Exam question 3 · Household Tales, Dullhead: the golden goose, the sticky si…

Describe the quality which the little grey man attributed to the protagonist as the reason for his assistance.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, quality, man · What happens: describe, man, attribute, assist · To what, where: quality, little grey man

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1580 «Household Tales, Dullhead: the golden goose, the sticky sisters and the wedding» 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 quality	det
3	quality	quality	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 man	nsubj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 man	det
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 man	amod
7	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 man	amod
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 quality	acl:relcl
9	attributed	attribute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 man	acl
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 protagonist	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 protagonist	det
12	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 attributed	obl
13	as	as	ADP	_	15 reason	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 reason	det
15	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 attributed	obl
16	for	for	ADP	_	18 assistance	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 assistance	nmod:poss
18	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 reason	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the quality		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent quality=Theme
2	man		the quality			tree rules
3	attribute	participle		the little grey man not said here	to the protagonist; as the reason for man's assistance	tree rules
4	assist		man			nom assistance «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

He had been kind and merciful to the grey man when others would not help him.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kind	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 kind	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 kind	cop
4	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 merciful	cc
6	merciful	merciful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 kind	conj
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 man	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 man	det
9	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 man	amod
10	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 merciful	obl
11	when	when	SCONJ	_	15 help	mark
12	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 help	nsubj
13	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 help	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 help	advmod
15	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 kind	advcl
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 help	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 kind	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	past · perfect	He		kind property	tree rules
2	be		He not said here		to the grey man	tree rules
3	not help	would	others	man		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary

Option 2

He was kind and merciful to the grey man and gave him his last bread and beer.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 kind	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 kind	cop
3	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 merciful	cc
5	merciful	merciful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 kind	conj
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 man	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 man	det
8	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 man	amod
9	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 merciful	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 gave	cc
11	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 kind	conj
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 gave	iobj
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 bread	nmod:poss
14	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 bread	amod
15	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gave	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 beer	cc
17	beer	beer	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 bread	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 kind	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	He			kind property	tree rules
2	be		He not said here			to the grey man	tree rules
3	give	past	He not said here	man's last bread and beer	man		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient bread=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He was kind and merciful to the grey man.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 kind	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 kind	cop
3	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 merciful	cc
5	merciful	merciful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 kind	conj
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 man	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 man	det
8	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 man	amod
9	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kind	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 kind	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					to the grey man; kind property	tree rules
2	be		He not said here						tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He shared his bread with the man.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shared	nsubj
2	shared	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 bread	nmod:poss
4	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shared	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 man	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 man	det
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shared	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 shared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	past	He	his bread				with the man	tree rules

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