Exam question 3 · pg5615 tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: the hare drowns th…
By what means did the merchant's son dispose of his inherited fortune?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: mean, do, inherit · To what, where: son dispose
This is exam question 3 of lesson 1618 «pg5615 tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: the hare drowns the Tanuki, then a poor merchant's son flies off to the Turks» 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 | By | by | ADP | _ | 2 what | case |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 did | obj |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 what | acl:relcl |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 merchant | det |
| 6 | merchant | merchant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 dispose | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 merchant | case |
| 8 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 dispose | compound |
| 9 | dispose | dispose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 fortune | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 fortune | nmod:poss |
| 12 | inherited | inherit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 fortune | amod |
| 13 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 dispose | nmod |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | do | past | the merchant's son dispose of his inherited fortune | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | inherit | participle | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer
He squandered it in pleasures and entertainments
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 squandered | nsubj |
| 2 | squandered | squander | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 squandered | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 pleasures | case |
| 5 | pleasures | pleasure | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 squandered | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 entertainments | cc |
| 7 | entertainments | entertainment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 pleasures | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | squander | past | He | it | pleasures and entertainments | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset |
Option 2
He gave it to his poor friends
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 gave | nsubj |
| 2 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 gave | obj |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 friends | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 friends | nmod:poss |
| 6 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 friends | amod |
| 7 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 gave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | He | it | his poor friends | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to friend=Recipient |
Option 3
He wasted it on pleasures, gambling and entertainments that lasted for many years
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 wasted | nsubj |
| 2 | wasted | waste | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wasted | obj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 pleasures | case |
| 5 | pleasures | pleasure | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 wasted | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 gambling | punct |
| 7 | gambling | gambling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pleasures | conj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 entertainments | cc |
| 9 | entertainments | entertainment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 pleasures | conj |
| 10 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 lasted | nsubj |
| 11 | lasted | last | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 pleasures | acl:relcl |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 years | case |
| 13 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 years | amod |
| 14 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 lasted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | waste | past | He | it | on pleasures and gambling and entertainments goal | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent it=Asset on pleasure=Goal | |||
| 2 | last | past | pleasures and gambling and entertainments | year | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
He spent it on fine horses and rich clothing
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 spent | nsubj |
| 2 | spent | spend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 spent | obj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 horses | case |
| 5 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 horses | amod |
| 6 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 spent | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 clothing | cc |
| 8 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 clothing | amod |
| 9 | clothing | clothing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 horses | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spend | past | He | it | on fine horses and rich clothing goal | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent it=Asset on horse=Goal |
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