing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 finger	amod
23	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 testimony	conj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 extend	punct
25	extend	extend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 persuaded	conj
26	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 pardon	nmod:poss
27	pardon	pardon	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 extend	obj
28	to	to	ADP	_	31 Thief	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 Thief	det
30	Black	Black	PROPN	Number=Sing	31 Thief	compound
31	Thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 extend	obl
32	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	do	present		the Knight of the Glen		to extent	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knight=Eventuality
2	persuade	gerund · perfect · passive	the old woman's testimony and the missing finger				vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	extend	infinitive	the old woman's testimony and the missing finger not said here	his pardon	the Black Thief		vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent pardon=Theme to thief=Recipient
4	testify		the old woman				nom testimony «communication intransitive»: poss=agent
5	pardon		his = he				nom pardon «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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He pardons the Thief entirely and undertakes to maintain him in his own household.

The tree, 14 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 pardons	nsubj
2	pardons	pardon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Thief	det
4	Thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pardons	obj
5	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	2 pardons	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 undertakes	cc
7	undertakes	undertake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 pardons	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 maintain	mark
9	maintain	maintain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 undertakes	xcomp
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 maintain	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 household	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 household	nmod:poss
13	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 household	amod
14	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 maintain	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 pardons	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	pardon	present	He	the Thief		entirely property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thief=Theme
2	undertake	present	He not said here				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	maintain	to-infinitive	He not said here	him = he	his own household		vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2

He pardons him.

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 pardons	nsubj
2	pardons	pardon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pardons	obj
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 pardons	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pardon	present	He	him = he					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3

He grants the Thief full pardon and promises to support him within his own household.

The tree, 15 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 grants	nsubj
2	grants	grant	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Thief	det
4	Thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grants	obj
5	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 pardon	amod
6	pardon	pardon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Thief	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 promises	cc
8	promises	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 grants	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 support	mark
10	support	support	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 promises	xcomp
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 support	obj
12	within	within	ADP	_	15 household	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 household	nmod:poss
14	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 household	amod
15	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 support	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 grants	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	grant	present	He	the Thief and full pardon		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent thief=Theme
2	promise speech: promise	present	He not said here			vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	support not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	him = he	within his own household	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

Option 4

He frees the Thief.

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 frees	nsubj
2	frees	free	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Thief	det
4	Thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 frees	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 frees	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	free	present	He	the Thief					vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer thief=Source

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