Exam question 1 · Crimson Fairy Book, The Grateful Beasts, part 1: a hungry…

Which of the following characterises the brothers' conduct towards Ferko in this passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brothers · What happens: follow, characteris, conduct · To what, where: conduct, passage

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1692 «Crimson Fairy Book, The Grateful Beasts, part 1: a hungry youth is robbed of his bread and maimed by his brothers» 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	5 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 characterises	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 characterises	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 characterises	nsubj
5	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 brothers	det
7	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 conduct	nmod:poss
8	'	's	PART	_	7 brothers	case
9	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 characterises	obj
10	towards	towards	ADP	_	11 Ferko	case
11	Ferko	Ferko	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 conduct	nmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 passage	case
13	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 passage	det
14	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 characterises	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the brothers's conduct	this passage	towards Ferko	tree rules
3	conduct		the brothers			towards Ferko	nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent towards=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 · ← Mova's choice

They shared his food and then robbed him of his horse and his sword and his gold

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shared	nsubj
2	shared	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 food	nmod:poss
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shared	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 robbed	cc
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 robbed	advmod
7	robbed	rob	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 shared	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 robbed	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 horse	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 horse	nmod:poss
11	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 robbed	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 sword	cc
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 sword	nmod:poss
14	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 horse	conj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 gold	cc
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 gold	nmod:poss
17	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 horse	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	past	They	his food					tree rules
2	rob	past	They not said here	him = he			then	of his horse and his sword and his gold	vn rob-10.6.4 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent he=Theme of horse=Source

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They deprived him of food and extracted from him a grievous injury as the price of relief

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 deprived	nsubj
2	deprived	deprive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 deprived	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 food	case
5	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 deprived	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 extracted	cc
7	extracted	extract	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 deprived	conj
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 extracted	obl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 injury	det
11	grievous	grievous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 injury	amod
12	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 extracted	obj
13	as	as	ADP	_	15 price	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 price	det
15	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 extracted	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 relief	case
17	relief	relief	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 price	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deprive	past	They	him = he				of food	vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Source of food=Theme
2	extract	past	They not said here	a grievous injury				from him = he; as the price of relief	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent injury=Theme from he=Initial_Location

Option 3

They deprived him of food, humiliated him before the Queen, and extracted from him a grievous injury as the price of relief from his suffering and sorrow

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 deprived	nsubj
2	deprived	deprive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 deprived	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 food	case
5	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 deprived	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 humiliated	punct
7	humiliated	humiliate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 deprived	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 humiliated	obj
9	before	before	ADP	_	11 Queen	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Queen	det
11	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 humiliated	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 extracted	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 extracted	cc
14	extracted	extract	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 deprived	conj
15	from	from	ADP	_	16 him	case
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 extracted	obl
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 injury	det
18	grievous	grievous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 injury	amod
19	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 extracted	obj
20	as	as	ADP	_	22 price	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 price	det
22	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 extracted	obl
23	of	of	ADP	_	24 relief	case
24	relief	relief	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 price	nmod
25	from	from	ADP	_	27 suffering	case
26	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 suffering	nmod:poss
27	suffering	suffering	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 extracted	obl
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 sorrow	cc
29	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 suffering	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deprive	past	They	him = he			of food	vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Source of food=Theme
2	humiliate	past	They not said here	him = he		before the Queen		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer
3	extract	past	They not said here	a grievous injury	his suffering and sorrow		from him = he; as the price of relief	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent injury=Theme from he=Initial_Location
4	suffer		his = he					nom suffering «state intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

They stole his food and demanded his silver as payment for the crumbs they gave

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stole	nsubj
2	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 food	nmod:poss
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stole	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 demanded	cc
6	demanded	demand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stole	conj
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 silver	nmod:poss
8	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 demanded	obj
9	as	as	ADP	_	10 payment	case
10	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 demanded	obl
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 crumbs	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 crumbs	det
13	crumbs	crumb	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 payment	nmod
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 gave	nsubj
15	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 crumbs	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	steal	past	They	his food		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location food=Theme
2	demand speech: request	past	They not said here	his silver	as payment for the crumbs	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme silver=Precondition
3	give	past	crumbs = crumb	the crumbs not said here		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crumb=Theme

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