Exam question 2 · Household Tales, The Two Brothers, part 69: the lazy siste…

Identify the reward bestowed upon the diligent sister by Mother Holle upon her return to the mortal world.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Mother · What happens: identify, bestow, return · To what, where: reward

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1572 «Household Tales, The Two Brothers, part 69: the lazy sister gets pitch, and two twins set out and part at a crossway» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reward	det
3	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	bestowed	bestow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reward	acl
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 sister	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sister	det
7	diligent	diligent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sister	amod
8	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bestowed	obl
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 Mother	case
10	Mother	Mother	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 bestowed	obl
11	Holle	Holle	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Mother	flat
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 return	case
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 return	nmod:poss
14	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Mother	nmod
15	to	to	ADP	_	18 world	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 world	det
17	mortal	mortal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 world	amod
18	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 return	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the reward		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reward=Theme
2	bestow	participle		the reward not said here	upon the diligent sister; by Mother upon Mother's return to the mortal world	tree rules
3	return		Mother		to the mortal world	nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent to=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

A great flood of gold coins that covered her completely from her head down to her toes and cloak

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 flood	det
2	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 flood	amod
3	flood	flood	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 covered	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 coins	case
5	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 coins	compound
6	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 flood	nmod
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 covered	nsubj
8	covered	cover	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 covered	obj
10	completely	completely	ADV	_	8 covered	advmod
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 head	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 head	nmod:poss
13	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 covered	obl
14	down	down	ADV	_	17 toes	advmod
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 toes	case
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 toes	nmod:poss
17	toes	toe	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 covered	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 cloak	cc
19	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 toes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	past	a great flood of gold coins		her = she	flood's head		to flood's toes and cloak; completely property	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme she=Destination
2	flood		gold coins						nom flood «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A heavy shower of gold, covering her from top to toe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 shower	det
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 shower	amod
3	shower	shower	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 gold	case
5	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shower	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 covering	punct
7	covering	cover	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 shower	acl
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 covering	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 top	case
10	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 covering	obl
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 toe	case
12	toe	toe	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 top	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	gerund	a heavy shower of gold not said here		her = she	top to toe			vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme her=Destination

Option 3

A kettle of gold coins falling on her head daily

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 kettle	det
2	kettle	kettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 coins	case
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 coins	compound
5	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 kettle	nmod
6	falling	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 coins	acl
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 head	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 head	nmod:poss
9	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 falling	obl
10	daily	daily	ADV	_	6 falling	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	gerund	gold coins not said here			her head		daily property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on head=Location

Option 4

A heavy shower of gold and jewels, covering her from her hair down to her shoes and beyond

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 shower	det
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 shower	amod
3	shower	shower	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 gold	case
5	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shower	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 jewels	cc
7	jewels	jewel	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 gold	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 shower	punct
9	covering	cover	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 shower	acl
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 covering	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 hair	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 hair	nmod:poss
13	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 covering	obl
14	down	down	ADV	_	9 covering	advmod
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 shoes	case
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 shoes	nmod:poss
17	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 down	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 beyond	cc
19	beyond	beyond	ADV	_	14 down	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	gerund	a heavy shower of gold and jewels not said here		her = she	her hair		down property	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme she=Destination

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