Exam question 2 · Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Christian the Smith, part 11:…

Which of the following most accurately describes the conduct of the smith toward the king following his first night of duty?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king · What happens: follow, describe, conduct · To what, where: conduct, smith

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1622 «Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Christian the Smith, part 11: Christian guards the church, meets the dead princess, and bargains for a second night» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 describes	advmod
7	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 conduct	det
9	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describes	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 smith	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 smith	det
12	smith	smith	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 conduct	nmod
13	toward	toward	ADP	_	15 king	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 king	det
15	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 smith	nmod
16	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 king	acl
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 night	nmod:poss
18	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	19 night	amod
19	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 following	obj
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 duty	case
21	duty	duty	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 night	nmod
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the conduct of the smith toward the king		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme
3	follow	gerund	the king not said here		night		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	conduct			the smith toward the king			nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient

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

He told the king everything that happened in the church, including the princess's movements, and then asked to be dismissed from the royal guard entirely with a reward

The tree, 29 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	2 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 everything	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 everything	compound
5	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 told	obj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 happened	nsubj
7	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 everything	acl:relcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 church	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 church	det
10	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 happened	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 movements	punct
12	including	including	ADP	_	16 movements	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 princess	det
14	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 movements	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 princess	case
16	movements	movement	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 church	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 asked	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 asked	cc
19	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	20 asked	advmod
20	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 told	conj
21	to	to	PART	_	23 dismissed	mark
22	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	23 dismissed	aux:pass
23	dismissed	dismiss	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 asked	ccomp
24	from	from	ADP	_	27 guard	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 guard	det
26	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 guard	amod
27	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 dismissed	obl
28	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	23 dismissed	advmod
29	with	with	ADP	_	31 reward	case
30	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	31 reward	det
31	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 dismissed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	He	everything				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everything=Recipient
2	happen	past			the church and the princess's movements			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in church=Location
3	ask speech: ask	past	He not said here			then		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	dismiss not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive			the royal guard		with a reward; entirely property	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: from guard=Source
5	move		the princess					nom movement «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

He gave a full account and openly refused to serve again at all

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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 account	det
4	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 account	amod
5	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 refused	cc
7	openly	openly	ADV	_	8 refused	advmod
8	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 gave	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 serve	mark
10	serve	serve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 refused	xcomp
11	again	again	ADV	_	10 serve	advmod
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 all	case
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 serve	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	He	a full account				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent account=Theme
2	refuse	past	He not said here				openly property	vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	not serve	to-infinitive	He not said here		all	again		vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He gave the king a long and detailed account of every sound and sight from the pulpit, then bluntly refused any further duty unless the king paid him a far larger sum in advance

The tree, 34 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	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 account	det
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 account	amod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 detailed	cc
8	detailed	detailed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 long	conj
9	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 sound	case
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 sound	det
12	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 account	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 sight	cc
14	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sound	conj
15	from	from	ADP	_	17 pulpit	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 pulpit	det
17	pulpit	pulpit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 refused	punct
19	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	21 refused	advmod
20	bluntly	bluntly	ADV	_	21 refused	advmod
21	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 gave	conj
22	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	24 duty	det
23	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 duty	amod
24	duty	duty	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 refused	obj
25	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	28 paid	mark
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 king	det
27	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 paid	nsubj
28	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 refused	advcl
29	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 paid	obj
30	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	33 sum	det
31	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	32 larger	advmod
32	larger	large	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	33 sum	amod
33	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 paid	obj
34	in	in	ADP	_	35 advance	case
35	advance	advance	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 sum	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	He	a long account of every sound and sight	the king	the pulpit			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent king=Recipient account=Theme
2	refuse	past	He not said here	any further duty			then	bluntly property	vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duty=Theme
3	pay a condition, not said to happen	past	the king		him = he				vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient sum=Asset
4	account			every sound and sight					nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He declined to give a report and conditionally agreed to a second watch

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 declined	nsubj
2	declined	decline	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 give	mark
4	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 declined	xcomp
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 report	det
6	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 give	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 agreed	cc
8	conditionally	conditionally	ADV	_	9 agreed	advmod
9	agreed	agree	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 declined	conj
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 watch	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 watch	det
12	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 watch	amod
13	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 agreed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	decline	past	He			vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not give	to-infinitive	He not said here	a report		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent report=Theme
3	agree speech: agree	participle	He not said here		to a second watch; conditionally property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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