Exam question 3 · Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 17: the youth tricks t…

Which of the following accurately characterises the relationship between the youth and the robbers at the close of the passage?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: relationship

This is exam question 3 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 characterises	advmod
6	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 relationship	det
8	relationship	relationship	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 characterises	obj
9	between	between	ADP	_	11 youth	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 youth	det
11	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 relationship	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 robbers	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 robbers	det
14	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 relationship	conj
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 close	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 close	det
17	close	close	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 robbers	nmod
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 passage	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 passage	det
20	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 close	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the relationship and the robbers at the close of the passage				between the youth; accurately property	tree rules

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 youth fled the robbers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 youth	det
2	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fled	nsubj
3	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 robbers	det
5	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fled	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flee	past	the youth	the robbers					vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme robber=Initial_Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The youth had been established as the chief of the Governor, who resented this position

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 youth	det
2	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 established	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 established	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 established	aux:pass
5	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 chief	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 chief	det
8	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 established	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 Governor	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Governor	det
11	Governor	Governor	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 chief	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 resented	punct
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 resented	nsubj
14	resented	resent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 chief	acl:relcl
15	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	16 position	det
16	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 resented	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	establish	past · perfect · passive		the youth				as the chief of the Governor	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	resent	past	the chief of the Governor	this position					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer position=Stimulus

Option 3

The youth was the robbers' prisoner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 youth	det
2	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 prisoner	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 prisoner	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 robbers	det
5	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 prisoner	nmod:poss
6	'	's	PART	_	5 robbers	case
7	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the youth	the robbers's prisoner					tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The youth had been established as the chief of the robbers, who resented this position

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 youth	det
2	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 established	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 established	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 established	aux:pass
5	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 chief	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 chief	det
8	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 established	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 robbers	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 robbers	det
11	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 chief	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 resented	punct
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 resented	nsubj
14	resented	resent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 robbers	acl:relcl
15	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	16 position	det
16	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 resented	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	establish	past · perfect · passive		the youth				as the chief of the robbers	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	resent	past	the robbers	this position					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer position=Stimulus

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