Exam question 1 · Gutenberg 7277 tales, The Story of Caliph Stork, part 1: a…

Which of the following statements concerning the conduct of Medio Pollito towards the stream, the fire and the wind is correct?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, concern, be, conduct · To what, where: conduct, Medio · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1871 «Gutenberg 7277 tales, The Story of Caliph Stork, part 1: a pedlar sells the Caliph a scroll that the learned Selim finds is Latin» 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	22 correct	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 correct	obl
6	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	22 correct	csubj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 conduct	det
8	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 concerning	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Medio	case
10	Medio	Medio	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 conduct	nmod
11	Pollito	Pollito	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Medio	flat
12	towards	towards	ADP	_	14 stream	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 stream	det
14	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 concerning	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 fire	punct
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 fire	det
17	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 stream	conj
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 wind	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 wind	det
20	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 stream	conj
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 correct	cop
22	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	22 correct	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	concern	gerund	the conduct of Medio	towards the stream and the fire and the wind	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus conduct=Experiencer
3	be speech: disagree	present		of the following statements; correct property	tree rules
4	conduct		Medio		nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient

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 agreed to help each one and was praised for kindness in the end

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 agreed	nsubj
2	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 help	mark
4	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 agreed	xcomp
5	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	6 one	det
6	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 help	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 praised	cc
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 praised	aux:pass
9	praised	praise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 agreed	conj
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 kindness	case
11	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 praised	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 end	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 end	det
14	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 praised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	past	He				vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	help not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	each one			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Beneficiary
3	praise	past · passive	He not said here		in the end	for kindness	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: for kindness=Attribute

Option 2

He helped the stream but refused the fire and the wind, quite happily

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 helped	nsubj
2	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 stream	det
4	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 helped	obj
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 refused	cc
6	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 helped	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fire	det
8	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 refused	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 wind	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wind	det
11	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fire	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 happily	punct
13	quite	quite	ADV	_	14 happily	advmod
14	happily	happily	ADV	_	2 helped	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	past	He	the stream				happily property	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stream=Beneficiary
2	refuse	past	He not said here	the fire and the wind					vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Theme

Option 3

He refused once only

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 refused	nsubj
2	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 refused	advmod
4	only	only	ADV	_	2 refused	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	past	He					once property	vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He declined, in each instance, to render the assistance requested of him

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 declined	nsubj
2	declined	decline	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 instance	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 instance	case
5	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	6 instance	det
6	instance	instance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 declined	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 render	punct
8	to	to	PART	_	9 render	mark
9	render	render	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 declined	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 assistance	det
11	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 requested	nsubj
12	requested	request	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 render	ccomp
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 him	case
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 requested	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	decline	past	He	in each instance	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in instance=Attribute
2	render	to-infinitive	He not said here		tree rules
3	request	past	the assistance	of him = he	vn beg-58.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent

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