Exam question 3 · Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Christian the Smith, part 11:…

Which of the following most accurately identifies the primary motive of the under-officers in recruiting the smith for the church post?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, identify, recruit · To what, where: primary motive, smith

This is exam question 3 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	7 identifies	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 identifies	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 identifies	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 identifies	csubj
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 identifies	advmod
7	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 motive	det
9	primary	primary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 motive	amod
10	motive	motive	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 identifies	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	15 officers	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 officers	det
13	under	under	ADP	_	15 officers	case
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 under	punct
15	officers	officer	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 motive	nmod
16	in	in	SCONJ	_	17 recruiting	mark
17	recruiting	recruit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 identifies	advcl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 smith	det
19	smith	smith	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 recruiting	obj
20	for	for	ADP	_	23 post	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 post	det
22	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 post	compound
23	post	post	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 recruiting	obl
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present	the primary motive of the officers	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent motive=Theme
3	recruit	gerund	the smith	for the church post	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smith=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They sought a volunteer, since none had hitherto been found willing to stand sentry

The tree, 14 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 sought	nsubj
2	sought	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 volunteer	det
4	volunteer	volunteer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sought	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 found	punct
6	since	since	SCONJ	_	11 found	mark
7	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	11 found	nsubj:pass
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 found	aux
9	hitherto	hitherto	ADV	_	11 found	advmod
10	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 found	aux:pass
11	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 sought	conj
12	willing	willing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 found	xcomp
13	to	to	PART	_	14 stand	mark
14	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 willing	xcomp
15	sentry	sentry	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 stand	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	seek	past	They	a volunteer		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent volunteer=Theme
2	find	past · perfect · passive		none	hitherto, willing property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
3	stand	to-infinitive	none not said here	sentry		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sentry=Stimulus

Option 2

They hoped to humiliate the smith publicly

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 hoped	nsubj
2	hoped	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 humiliate	mark
4	humiliate	humiliate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 hoped	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 smith	det
6	smith	smith	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 humiliate	obj
7	publicly	publicly	ADV	_	4 humiliate	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hope	past	They						vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	humiliate not said to happen	to-infinitive	They not said here	the smith				publicly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus smith=Experiencer

Option 3

They hoped the smith would be killed so the post would be closed for good

The tree, 15 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 hoped	nsubj
2	hoped	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 smith	det
4	smith	smith	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 killed	nsubj:pass
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 killed	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 killed	aux:pass
7	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 hoped	ccomp
8	so	so	SCONJ	_	13 closed	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 post	det
10	post	post	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 closed	nsubj:pass
11	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 closed	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 closed	aux:pass
13	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 killed	advcl
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 good	case
15	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 closed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hope	past	They			vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	kill	would · passive		the smith		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	close	would · passive		the post	for good	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

They wanted a cheap fool to take the risk

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fool	det
4	cheap	cheap	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fool	amod
5	fool	fool	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 take	mark
7	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 risk	det
9	risk	risk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	They	a cheap fool					tree rules
2	take not said to happen	to-infinitive	a cheap fool not said here	the risk					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent risk=Theme

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