Exam question 4 · Gutenberg 540, Renelde the Spinner: Renelde keeps spinning…

State the reason the Count gave for his eventual change of heart toward Renelde.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: reason, heart · What happens: give, change · To what, where: State

This is exam question 4 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gave	obl:unmarked
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gave	nsubj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Count	det
5	Count	Count	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 gave	nsubj
6	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 change	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 change	nmod:poss
9	eventual	eventual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 change	amod
10	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gave	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 heart	case
12	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 change	nmod
13	toward	toward	ADP	_	14 Renelde	case
14	Renelde	Renelde	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 change	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the reason	State				for Count's eventual change of heart toward Renelde	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for change=Asset
2	change		heart					toward Renelde	nom change «event intransitive»: of=agent toward=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

his wish to be forgiven

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 wish	nmod:poss
2	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	5 forgiven	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 forgiven	aux:pass
5	forgiven	forgive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 wish	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forgive	to-infinitive · passive							vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»
2	wish		his = he						nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

the relief of pain while she sewed the shroud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 relief	det
2	relief	relief	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sewed	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 pain	case
4	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 relief	nmod
5	while	while	SCONJ	_	7 sewed	mark
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 sewed	nsubj
7	sewed	sew	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 shroud	det
9	shroud	shroud	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sewed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sew	past	the relief of pain	the shroud					vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shroud=Product

Option 3

the comfort he felt while she sewed and prayed over the shroud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 comfort	det
2	comfort	comfort	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 felt	nsubj
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 felt	nsubj
4	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	while	while	SCONJ	_	7 sewed	mark
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 sewed	nsubj
7	sewed	sew	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 felt	advcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 prayed	cc
9	prayed	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 felt	conj
10	over	over	ADP	_	12 shroud	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 shroud	det
12	shroud	shroud	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 prayed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	feel	past	the comfort		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	sew	past	she		vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent
3	pray	past	the comfort not said here	the shroud	vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 4

the relief of pain each time she sewed the shroud for him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 relief	det
2	relief	relief	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sewed	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 pain	case
4	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 relief	nmod
5	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	6 time	det
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sewed	obl:unmarked
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sewed	nsubj
8	sewed	sew	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 shroud	det
10	shroud	shroud	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sewed	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 him	case
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sewed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sew	past	the relief of pain	the shroud			time	for him = he	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent shroud=Material for he=Beneficiary

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