Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Watch, part 11: a magic watch m…

In what manner does the author describe Jenik's standing within his family at the outset of the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: author · What happens: describe, stand · To what, where: Jenik, manner, outset

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1874 «Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Watch, part 11: a magic watch makes Jenik rich, then his wife steals it and leaves him alone» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describe	obl
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 describe	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 author	det
6	author	author	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describe	nsubj
7	describe	describe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	Jenik	Jenik	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 describe	obj
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Jenik	case
10	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 describe	advcl
11	within	within	ADP	_	13 family	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 family	nmod:poss
13	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 standing	obl
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 outset	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 outset	det
16	outset	outset	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 standing	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 narrative	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 narrative	det
19	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 outset	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present · do-support	the author	Jenik		what manner			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent jenik=Theme
2	stand	gerund	the author not said here			the outset of the narrative		within author's family	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at outset=Location

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

He was regarded as the least sensible of the three brothers

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	3 regarded	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 regarded	aux:pass
3	regarded	regard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 sensible	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sensible	det
6	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 sensible	advmod
7	sensible	sensible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 regarded	advcl
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 brothers	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 brothers	det
10	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 brothers	nummod
11	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 sensible	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regard	past · passive		He					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

He was treated as the brightest of the three sons by his father

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	3 treated	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 treated	aux:pass
3	treated	treat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 brightest	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 brightest	det
6	brightest	bright	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 treated	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 sons	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sons	det
9	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 sons	nummod
10	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 brightest	obl
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 father	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 father	nmod:poss
13	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 treated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	treat	past · passive	his father	He					tree rules

Option 3

He was regarded as the least sensible of the three brothers, and he spent most of his days sitting by the stove in the ashes while others worked

The tree, 28 words

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	3 regarded	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 regarded	aux:pass
3	regarded	regard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 sensible	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sensible	det
6	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 sensible	advmod
7	sensible	sensible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 regarded	advcl
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 brothers	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 brothers	det
10	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 brothers	nummod
11	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 sensible	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 spent	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 spent	cc
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 spent	nsubj
15	spent	spend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 regarded	conj
16	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	15 spent	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 days	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 days	nmod:poss
19	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 most	nmod
20	sitting	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	19 days	acl
21	by	by	ADP	_	23 stove	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 stove	det
23	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 sitting	obl
24	in	in	ADP	_	26 ashes	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 ashes	det
26	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 sitting	obl
27	while	while	SCONJ	_	29 worked	mark
28	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 worked	nsubj
29	worked	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 spent	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	regard	past · passive		He			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	spend	past	he	most of his days			vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent most=Asset
3	sit	gerund	his days not said here		the ashes	by the stove	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by stove=Location
4	work	past	others				vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Although he was kind, he was considered the least sensible of the three brothers and was often sent away from the village to find work for the family

The tree, 28 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Although	although	SCONJ	_	4 kind	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kind	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 kind	cop
4	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 considered	nsubj:pass
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 kind	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 considered	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 considered	aux:pass
8	considered	consider	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sensible	det
10	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	11 sensible	advmod
11	sensible	sensible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 considered	xcomp
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 brothers	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 brothers	det
14	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 brothers	nummod
15	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 sensible	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 sent	cc
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 sent	aux:pass
18	often	often	ADV	_	19 sent	advmod
19	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 considered	conj
20	away	away	ADV	_	19 sent	advmod
21	from	from	ADP	_	23 village	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 village	det
23	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 sent	obl
24	to	to	PART	_	25 find	mark
25	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 sent	advcl
26	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 find	obj
27	for	for	ADP	_	29 family	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 family	det
29	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 find	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	he			kind property	tree rules
2	consider	past · passive		kind		sensible property	vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute
3	send away	past · passive			the village	away, often property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: from village=Source
4	find	to-infinitive		work		for the family	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent work=Theme for family=Beneficiary

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