Exam question 2 · Italian Popular Tales, Master Joseph the Shoemaker, part 2…

With reference to the passage, state the instruction given by the shoemaker regarding the custody of the animal among the robbers.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: state, give, regard · To what, where: instruction

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1639 «Italian Popular Tales, Master Joseph the Shoemaker, part 28: the robbers buy the donkey and the guitar and are fooled again» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 state	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 reference	punct
7	state	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 instruction	det
9	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 state	obj
10	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 instruction	acl
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 shoemaker	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 shoemaker	det
13	shoemaker	shoemaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 given	obl
14	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 custody	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 custody	det
16	custody	custody	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 shoemaker	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 animal	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 animal	det
19	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 custody	nmod
20	among	among	ADP	_	22 robbers	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 robbers	det
22	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 given	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 state	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the instruction	with reference to the passage	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent instruction=Topic
2	give	participle		the instruction not said here	by the shoemaker regard the custody of the animal; among the robbers	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	regard	gerund				vn assessment-34.1 «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

Each robber must keep it for a night and a day in turn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 robber	det
2	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keep	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 keep	aux
4	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 keep	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 night	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 night	det
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keep	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 day	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 day	det
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 night	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 turn	case
13	turn	turn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	must	each robber	it		turn	night		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in turn=Location

Option 2

Each robber must feed it every single morning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 robber	det
2	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 feed	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 feed	aux
4	feed	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 feed	obj
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 morning	det
7	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 morning	amod
8	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 feed	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	must	each robber	it			morning		vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

Each robber must keep it for a whole night and a day in turn, without any rest at all

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 robber	det
2	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keep	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 keep	aux
4	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 keep	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 night	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 night	det
8	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 night	amod
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keep	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 day	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 day	det
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 night	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 turn	case
14	turn	turn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keep	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 rest	punct
16	without	without	ADP	_	18 rest	case
17	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	18 rest	det
18	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keep	obl
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 all	case
20	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	18 rest	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	must	each robber	it		turn	night	without any rest at all	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in turn=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Each robber must keep the donkey for a night and a day in turn, then return it to the captain

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 robber	det
2	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keep	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 keep	aux
4	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 donkey	det
6	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keep	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 night	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 night	det
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keep	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 day	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 day	det
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 night	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 turn	case
14	turn	turn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keep	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 return	punct
16	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 return	advmod
17	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 keep	conj
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 return	obj
19	to	to	ADP	_	21 captain	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 captain	det
21	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 return	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	must	each robber	the donkey		turn	night		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent donkey=Theme in turn=Location
2	return	infinitive	each robber not said here	donkey		the captain	then		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to captain=Destination

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