Exam question 4 · Household Tales, The Two Brothers, part 69: the lazy siste…
Describe the manner in which the twin brothers christened each other beside the brook.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, twin brothers · What happens: describe, christen · To what, where: manner, each
This is exam question 4 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 | Describe | describe | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 manner | det |
| 3 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Describe | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 which | case |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 christened | obl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 brothers | det |
| 7 | twin | twin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 brothers | compound |
| 8 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 christened | nsubj |
| 9 | christened | christen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 manner | acl:relcl |
| 10 | each | each | DET | ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp | 9 christened | obj |
| 11 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 each | fixed |
| 12 | beside | beside | ADP | _ | 14 brook | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 brook | det |
| 14 | brook | brook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 christened | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Describe | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | describe | imperative | you not said here | the manner | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme | ||||
| 2 | christen | past | the twin brothers | each | the manner | beside the brook | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Theme |
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
They christened each other with the names Minnikin and King Pippin, then wept, embraced, and set off again on the road
The tree, 21 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 christened | nsubj |
| 2 | christened | christen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | each | each | DET | ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp | 2 christened | obj |
| 4 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 each | fixed |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 names | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 names | det |
| 7 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 christened | obl |
| 8 | Minnikin | Minnikin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 names | appos |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 King | cc |
| 10 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Minnikin | conj |
| 11 | Pippin | Pippin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Minnikin | flat |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 wept | punct |
| 13 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 14 wept | advmod |
| 14 | wept | weep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 christened | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 embraced | punct |
| 16 | embraced | embrace | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 wept | conj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 set | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 set | cc |
| 19 | set | set | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 christened | advcl |
| 20 | off | off | ADP | _ | 19 set | compound:prt |
| 21 | again | again | ADV | _ | 19 set | advmod |
| 22 | on | on | ADP | _ | 24 road | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 road | det |
| 24 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 set | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | christen | past | They | each | with the names | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Theme | |||
| 2 | weep | past | They not said here | then | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | embrace | past | They not said here | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | set off | infinitive | They not said here | the road | again | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
They gave each other names, Minnikin and King Pippin, before continuing their journey
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 gave | nsubj |
| 2 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 names | det |
| 4 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 names | amod |
| 5 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 gave | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Minnikin | punct |
| 7 | Minnikin | Minnikin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 names | appos |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 King | cc |
| 9 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Minnikin | conj |
| 10 | Pippin | Pippin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 King | flat |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 continuing | punct |
| 12 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 13 continuing | mark |
| 13 | continuing | continue | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 gave | advcl |
| 14 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 journey | nmod:poss |
| 15 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 continuing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | They | each other names | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme | ||||
| 2 | continue | gerund | They not said here | Minnikin's journey | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent journey=Theme | ||||
| 3 | journey | Minnikin | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
They gave each other names and then they went on their way
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 gave | nsubj |
| 2 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 names | det |
| 4 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 names | amod |
| 5 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 gave | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 went | cc |
| 7 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 went | advmod |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 went | nsubj |
| 9 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 gave | conj |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 way | case |
| 11 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 way | nmod:poss |
| 12 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 went | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | They | each other names | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme | ||||
| 2 | go | past | names = name | names's way | then | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on way=Location |
Option 4
They swapped their names, Pippin and Minnikin, and then walked on at once
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 swapped | nsubj |
| 2 | swapped | swap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 names | nmod:poss |
| 4 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 swapped | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Pippin | punct |
| 6 | Pippin | Pippin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 names | appos |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 Minnikin | cc |
| 8 | Minnikin | Minnikin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Pippin | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 walked | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 walked | cc |
| 11 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 12 walked | advmod |
| 12 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 swapped | conj |
| 13 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 walked | obl |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 once | case |
| 15 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 12 walked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swap | past | They | their names | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme | ||||
| 2 | walk on | past | They not said here | then | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Trajectory | ||||
| 3 | name | their = they | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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