Exam question 2 · Swedish Folk Tales, The Lindorm, part 1: a childless queen…

Identify the sum that each unsuccessful participant in the wager was obliged to contribute.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, oblige, contribute · To what, where: sum, unsuccessful participant

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1664 «Swedish Folk Tales, The Lindorm, part 1: a childless queen eats magic onions and bears a serpent» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sum	det
3	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 obliged	obj
5	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	7 participant	det
6	unsuccessful	unsuccessful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 participant	amod
7	participant	participant	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 obliged	nsubj:pass
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 wager	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wager	det
10	wager	wager	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 participant	nmod
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 obliged	aux:pass
12	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 sum	acl:relcl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 contribute	mark
14	contribute	contribute	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 obliged	xcomp
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the sum	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent sum=Theme
2	oblige	past · passive		each unsuccessful participant in the wager	tree rules
3	contribute	to-infinitive			vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: 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

threepence, paid to the landlord for ale

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	threepence	threepence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 paid	punct
3	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 threepence	acl
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 landlord	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 landlord	det
6	landlord	landlord	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 paid	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 ale	case
8	ale	ale	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 paid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	participle		threepence not said here				to the landlord; for ale	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for ale=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

a whole shilling, paid in advance to the innkeeper for a round of drinks for everyone present at the table

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 shilling	det
2	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 shilling	amod
3	shilling	shilling	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 paid	punct
5	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 shilling	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 advance	case
7	advance	advance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 paid	obl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 innkeeper	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 innkeeper	det
10	innkeeper	innkeeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 paid	obl
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 round	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 round	det
13	round	round	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 paid	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 drinks	case
15	drinks	drink	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 round	nmod
16	for	for	ADP	_	18 present	case
17	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	18 present	compound
18	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 paid	obl
19	at	at	ADP	_	21 table	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 table	det
21	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 present	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	participle		a whole shilling not said here		advance		to the innkeeper; for a round of drinks; for everyone present at the table	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for round=Theme

Option 3

twopence each, plus the cost of the beer they had drunk during the wager at the tavern

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	twopence	twopence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	1 twopence	det
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 cost	punct
4	plus	plus	CCONJ	_	6 cost	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cost	det
6	cost	cost	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 twopence	appos
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 beer	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 beer	det
9	beer	beer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cost	nmod
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 drunk	nsubj:pass
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 drunk	aux
12	drunk	drink	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 beer	acl:relcl
13	during	during	ADP	_	15 wager	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 wager	det
15	wager	wager	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 drunk	obl
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 tavern	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 tavern	det
18	tavern	tavern	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 wager	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	past · perfect · passive	the beer not said here	they			during the wager at the tavern		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	cost			the beer					nom cost «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

twopence, paid towards their Sunday half-pint

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	twopence	twopence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 paid	punct
3	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 twopence	acl
4	towards	towards	ADP	_	9 pint	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 pint	nmod:poss
6	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 pint	compound
7	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	9 pint	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 half	punct
9	pint	pint	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 paid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	participle		twopence not said here				towards their Sunday half pint	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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