Exam question 3 · Gutenberg 540, Renelde the Spinner: Renelde keeps spinning…

Describe the circumstances in which Renelde was required to desist from her spinning.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Renelde · What happens: describe, require, desist, spin · To what, where: circumstances, Renelde, spinning

This is exam question 3 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 circumstances	det
3	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Describe	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 required	obl
6	Renelde	Renelde	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 required	nsubj:pass
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 required	aux:pass
8	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 circumstances	acl:relcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 desist	mark
10	desist	desist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 required	xcomp
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 spinning	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 spinning	nmod:poss
13	spinning	spinning	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 desist	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the circumstances		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent circumstance=Theme
2	require	past · passive		Renelde	the circumstances	vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
3	desist	to-infinitive			Renelde's spinning	vn refrain-69 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent from spinning=Eventuality
4	spin		Renelde			nom spinning «act transitive»: 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

when the Countess begged her in the name of her late mother at dusk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 begged	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Countess	det
3	Countess	Countess	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 begged	nsubj
4	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 begged	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 name	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 name	det
8	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 begged	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 mother	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 mother	nmod:poss
11	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 mother	amod
12	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 name	nmod
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 dusk	case
14	dusk	dusk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 begged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	past	the Countess		her = she	the name of Countess's late mother	dusk		vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
2	name			Countess's late mother					nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

when Guilbert asked her kindly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	3 asked	advmod
2	Guilbert	Guilbert	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 asked	nsubj
3	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 asked	iobj
5	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	3 asked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	Guilbert		her = she			kindly property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient

Option 3

after the guards told her to stop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	after	after	SCONJ	_	4 told	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 guards	det
3	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 told	nsubj
4	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 told	iobj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 stop	mark
7	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 told	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	the guards		her = she				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
2	stop not said to happen	to-infinitive	the guards not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

upon the Countess's entreaty in her dead mother's name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 entreaty	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Countess	det
3	Countess	Countess	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 entreaty	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Countess	case
5	entreaty	entreaty	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	11 name	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 mother	nmod:poss
8	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 mother	amod
9	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 name	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 mother	case
11	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 entreaty	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name		her dead mother						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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