Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Watch, part 11: a magic watch m…

Which statement most accurately describes the conduct of Jenik's wife following her acquisition of the watch?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: statement, wife · What happens: describe, follow, conduct, acquire · To what, where: conduct, acquisition, wife, watch

This is exam question 4 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	nsubj
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 accurately	advmod
4	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	5 describes	advmod
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 conduct	det
7	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 wife	case
9	Jenik	Jenik	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 wife	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Jenik	case
11	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conduct	nmod
12	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 wife	acl
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 acquisition	nmod:poss
14	acquisition	acquisition	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 following	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 watch	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 watch	det
17	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 acquisition	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	describe	present	which statement	the conduct of Jenik's wife	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme
2	follow	gerund	Jenik's wife not said here	statement's acquisition of the watch		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent acquisition=Theme
3	conduct			Jenik's wife		nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient
4	acquire		statement	the watch		nom acquisition «act transitive»: poss=agent 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 · ✓ the right answer

She stole the watch and abandoned Jenik to his misfortune

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stole	nsubj
2	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 watch	det
4	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stole	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 abandoned	cc
6	abandoned	abandon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stole	conj
7	Jenik	Jenik	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 abandoned	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 misfortune	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 misfortune	nmod:poss
10	misfortune	misfortune	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 abandoned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	past	She	the watch					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location watch=Theme
2	abandon	past	She not said here	Jenik		Jenik's misfortune			vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme jenik=Source to misfortune=Destination

Option 2

She stole the watch from him in secret and then abandoned Jenik to his misfortune while she traveled across the sea to the palace

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stole	nsubj
2	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 watch	det
4	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stole	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stole	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 secret	case
8	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stole	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 abandoned	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 abandoned	advmod
11	abandoned	abandon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stole	conj
12	Jenik	Jenik	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 abandoned	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 misfortune	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 misfortune	nmod:poss
15	misfortune	misfortune	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 abandoned	obl
16	while	while	SCONJ	_	18 traveled	mark
17	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 traveled	nsubj
18	traveled	travel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 abandoned	advcl
19	across	across	ADP	_	21 sea	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 sea	det
21	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 traveled	obl
22	to	to	ADP	_	24 palace	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 palace	det
24	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 traveled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	past	She	the watch	secret		from him = he	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent watch=Theme from he=Source
2	abandon	past	She not said here	Jenik	Jenik's misfortune	then		vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme jenik=Source to misfortune=Destination
3	travel	past	she		the sea		to the palace	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to palace=Destination

Option 3

She stole the watch, wished herself a palace, and left Jenik alone in the village with his animals and no money

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stole	nsubj
2	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 watch	det
4	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stole	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 wished	punct
6	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stole	conj
7	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	6 wished	obj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 palace	det
9	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wished	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 left	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 left	cc
12	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stole	conj
13	Jenik	Jenik	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 left	obj
14	alone	alone	ADV	_	12 left	advmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 village	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 village	det
17	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 left	obl
18	with	with	ADP	_	20 animals	case
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 animals	nmod:poss
20	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 village	nmod
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 money	cc
22	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	23 money	det
23	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 village	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	steal	past	She	the watch			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location watch=Theme
2	wish	past	She not said here	herself = she			tree rules
3	leave	past	She not said here	Jenik	the village with Jenik's animals and no money	alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent jenik=Theme in village=Location

Option 4

She kept the watch and used it to buy a grand house in the city

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 watch	det
4	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kept	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 used	cc
6	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 kept	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 used	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 buy	mark
9	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 used	advcl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 house	det
11	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 house	amod
12	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 buy	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 city	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 city	det
15	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 buy	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	keep	past	She	the watch		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent watch=Theme
2	use	past	She not said here	watch		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
3	buy	to-infinitive	She not said here	a grand house	the city	vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme

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