Exam question 3 · Danish Fairy Tales, Jesper and the Pearls, part 36: Jesper…

State the object that the old woman bestowed upon Jesper in exchange for his provisions.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jesper · What happens: bestow, provide · To what, where: old woman, exchange

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1785 «Danish Fairy Tales, Jesper and the Pearls, part 36: Jesper helps the ants and is set to sort the grain» 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 object	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 object	det
3	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 woman	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 woman	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 woman	amod
7	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 object	appos
8	bestowed	bestow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 woman	acl
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 Jesper	case
10	Jesper	Jesper	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 bestowed	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 exchange	case
12	exchange	exchange	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bestowed	obl
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 provisions	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 provisions	nmod:poss
15	provisions	provision	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 exchange	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 object	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bestow	participle		the old woman not said here		exchange for Jesper's provisions		upon Jesper	tree rules
2	provide		Jesper						nom provision «communication intransitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer

A whistle capable of recovering lost possessions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 whistle	det
2	whistle	whistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 capable	nsubj
3	capable	capable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 recovering	mark
5	recovering	recover	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 capable	advcl
6	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 possessions	amod
7	possessions	possession	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 recovering	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recover	gerund		lost possessions					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent possession=Theme
2	lose	participle							vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

A whistle that finds stolen gold coins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 whistle	det
2	whistle	whistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 finds	nsubj
4	finds	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 whistle	acl:relcl
5	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 coins	amod
6	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 coins	compound
7	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 finds	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	present	a whistle	stolen gold coins					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Topic
2	steal	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

A whistle capable of recovering lost possessions and also summoning any animal in the forest

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 whistle	det
2	whistle	whistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 capable	nsubj
3	capable	capable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 recovering	mark
5	recovering	recover	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 capable	advcl
6	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 possessions	amod
7	possessions	possession	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 recovering	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 summoning	cc
9	also	also	ADV	_	10 summoning	advmod
10	summoning	summon	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 recovering	conj
11	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	12 animal	det
12	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 summoning	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 forest	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 forest	det
15	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 summoning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	recover	gerund	lost possessions			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent possession=Theme
2	lose	participle				vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	summon	gerund		any animal	the forest	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Recipient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

A silver ring that makes lost property reappear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 ring	det
2	silver	silver	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ring	amod
3	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 makes	nsubj
5	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 ring	acl:relcl
6	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 property	amod
7	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 makes	obj
8	reappear	reappear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	make	present	a silver ring	lost property	tree rules
2	lose	participle			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	reappear	infinitive	lost property not said here		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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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