Exam question 3 · Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose, part 42: Jem becomes…

State the terms under which the grand duke engaged Jem as his assistant head cook, as set forth in the narrative.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: grand duke · What happens: engage, set · To what, where: Jem, State terms, narrative

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1791 «Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose, part 42: Jem becomes the duke's cook and meets a talking goose» 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 terms	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 terms	det
3	terms	term	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	under	under	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 engaged	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 duke	det
7	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 duke	amod
8	duke	duke	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 engaged	nsubj
9	engaged	engage	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 terms	acl:relcl
10	Jem	Jem	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 engaged	obj
11	as	as	ADP	_	15 cook	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 cook	nmod:poss
13	assistant	assistant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 cook	amod
14	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 cook	compound
15	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 engaged	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 set	punct
17	as	as	SCONJ	_	18 set	mark
18	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 engaged	conj
19	forth	forth	ADV	_	18 set	advmod
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 narrative	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 narrative	det
22	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 set	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 terms	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	engage	past	the grand duke	Jem		the State terms		as duke's assistant head cook	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent jem=Theme as cook=Attribute
2	set	participle	the grand duke not said here			the narrative		forth property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in narrative=Destination

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

Jem got fifty ducats yearly, a new coat, and trousers, and was to prepare the luncheon

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jem	Jem	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 ducats	nummod
4	ducats	ducat	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 got	obj
5	yearly	yearly	ADV	_	2 got	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 coat	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 coat	det
8	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 coat	amod
9	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 trousers	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 trousers	cc
12	trousers	trousers	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 got	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 prepare	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 prepare	cc
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 prepare	cop
16	to	to	PART	_	17 prepare	mark
17	prepare	prepare	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 got	parataxis
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 luncheon	det
19	luncheon	luncheon	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 prepare	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	Jem	fifty ducats				a new coat obl; trousers obl; yearly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ducat=Stimulus
2	is	past						prepare property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Jem was to receive a hundred ducats a year, two coats, and two pairs of trousers, and to cook dinner

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jem	Jem	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 receive	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 receive	cop
3	to	to	PART	_	4 receive	mark
4	receive	receive	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 hundred	det
6	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 ducats	nummod
7	ducats	ducat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 receive	obj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 year	det
9	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ducats	nmod:unmarked
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 coats	punct
11	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 coats	nummod
12	coats	coat	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 ducats	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 pairs	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 pairs	cc
15	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 pairs	nummod
16	pairs	pair	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 receive	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 trousers	case
18	trousers	trousers	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 pairs	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 cook	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 cook	cc
21	to	to	PART	_	22 cook	mark
22	cook	cook	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 receive	conj
23	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 cook	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Jem					two pairs of trousers obl; receive property	tree rules
2	cook	to-infinitive	Jem not said here	dinner					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent dinner=Patient

Option 3

Jem was paid fifty ducats a year and cooked the luncheon.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jem	Jem	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 paid	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 paid	aux:pass
3	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 ducats	nummod
5	ducats	ducat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 paid	obj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 year	det
7	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 paid	obl:unmarked
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 cooked	cc
9	cooked	cook	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 paid	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 luncheon	det
11	luncheon	luncheon	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cooked	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 paid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	past · passive		Jem			year		vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Recipient ducat=Asset
2	cook	past		the luncheon					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent luncheon=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Jem was to receive fifty ducats a year, a new coat and two pairs of trousers, and to cook the luncheon

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jem	Jem	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 receive	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 receive	cop
3	to	to	PART	_	4 receive	mark
4	receive	receive	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 ducats	nummod
6	ducats	ducat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 receive	obj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 year	det
8	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ducats	nmod:unmarked
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 coat	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 coat	det
11	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 coat	amod
12	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ducats	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 pairs	cc
14	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 pairs	nummod
15	pairs	pair	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 ducats	conj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 trousers	case
17	trousers	trousers	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 pairs	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 cook	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 cook	cc
20	to	to	PART	_	21 cook	mark
21	cook	cook	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 receive	conj
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 luncheon	det
23	luncheon	luncheon	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 cook	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Jem					receive property	tree rules
2	cook	to-infinitive	Jem not said here	the luncheon					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent luncheon=Patient

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