Exam question 4 · Tales of pg641, The Three Princes and The Goat's Ears of t…

What undertaking did the master recommend to his apprentice in order to relieve the burden of the secret?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: master · What happens: undertake, recommend, relieve, burden · To what, where: apprentice, burden, secret

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1758 «Tales of pg641, The Three Princes and The Goat's Ears of the Emperor Trojan, part 9: the witch's rod, the brothers freed, a barber's secret» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 undertaking	obj
2	undertaking	undertake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 recommend	advcl
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 recommend	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 master	det
5	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 recommend	nsubj
6	recommend	recommend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 apprentice	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 apprentice	nmod:poss
9	apprentice	apprentice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 recommend	obl
10	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	13 relieve	mark
11	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 in	fixed
12	to	to	PART	_	13 relieve	mark
13	relieve	relieve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 recommend	xcomp
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 burden	det
15	burden	burden	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 relieve	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 secret	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 secret	det
18	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 burden	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 recommend	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	undertake	gerund	the master not said here			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2	recommend	past · do-support	the master		master's apprentice	vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient how S_INF»: agent=Agent to apprentice=Recipient clause=Topic
3	relieve	to-infinitive	the master not said here	the burden of the secret		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus burden=Experiencer
4	burden			the secret		nom burden «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

writing the secret on paper and hiding it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	writing	write	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 secret	det
3	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 writing	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 paper	case
5	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 writing	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 hiding	cc
7	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 writing	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 hiding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	gerund		the secret		paper			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent secret=Theme on paper=Destination
2	hide	gerund		secret					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

digging a hole and whispering the secret into it three times

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	digging	dig	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 hole	det
3	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 digging	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 whispering	cc
5	whispering	whisper	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 digging	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 secret	det
7	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 whispering	obj
8	into	into	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 whispering	obl
10	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 times	nummod
11	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 whispering	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig	gerund		a hole					vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hole=Theme
2	whisper speech: assert	gerund		the secret		secret	time		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent secret=Topic into it=Recipient

Option 3

digging a hole in the forest and whispering the secret into it three times at dawn

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	digging	dig	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 hole	det
3	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 digging	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 forest	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 forest	det
6	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hole	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 whispering	cc
8	whispering	whisper	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 digging	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 secret	det
10	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 whispering	obj
11	into	into	ADP	_	12 it	case
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 whispering	obl
13	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 times	nummod
14	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 digging	obl:unmarked
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 dawn	case
16	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 digging	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig	gerund		a hole		the forest	dawn; time		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hole=Theme in forest=Location
2	whisper speech: assert	gerund		the secret		secret			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent secret=Topic into it=Recipient

Option 4

going into the wood alone, digging a deep hole, and whispering the secret into it twice before covering it

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	into	into	ADP	_	4 wood	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wood	det
4	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 going	obl
5	alone	alone	ADV	_	1 going	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 digging	punct
7	digging	dig	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 going	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 hole	det
9	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hole	amod
10	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 digging	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 whispering	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 whispering	cc
13	whispering	whisper	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 going	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 secret	det
15	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 whispering	obj
16	into	into	ADP	_	17 it	case
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 whispering	obl
18	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	13 whispering	advmod
19	before	before	SCONJ	_	20 covering	mark
20	covering	cover	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 whispering	advcl
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 covering	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	go	gerund		the wood	alone property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into wood=Initial_Location
2	dig	gerund	a deep hole			vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hole=Theme
3	whisper speech: assert	gerund	the secret	secret	twice property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent secret=Topic into it=Recipient
4	cover	gerund	hole			vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination

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