Exam question 2 · Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 17: the youth tricks t…

Which of the following statements accurately reports the reason the father gave for his reluctance to approach the Governor?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: father · What happens: follow, report, give, approach · To what, where: reason, Governor

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1520 «Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 17: the youth tricks the Governor with three hares and steals the roast joint» 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	7 reports	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 reports	obl
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 reports	advmod
7	reports	report	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 reason	det
9	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reports	obj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 father	det
11	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gave	nsubj
12	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 reason	acl:relcl
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 reluctance	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 reluctance	nmod:poss
15	reluctance	reluctance	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gave	obl
16	to	to	PART	_	17 approach	mark
17	approach	approach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 gave	advcl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Governor	det
19	Governor	Governor	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 approach	obj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 reports	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	report	present		the reason	of the following statements; accurately property	vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient
3	give	past	the father	the reason not said here	for father's reluctance	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent reason=Theme for reluctance=Asset
4	approach	to-infinitive	the father not said here	the Governor		vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent governor=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

He considered the Governor so wealthy that he dared not make such a request, fearing he would be turned away at the gate

The tree, 23 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 considered	nsubj
2	considered	consider	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Governor	det
4	Governor	Governor	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 considered	obj
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 wealthy	advmod
6	wealthy	wealthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 considered	xcomp
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 make	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 make	nsubj
9	dared	dare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 make	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 dared	advmod
11	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 wealthy	advcl
12	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	14 request	det:predet
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 request	det
14	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 make	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 fearing	punct
16	fearing	fear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 considered	advcl
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 turned	nsubj
18	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 turned	aux
19	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	20 turned	aux:pass
20	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 fearing	acl:relcl
21	away	away	ADV	_	20 turned	advmod
22	at	at	ADP	_	24 gate	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 gate	det
24	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	consider	past	He	the Governor		wealthy property	vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent governor=Attribute
2	make	past	he	such request			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent request=Product
3	fear	gerund	He not said here				vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	turn away	would · passive		he	the gate	away property	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

He considered the Governor so poor that he could not afford such a request

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 considered	nsubj
2	considered	consider	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Governor	det
4	Governor	Governor	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 considered	obj
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 poor	advmod
6	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 considered	xcomp
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 afford	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 afford	nsubj
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 afford	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 afford	advmod
11	afford	afford	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 poor	advcl
12	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	14 request	det:predet
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 request	det
14	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 afford	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consider	past	He	the Governor				poor property	vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent governor=Attribute
2	not afford	could	he	such request					tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He considered the Governor so wealthy that he dared not make such a request

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 considered	nsubj
2	considered	consider	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Governor	det
4	Governor	Governor	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 considered	obj
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 wealthy	advmod
6	wealthy	wealthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 considered	xcomp
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 make	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 make	nsubj
9	dared	dare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 make	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 dared	advmod
11	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 wealthy	advcl
12	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	14 request	det:predet
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 request	det
14	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 make	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consider	past	He	the Governor				wealthy property	vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent governor=Attribute
2	make	past	he	such request					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent request=Product

Option 4

He considered the Governor so wealthy that he dared not make such a request, and feared his son would be punished for it

The tree, 23 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 considered	nsubj
2	considered	consider	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Governor	det
4	Governor	Governor	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 considered	obj
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 wealthy	advmod
6	wealthy	wealthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 considered	xcomp
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 make	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 make	nsubj
9	dared	dare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 make	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 dared	advmod
11	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 wealthy	advcl
12	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	14 request	det:predet
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 request	det
14	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 make	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 feared	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 feared	cc
17	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 considered	conj
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 son	nmod:poss
19	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 punished	nsubj:pass
20	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 punished	aux
21	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	22 punished	aux:pass
22	punished	punish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 feared	ccomp
23	for	for	ADP	_	24 it	case
24	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 punished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	consider	past	He	the Governor	wealthy property	vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent governor=Attribute
2	make	past	he	such request		vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent request=Product
3	fear	past	He not said here			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	punish	would · passive		his son	for request	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Patient for it=Theme

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