Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales (pg540), Drakestail: a duck calls on his frien…

Which of the following best describes the outcome of Drakestail's claim against the King?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Drakestail · What happens: follow, describe, claim · To what, where: outcome

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1551 «Fairy Tales (pg540), Drakestail: a duck calls on his friends to get back what the King owes him» 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	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 outcome	det
8	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 claim	case
10	Drakestail	Drakestail	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 claim	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Drakestail	case
12	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 outcome	nmod
13	against	against	ADP	_	15 King	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 King	det
15	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 claim	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the outcome of Drakestail's claim against the King	of the best	tree rules
3	claim		Drakestail		against the King	nom claim «communication transitive»: poss=agent against=obl

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 does not recover the money owed to 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	4 recover	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 recover	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 recover	advmod
4	recover	recover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 money	det
6	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 recover	obj
7	owed	owe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 money	acl
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 owed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not recover	present · do-support	He	the money					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme
2	owe	participle		the money not said here	him = he				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to he=Goal

Option 2

He gets paid

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 gets	nsubj
2	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 gets	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	He						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	pay	participle	He not said here						vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He gets his money from the court

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 gets	nsubj
2	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 money	nmod:poss
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gets	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 court	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 court	det
7	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gets	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	He	his money		the court			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent money=Theme from court=Source

Option 4

He is paid in full by the King

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 paid	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 paid	aux:pass
3	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 full	case
5	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 paid	obl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 King	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 King	det
8	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 paid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	present · passive	the King	He		full			vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Asset

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