Exam question 2 · Norse Tales, Esben and the Witch, part 46: Esben steals th…

Which account correctly identifies the cause of the king's anger toward the eleven brothers in the second demand?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: account, king · What happens: identify, cause, anger · To what, where: cause, anger

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1657 «Norse Tales, Esben and the Witch, part 46: Esben steals the dove, then the king asks for a golden-bristled boar» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 account	det
2	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 identifies	nsubj
3	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	4 identifies	advmod
4	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cause	det
6	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 identifies	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	11 anger	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 king	det
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 anger	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 king	case
11	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cause	nmod
12	toward	toward	ADP	_	15 brothers	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 brothers	det
14	eleven	eleven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 brothers	nummod
15	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 anger	nmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	19 demand	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 demand	det
18	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	19 demand	amod
19	demand	demand	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 brothers	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	present	which account	the cause of the king's anger toward the eleven brothers in the second demand	correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent cause=Theme
2	cause			the king's anger toward the eleven brothers in the second demand		nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient
3	anger		the king		toward the eleven brothers in the second demand	nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent toward=obl

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

Sir Red reported that the brothers had boasted of a golden-bristled boar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sir	Sir	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 reported	nsubj
2	Red	Red	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Sir	flat
3	reported	report	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 boasted	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 brothers	det
6	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 boasted	nsubj:pass
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 boasted	aux
8	boasted	boast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reported	ccomp
9	of	of	ADP	_	14 boar	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 boar	det
11	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 bristled	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 golden	punct
13	bristled	bristle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 boar	amod
14	boar	boar	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 boasted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	report	past	Sir			vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	boast speech: other	past · perfect · passive		the brothers	of a bristled boar	tree rules
3	bristle	participle				vn bulge-47.5.3 «NP V»: agent=Location

Option 2

Sir Red reported that the brothers had boasted of a golden-bristled boar and then refused to hunt it

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sir	Sir	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 reported	nsubj
2	Red	Red	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Sir	flat
3	reported	report	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 boasted	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 brothers	det
6	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 boasted	nsubj:pass
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 boasted	aux
8	boasted	boast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reported	ccomp
9	of	of	ADP	_	14 boar	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 boar	det
11	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 bristled	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 golden	punct
13	bristled	bristle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 boar	amod
14	boar	boar	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 boasted	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 refused	cc
16	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 refused	advmod
17	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 boasted	conj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 hunt	mark
19	hunt	hunt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 refused	xcomp
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 hunt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	report	past	Sir				vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	boast speech: other	past · perfect · passive		the brothers		of a bristled boar	tree rules
3	bristle	participle					vn bulge-47.5.3 «NP V»: agent=Location
4	refuse	past			then		vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
5	not hunt	to-infinitive		boar			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Sir Red told the king the brothers had lost the dove in the palace yard

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sir	Sir	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 told	nsubj
2	Red	Red	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Sir	flat
3	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 king	det
5	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	obj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 brothers	det
7	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 lost	nsubj:pass
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 lost	aux
9	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 told	ccomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 dove	det
11	dove	dove	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lost	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 yard	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 yard	det
14	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 yard	compound
15	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dove	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	Sir		the king				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent king=Recipient clause=Topic
2	lose	past · perfect · passive		the brothers					tree rules

Option 4

Sir Red reported that the brothers had boasted of a golden-bristled boar to every lord at court and the witch

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sir	Sir	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 reported	nsubj
2	Red	Red	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Sir	flat
3	reported	report	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 boasted	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 brothers	det
6	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 boasted	nsubj:pass
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 boasted	aux
8	boasted	boast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reported	ccomp
9	of	of	ADP	_	14 boar	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 boar	det
11	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 bristled	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 golden	punct
13	bristled	bristle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 boar	amod
14	boar	boar	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 boasted	obl
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 lord	case
16	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	17 lord	det
17	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 boasted	obl
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 court	case
19	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 lord	nmod
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 witch	cc
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 witch	det
22	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 lord	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	report	past	Sir			vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	boast speech: other	past · perfect · passive		the brothers	of a bristled boar; to every lord at court and the witch	tree rules
3	bristle	participle				vn bulge-47.5.3 «NP V»: agent=Location

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