Exam question 2 · Northern Tales, The Underground Workers, part 1: lost Hans…

What is the principal reason, as stated by the master, for keeping the gold concealed?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: gold · What happens: be, state, keep, conceal · To what, where: principal reason, gold

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1787 «Northern Tales, The Underground Workers, part 1: lost Hans is led to a cave of gold and tiny smiths» 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	5 reason	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 reason	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reason	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reason	amod
5	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 stated	punct
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 stated	mark
8	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 reason	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 master	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 master	det
11	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stated	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 keeping	punct
13	for	for	SCONJ	_	14 keeping	mark
14	keeping	keep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 stated	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 gold	det
16	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 keeping	obj
17	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 keeping	xcomp
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the principal reason		tree rules
2	state speech: other	participle		the principal reason not said here	by the master	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	keep	gerund		the gold		tree rules
4	conceal	participle	the gold not said here			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: 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 · ✓ the right answer

to compel men to work for their bread

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 compel	mark
2	compel	compel	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 compel	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 work	mark
5	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 compel	advcl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 bread	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 bread	nmod:poss
8	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 work	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compel	to-infinitive		men					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient
2	work	to-infinitive						for men's bread	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for bread=Beneficiary

Option 2

so that the workers never discover how much wealth lies hidden in the mountain below

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	so	so	ADV	_	10 lies	advmod
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 discover	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 workers	det
4	workers	worker	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 discover	nsubj
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 discover	advmod
6	discover	discover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 lies	advcl
7	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	8 much	advmod
8	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 wealth	amod
9	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 discover	obj
10	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 lies	advcl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 mountain	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 mountain	det
14	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hidden	obl
15	below	below	ADV	_	14 mountain	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	not discover	present	the workers	much wealth		vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wealth=Topic
2	lie	present				vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	hide	participle			the mountain	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in mountain=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

to keep men working for their food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 keep	mark
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 keep	obj
4	working	work	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 keep	xcomp
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 food	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 food	nmod:poss
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 working	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive		men					tree rules
2	work	gerund	men not said here					for men's food	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for food=Beneficiary

Option 4

so that the men would labour for wages

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	so	so	ADV	_	6 labour	advmod
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 labour	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 men	det
4	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 labour	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 labour	aux
6	labour	labour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 wages	case
8	wages	wage	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 labour	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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