Exam question 4 · Crimson Fairy Book, The Grateful Beasts, part 1: a hungry…
Which quality distinguishes Ferko from his brothers in the opening of this tale?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: quality · What happens: distinguish · To what, where: Ferko
This is exam question 4 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 | DET | PronType=Int | 2 quality | det |
| 2 | quality | quality | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 distinguishes | nsubj |
| 3 | distinguishes | distinguish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Ferko | Ferko | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 distinguishes | obj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 brothers | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 7 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 distinguishes | obl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 opening | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 opening | det |
| 10 | opening | opening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 brothers | nmod |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 tale | case |
| 12 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 13 tale | det |
| 13 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 opening | nmod |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 distinguishes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | distinguish | present | which quality | Ferko | from quality's brothers in the opening of this tale | vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent ferko=Theme from brother=Co-Theme |
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
His beauty and fine appearance, which arouse their envy, together with his skill in riding and his gentle manner towards animals
The tree, 21 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 beauty | nmod:poss |
| 2 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 arouse | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 appearance | cc |
| 4 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 appearance | amod |
| 5 | appearance | appearance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 beauty | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 arouse | punct |
| 7 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 arouse | nsubj |
| 8 | arouse | arouse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 envy | nmod:poss |
| 10 | envy | envy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 arouse | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 skill | punct |
| 12 | together | together | ADV | _ | 15 skill | advmod |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 skill | case |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 skill | nmod:poss |
| 15 | skill | skill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 arouse | conj |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 riding | case |
| 17 | riding | riding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 skill | nmod |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 manner | cc |
| 19 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 manner | nmod:poss |
| 20 | gentle | gentle | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 manner | amod |
| 21 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 riding | conj |
| 22 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 23 animals | case |
| 23 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 skill | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | arouse | present | His beauty and fine appearance | beauty's envy | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus envy=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | envy | beauty | nom envy «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
His superior learning, his quick wit, and his fine appearance, which the brothers resent and try to punish in secret
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 learning | nmod:poss |
| 2 | superior | superior | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 learning | amod |
| 3 | learning | learning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 resent | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 wit | punct |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 wit | nmod:poss |
| 6 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 wit | amod |
| 7 | wit | wit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 learning | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 resent | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 resent | cc |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 appearance | nmod:poss |
| 11 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 appearance | amod |
| 12 | appearance | appearance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 resent | nsubj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 brothers | punct |
| 14 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 brothers | nsubj |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 brothers | det |
| 16 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 appearance | conj |
| 17 | resent | resent | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 try | cc |
| 19 | try | try | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 resent | conj |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 punish | mark |
| 21 | punish | punish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 try | xcomp |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 secret | case |
| 23 | secret | secret | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 punish | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | brother | his fine appearance and the brothers | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | resent | infinitive | His superior learning and his quick wit | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | try | infinitive | His superior learning and his quick wit not said here | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | punish not said to happen | to-infinitive | His superior learning and his quick wit not said here | secret | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
He works harder on the farm each day
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 works | nsubj |
| 2 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | harder | hard | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 2 works | advmod |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 farm | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 farm | det |
| 6 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 works | obl |
| 7 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 day | det |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 works | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | He | day | on the farm; hard property | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on farm=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
His beauty and fine appearance, which arouse their envy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 beauty | nmod:poss |
| 2 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 arouse | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 appearance | cc |
| 4 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 appearance | amod |
| 5 | appearance | appearance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 beauty | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 arouse | punct |
| 7 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 arouse | nsubj |
| 8 | arouse | arouse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 envy | nmod:poss |
| 10 | envy | envy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 arouse | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | arouse | present | His beauty and fine appearance | beauty's envy | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus envy=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | envy | beauty | nom envy «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
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