Exam question 2 · Slavonic Tales, The Magic Ring, part 1: Martin spends his…

Upon what grounds did his mother reproach him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: ground, do

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1717 «Slavonic Tales, The Magic Ring, part 1: Martin spends his mother's money on a dog and a cat» 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	Upon	upon	SCONJ	_	3 grounds	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 grounds	nsubj
3	grounds	ground	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 grounds	ccomp
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 reproach	nmod:poss
6	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reproach	compound
7	reproach	reproach	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	parataxis
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 reproach	obj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 grounds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ground	present							tree rules
2	do	past							vn act-114-1 «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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He had expended the money upon a useless animal

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	3 expended	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 expended	aux
3	expended	expend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 money	det
5	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 expended	obj
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 animal	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 animal	det
8	useless	useless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 animal	amod
9	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 expended	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	expend	past · perfect	He	the money				upon a useless animal	tree rules

Option 2

He had wasted the family savings on useless things

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	3 wasted	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 wasted	aux
3	wasted	waste	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 savings	det
5	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 savings	compound
6	savings	savings	NOUN	Number=Ptan	3 wasted	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 things	case
8	useless	useless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 things	amod
9	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wasted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	waste	past · perfect	He	the family savings				on useless things goal	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent savings=Asset on thing=Goal

Option 3

He had spent the whole inheritance on a dog that devoured a pig and ran off

The tree, 16 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	3 spent	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 spent	aux
3	spent	spend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 inheritance	det
5	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 inheritance	amod
6	inheritance	inheritance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spent	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 dog	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 dog	det
9	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spent	obl
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 devoured	nsubj
11	devoured	devour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 dog	acl:relcl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 pig	det
13	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 devoured	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 ran	cc
15	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 spent	conj
16	off	off	ADP	_	15 ran	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	spend	past · perfect	He	the whole inheritance	on a dog goal	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent inheritance=Asset on dog=Goal
2	devour	past	a dog	a pig		vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pig=Patient
3	run off	past	He not said here			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He had given the coins to a worthless beggar

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	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 coins	det
5	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 given	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 beggar	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 beggar	det
8	worthless	worthless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 beggar	amod
9	beggar	beggar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past · perfect · passive		He				to a worthless beggar	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient coin=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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