Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, part 71…

Specify the reason the squire's sons prepare for the wooing for a full week.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, sons · What happens: specify, prepare · To what, where: reason

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1747 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, part 71: the soldier falls out of the window, sails in a paper boat, is swallowed by a fish, and melts in the stove» 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	Specify	specify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Specify	obj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 squire	det
5	squire	squire	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sons	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 squire	case
7	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 prepare	nsubj
8	prepare	prepare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 reason	acl:relcl
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 wooing	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wooing	det
11	wooing	wooing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 prepare	obl
12	for	for	ADP	_	15 week	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 week	det
14	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 week	amod
15	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 prepare	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Specify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	specify	imperative	you not said here	the reason					vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	prepare	present	the squire's sons	the reason not said here			week	for the wooing	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent reason=Product for wooing=Beneficiary

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

They are allowed only that week, and each believes his learning will win

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	3 allowed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 allowed	aux:pass
3	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 week	advmod
5	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 week	det
6	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 allowed	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 believes	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 believes	cc
9	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	10 believes	nsubj
10	believes	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 allowed	conj
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 learning	nmod:poss
12	learning	learning	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 win	nsubj
13	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 win	aux
14	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 believes	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	allow	present · passive		They	week	vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary
2	believe	present	each			vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	win	future	his learning			vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Their father set the date

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 father	nmod:poss
2	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 set	nsubj
3	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 date	det
5	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 set	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	past	Their father	the date					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient date=Result

Option 3

They are told to wait a week and each thinks he will win

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	3 told	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 told	aux:pass
3	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 wait	mark
5	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 told	xcomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 week	det
7	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wait	obl:unmarked
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 thinks	cc
9	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	10 thinks	nsubj
10	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 wait	conj
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 win	nsubj
12	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 win	aux
13	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 told	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present · passive		They		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	wait not said to happen	to-infinitive	They not said here		week	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	think speech: other	present	each			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	win not said to happen	future	he			vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Their father allowed only one week, and each trusts his own learning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 father	nmod:poss
2	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 allowed	nsubj
3	allowed	allow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 one	advmod
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 week	nummod
6	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 allowed	obl:unmarked
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 trusts	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 trusts	cc
9	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	10 trusts	nsubj
10	trusts	trust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 allowed	conj
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 learning	nmod:poss
12	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 learning	amod
13	learning	learning	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 trusts	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	allow	past	Their father				week		vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer
2	trust	present	each	father's own learning					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent learning=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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