Exam question 4 · Italian Popular Tales, Master Joseph the Shoemaker, part 2…

Specify the manner by which the shoemaker's wife conveyed the message to the dog on the final occasion.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, wife · What happens: specify, convey · To what, where: manner, message, dog, final occasion

This is exam question 4 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	Specify	specify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Specify	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 conveyed	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 shoemaker	det
7	shoemaker	shoemaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wife	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 shoemaker	case
9	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conveyed	nsubj
10	conveyed	convey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Specify	parataxis
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 message	det
12	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conveyed	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 dog	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 dog	det
15	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conveyed	obl
16	on	on	ADP	_	19 occasion	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 occasion	det
18	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 occasion	amod
19	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conveyed	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Specify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	specify	imperative	you not said here	the manner					vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	convey	past	the shoemaker's wife	the message	the dog	the final occasion			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent message=Topic to dog=Recipient

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 tied a note to the dog

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 tied	nsubj
2	tied	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 note	det
4	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tied	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 dog	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dog	det
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	past	She	a note				to the dog	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent note=Patient to dog=Co-Patient

Option 2

She called the dog from the window

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 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dog	det
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 window	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 window	det
7	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	She	the dog		the window			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent dog=Theme from window=Source

Option 3

She called the dog

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 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dog	det
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	She		the dog				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dog=Recipient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She opened the door and let the dog out

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 opened	nsubj
2	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 door	det
4	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 opened	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 let	cc
6	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 opened	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dog	det
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 let	obj
9	out	out	ADP	_	6 let	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	past	She	the door					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme
2	let out	infinitive	She not said here	the dog					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme

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