Exam question 3 · Project Gutenberg 641, Stan Bolovan: the dragon flees from…

Which of the following is the correct reason for Stan's reluctance to disclose his dwelling?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, be, disclose · To what, where: dwelling

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1771 «Project Gutenberg 641, Stan Bolovan: the dragon flees from a hundred children» 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	8 reason	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	8 reason	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reason	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 reason	case
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 reason	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reason	det
7	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 reason	amod
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 reluctance	case
10	Stan	Stan	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 reluctance	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Stan	case
12	reluctance	reluctance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reason	nmod
13	to	to	PART	_	14 disclose	mark
14	disclose	disclose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 reason	acl
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 dwelling	nmod:poss
16	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 disclose	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present		of the correct reason; for Stan's reluctance	tree rules
3	disclose	to-infinitive	Stan's dwelling		vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot dwelling=Topic

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

He feared the neighbours would later demand his share of the money

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 feared	nsubj
2	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 neighbours	det
4	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 demand	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 demand	aux
6	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 demand	advmod
7	demand	demand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 feared	ccomp
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 share	nmod:poss
9	share	share	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 demand	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 money	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 money	det
12	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 share	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fear	past	He			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	demand speech: request	would	the neighbours	his share of the money	late property	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme share=Precondition
3	share		his = he	the money		nom share «possession transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He feared the dragon might later return to seize his treasure

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 feared	nsubj
2	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dragon	det
4	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 return	nsubj
5	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 return	aux
6	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 return	advmod
7	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feared	ccomp
8	to	to	PART	_	9 seize	mark
9	seize	seize	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 feared	advcl
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 treasure	nmod:poss
11	treasure	treasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 seize	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fear	past	He			vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	return	might	the dragon		late property	tree rules
3	seize	to-infinitive	He not said here	dragon's treasure		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme
4	treasure		dragon			nom treasure «possession transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

He wished the dragon would return to visit his farm

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 wished	nsubj
2	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dragon	det
4	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 return	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 return	aux
6	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wished	ccomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 visit	mark
8	visit	visit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 return	advcl
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 farm	nmod:poss
10	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 visit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wish	past	He		vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	return	would	the dragon		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	visit	to-infinitive	the dragon not said here	dragon's farm	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent farm=Co-Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He feared the dragon might later return to seize his treasure along with his mother and children

The tree, 17 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	2 feared	nsubj
2	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dragon	det
4	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 return	nsubj
5	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 return	aux
6	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 return	advmod
7	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feared	ccomp
8	to	to	PART	_	9 seize	mark
9	seize	seize	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 feared	advcl
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 treasure	nmod:poss
11	treasure	treasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 seize	obj
12	along	along	ADP	_	15 mother	case
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 mother	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 mother	nmod:poss
15	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 seize	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 children	cc
17	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 mother	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fear	past	He			vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	return	might	the dragon		late property	tree rules
3	seize	to-infinitive	He not said here	dragon's treasure	along dragon's mother and children	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme
4	treasure		dragon			nom treasure «possession transitive»: poss=agent

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