Exam question 3 · Norse Tales, The Old Man and the Trolls: three visits, thr…

exam: Identify the reason the old man's wife accompanies him to the spot where the money was left.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: wife · What happens: identify, accompany, leave · To what, where: reason, man, spot, money

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1638 «Norse Tales, The Old Man and the Trolls: three visits, three lost sacks, one lesson he never learns» 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	exam	exam	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 Identify	punct
3	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 exam	appos
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reason	det
5	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Identify	obj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 man	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 man	amod
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wife	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 man	case
10	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 accompanies	nsubj
11	accompanies	accompany	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 reason	acl:relcl
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 accompanies	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 spot	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 spot	det
15	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 accompanies	obl
16	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	20 left	advmod
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 money	det
18	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 left	nsubj:pass
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 left	aux:pass
20	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 spot	acl:relcl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 exam	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	infinitive		the reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	accompany	present	the old man's wife	man	the spot	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to spot=Destination
3	leave	past · passive		the money		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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

She goes out with him to humour him and to see the money herself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 goes	nsubj
2	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 goes	compound:prt
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 him	case
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 goes	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 humour	mark
7	humour	humour	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 goes	advcl
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 humour	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 see	cc
10	to	to	PART	_	11 see	mark
11	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 humour	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 money	det
13	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 see	obj
14	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	11 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	go out	present	She		with him = he	vn interact-36.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with he=Co-Agent
2	humour	to-infinitive	She not said here	him = he		tree rules
3	see	to-infinitive	She not said here	the money	herself = she obl	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer money=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She goes out with him to humour him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 goes	nsubj
2	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 goes	compound:prt
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 him	case
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 goes	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 humour	mark
7	humour	humour	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 goes	advcl
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 humour	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go out	present	She					with him = he	vn interact-36.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with he=Co-Agent
2	humour	to-infinitive	She not said here	him = he					tree rules

Option 3

She wants to see whether he is lying

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 see	mark
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wants	xcomp
5	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	8 lying	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 lying	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 lying	aux
8	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 see	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	want	present	She	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	lie	present · progressive	he	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

She goes to check the cow with him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 goes	nsubj
2	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 check	mark
4	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 goes	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cow	det
6	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 check	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 check	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	She						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	check	to-infinitive	She not said here	the cow				with him = he	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Theme

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