Exam question 1 · Gutenberg 540, Renelde the Spinner: Renelde keeps spinning…

With reference to the passage, state the means by which the Count's sufferings were finally brought to an end.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: the, Count · What happens: mean, bring, suffer · To what, where: sufferings, end · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1569 «Gutenberg 540, Renelde the Spinner: Renelde keeps spinning through soldiers, the Count's rage and the endless nettles, then sews his shroud» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 means	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 state	punct
7	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 passage	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 means	nsubj
9	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 which	case
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 brought	obl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Count	det
13	Count	Count	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 sufferings	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 Count	case
15	sufferings	suffering	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 brought	nsubj:pass
16	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 brought	aux:pass
17	finally	finally	ADV	_	18 brought	advmod
18	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 means	ccomp
19	to	to	ADP	_	21 end	case
20	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 end	det
21	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 brought	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	the			with reference to the passage and state	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	bring	past · passive		the Count's sufferings	to a end	finally property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to end=Destination
3	suffer		the Count				nom suffering «state intransitive»: 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

by the finished shroud she sewed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	ADP	_	4 shroud	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 shroud	det
3	finished	finish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 shroud	amod
4	shroud	shroud	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sewed	nsubj
6	sewed	sew	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 shroud	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	finish	participle							vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	sew	past	she	the finished shroud not said here					vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shroud=Product

Option 2

through the shroud Renelde stitched

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	through	through	ADP	_	3 shroud	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 shroud	det
3	shroud	shroud	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stitched	nsubj
4	Renelde	Renelde	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 shroud	appos
5	stitched	stitch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stitch	past	the shroud						vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

by the completion of the shroud sewn by Renelde

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	ADP	_	3 completion	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 completion	det
3	completion	completion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 shroud	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shroud	det
6	shroud	shroud	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 completion	nmod
7	sewn	sew	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 shroud	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 Renelde	case
9	Renelde	Renelde	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 sewn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sew	participle		the shroud not said here				by Renelde	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme by renelde=Destination
2	complete			the shroud					nom completion «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

by the completion of the shroud sewn by Renelde and the Countess

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	ADP	_	3 completion	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 completion	det
3	completion	completion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 shroud	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shroud	det
6	shroud	shroud	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 completion	nmod
7	sewn	sew	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 shroud	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 Renelde	case
9	Renelde	Renelde	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 sewn	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 Countess	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Countess	det
12	Countess	countess	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 completion	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sew	participle		the shroud not said here				by Renelde	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme by renelde=Destination
2	complete			the shroud					nom completion «act transitive»: of=patient

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