Exam question 4 · pg641, Halfman, part 62: the ogre's kin burn, the ogress f…

Which of the following accurately describes the emotional state of the protagonist's father upon the protagonist's return?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: protagonist · What happens: follow, describe, return · To what, where: emotional state

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1811 «pg641, Halfman, part 62: the ogre's kin burn, the ogress falls, and a son is promised away» 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 state	det
8	emotional	emotional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 state	amod
9	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	14 father	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 protagonist	det
12	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 father	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 protagonist	case
14	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 state	nmod
15	upon	upon	ADP	_	19 return	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 protagonist	det
17	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 return	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 protagonist	case
19	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 father	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the emotional state of the protagonist's father upon the protagonist's return	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent state=Theme
3	return		the protagonist			nom return «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 · ← Mova's choice

He laughed at the story his son told

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 laughed	nsubj
2	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 story	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 story	det
5	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 laughed	obl
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 son	nmod:poss
7	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 told	nsubj
8	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 story	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	He			the story			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	tell speech: assert	past	his son	the story not said here					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He wept in grief for the deceased brother

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 wept	nsubj
2	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 grief	case
4	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wept	obl
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 brother	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 brother	det
7	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 brother	amod
8	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weep	past	He					for the deceased brother; in grief	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in grief=Theme
2	decease	participle							vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

He rejoiced loudly at the return of his son

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 rejoiced	nsubj
2	rejoiced	rejoice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	2 rejoiced	advmod
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 return	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 return	det
6	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rejoiced	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 son	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 son	nmod:poss
9	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 return	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rejoice	past	He			the return of his son		loudly property	vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	return		his son						nom return «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

He slept soundly through the entire evening

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 slept	nsubj
2	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	soundly	soundly	ADV	_	2 slept	advmod
4	through	through	ADP	_	7 evening	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 evening	det
6	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 evening	amod
7	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	past	He				evening	soundly property	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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