Exam question 2 · Household Stories, Rosemary, part 41: a maiden seeks her l…

Describe the manner in which the Wind retrieved information concerning the husband's whereabouts.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Wind, information · What happens: describe, retrieve, concern · To what, where: manner, information, whereabouts

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1652 «Household Stories, Rosemary, part 41: a maiden seeks her lost husband, helped by the Sun, the Moon and the Wind» 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	Describe	describe	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 Describe	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 retrieved	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Wind	det
7	Wind	Wind	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 retrieved	nsubj
8	retrieved	retrieve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 manner	acl:relcl
9	information	information	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 retrieved	obj
10	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 information	acl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 husband	det
12	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 whereabouts	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 husband	case
14	whereabouts	whereabouts	NOUN	Number=Ptan	10 concerning	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the manner		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	retrieve	past	the Wind	information	the manner	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent information=Theme
3	concern	gerund	information not said here	the husband's whereabouts		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus whereabouts=Experiencer

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

He gathered it from what certain persons had let fall, after listening at every window of the great hall

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gathered	nsubj
2	gathered	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gathered	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 what	case
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 gathered	obl
6	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 persons	amod
7	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 let	nsubj:pass
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 let	aux
9	let	let	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 what	acl:relcl
10	fall	fall	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 let	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 listening	punct
12	after	after	SCONJ	_	13 listening	mark
13	listening	listen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 gathered	advcl
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 window	case
15	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	16 window	det
16	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 listening	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	20 hall	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 hall	det
19	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 hall	amod
20	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 window	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	gather	past	He	it		vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme from what=Source
2	let	past · perfect · passive		certain persons		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient fall=Theme
3	listen	gerund	He not said here		at every window of the great hall	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at window=Theme

Option 2

He overheard servants gossiping about the king's new bride in town

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 overheard	nsubj
2	overheard	overhear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 overheard	obj
4	gossiping	gossip	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 overheard	xcomp
5	about	about	ADP	_	10 bride	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 king	det
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bride	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 king	case
9	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 bride	amod
10	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gossiping	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 town	case
12	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bride	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	overhear	past	He	servants					tree rules
2	gossip speech: other	gerund	He not said here					about the king's new bride in town	vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about bride=Topic

Option 3

He gathered it from what certain persons had let fall while passing the palace walls at night

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gathered	nsubj
2	gathered	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gathered	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 what	case
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 gathered	obl
6	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 persons	amod
7	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 let	nsubj:pass
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 let	aux
9	let	let	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 what	acl:relcl
10	fall	fall	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 let	obj
11	while	while	SCONJ	_	12 passing	mark
12	passing	pass	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 gathered	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 walls	det
14	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 walls	compound
15	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 passing	obj
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 night	case
17	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 passing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	gather	past	He	it		vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme from what=Source
2	let	past · perfect · passive		certain persons		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient fall=Theme
3	pass	gerund	He not said here	the palace walls	night	vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wall=Trajectory

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He gathered it from what certain persons had let fall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gathered	nsubj
2	gathered	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gathered	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 what	case
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 gathered	obl
6	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 persons	amod
7	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 let	nsubj:pass
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 let	aux
9	let	let	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 what	acl:relcl
10	fall	fall	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 let	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gather	past	He	it					vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme from what=Source
2	let	past · perfect · passive		certain persons					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient fall=Theme

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