Exam question 4 · Household Tales, The Heart in the Bird, part 36: the youth…

Which of the following is the stated purpose of the old man's wand if he should die?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: man · What happens: follow, state, be, die · To what, where: wand

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1647 «Household Tales, The Heart in the Bird, part 36: the youth reaches the moat round the church» 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	8 purpose	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	8 purpose	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 purpose	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 purpose	case
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 purpose	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 purpose	det
7	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 purpose	amod
8	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	14 wand	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 man	det
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 man	amod
12	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 wand	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 man	case
14	wand	wand	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 purpose	nmod
15	if	if	SCONJ	_	18 die	mark
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 die	nsubj
17	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 die	aux
18	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 wand	acl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 purpose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	participle				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	present			of the stated purpose; of the old man's wand	tree rules
4	die a condition, not said to happen	should	man	the old man's wand not said here		tree rules

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

to set free the sisters and their lovers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 set	mark
2	set	set	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sisters	amod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sisters	det
5	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 set	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 lovers	cc
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 lovers	nmod:poss
8	lovers	lover	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 set	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	to-infinitive		the free sisters					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient sister=Result

Option 2

to bewitch the youth and his lovers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 bewitch	mark
2	bewitch	bewitch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 youth	det
4	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bewitch	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 lovers	cc
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 lovers	nmod:poss
7	lovers	lover	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 youth	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bewitch	to-infinitive		the youth and his lovers					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus youth=Experiencer

Option 3

to free the sisters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 free	mark
2	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sisters	amod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sisters	det
4	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

to set free the sisters and their lovers and the red ox and boar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 set	mark
2	set	set	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sisters	amod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sisters	det
5	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 set	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 lovers	cc
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 lovers	nmod:poss
8	lovers	lover	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 set	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 ox	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 ox	det
11	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 ox	amod
12	ox	ox	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lovers	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 boar	cc
14	boar	boar	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lovers	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	to-infinitive		the free sisters					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient sister=Result

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