Exam question 4 · Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 17: the youth tricks t…

Which of the following identifies the event that immediately preceded the Priest's ridicule of the Governor?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Priest · What happens: follow, identify, proceed, ridicule · To what, where: event, Governor

This is exam question 4 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	5 identifies	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 identifies	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 identifies	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 identifies	nsubj
5	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 event	det
7	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 identifies	obj
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 preceded	obj
9	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	10 preceded	advmod
10	preceded	proceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 event	acl:relcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Priest	det
12	Priest	Priest	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 ridicule	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 Priest	case
14	ridicule	ridicule	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 preceded	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 Governor	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Governor	det
17	Governor	Governor	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 ridicule	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present		the event		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent event=Theme
3	proceed	past		the event	immediately property	tree rules
4	ridicule		the Priest	the Governor		nom ridicule «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

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

The Governor's account of the theft of the joint by the Master Thief

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Governor	det
2	Governor	Governor	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 account	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Governor	case
4	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 theft	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 theft	det
7	theft	theft	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 account	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 joint	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 joint	det
10	joint	joint	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 theft	nmod
11	by	by	ADP	_	14 Thief	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Thief	det
13	Master	Master	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Thief	compound
14	Thief	Thief	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 account	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	account		the Master Thief	the Governor					nom account «communication transitive»: poss=patient by=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The Governor's account of the theft of the joint by the Master Thief, which he had witnessed from the balcony

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Governor	det
2	Governor	Governor	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 account	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Governor	case
4	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 theft	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 theft	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 theft	det
7	theft	theft	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 joint	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 joint	det
10	joint	joint	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 theft	nmod
11	by	by	ADP	_	14 Thief	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Thief	det
13	Master	Master	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Thief	compound
14	Thief	Thief	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 theft	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 witnessed	punct
16	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 witnessed	nsubj:pass
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 witnessed	nsubj
18	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 witnessed	aux
19	witnessed	witness	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 Thief	acl:relcl
20	from	from	ADP	_	22 balcony	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 balcony	det
22	balcony	balcony	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 witnessed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	witness	past · perfect · passive		the Master Thief		the balcony			vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary
2	account		the Governor						nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

The Governor's account of the theft of the joint by the Master Thief in the kitchen on Sunday

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Governor	det
2	Governor	Governor	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 account	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Governor	case
4	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 theft	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 theft	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 theft	det
7	theft	theft	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 joint	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 joint	det
10	joint	joint	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 theft	nmod
11	by	by	ADP	_	14 Thief	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Thief	det
13	Master	Master	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Thief	compound
14	Thief	Thief	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 theft	nmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 kitchen	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 kitchen	det
17	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 Thief	nmod
18	on	on	ADP	_	19 Sunday	case
19	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 kitchen	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	account		the Governor						nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

The Governor's account of the hare chase by the cook

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Governor	det
2	Governor	Governor	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 account	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Governor	case
4	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 chase	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 chase	det
7	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 chase	compound
8	chase	chase	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 account	nmod
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 cook	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 cook	det
11	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 chase	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	account		the Governor	the hare chase by the cook					nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient
2	chase		the cook						nom chase «act transitive»: by=agent

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