Exam question 4 · fairy tales (pg7277), The Little Soldier, part 37: John bu…

Explain the significance of the fifty crowns that remained in the soldier's purse throughout this part of the narrative.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, fifty crowns · What happens: explain, remain · To what, where: significance, purse

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1900 «fairy tales (pg7277), The Little Soldier, part 37: John buys a golden coach, plays cards with the King, and loses his purse and cloak to Ludovine» 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	Explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 significance	det
3	significance	significance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 crowns	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 crowns	det
6	fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 crowns	nummod
7	crowns	crown	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 significance	nmod
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 remained	nsubj
9	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 crowns	acl:relcl
10	in	in	ADP	_	14 purse	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 soldier	det
12	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 purse	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 soldier	case
14	purse	purse	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 remained	obl
15	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	17 part	case
16	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	17 part	det
17	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 remained	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 narrative	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 narrative	det
20	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 part	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the significance of the fifty crowns					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent significance=Topic
2	remain	past	the fifty crowns			the soldier's purse	throughout this part of the narrative		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in purse=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

It meant he was rich and could gamble at the palace

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 meant	nsubj
2	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 rich	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 rich	cop
5	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 meant	ccomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 gamble	cc
7	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 gamble	aux
8	gamble	gamble	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 meant	conj
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 palace	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 palace	det
11	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gamble	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	mean	past	It			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	he		rich property	tree rules
3	gamble	could		the palace		vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The purse was enchanted and never emptied, which allowed John to pay for finery and wagers

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 purse	det
2	purse	purse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 enchanted	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 enchanted	aux:pass
4	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 emptied	cc
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 emptied	advmod
7	emptied	empty	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 enchanted	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 allowed	punct
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 allowed	nsubj
10	allowed	allow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 enchanted	conj
11	John	John	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 allowed	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 pay	mark
13	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 allowed	xcomp
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 finery	case
15	finery	finery	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 pay	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 wagers	cc
17	wagers	wager	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 finery	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	enchant	past · passive		the purse		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	not empty	participle				vn clear-10.3-1 «NP.Source V»: agent=Source
3	allow	past		John		vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer john=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
4	pay not said to happen	to-infinitive	John not said here		for finery and wagers	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for finery=Theme

Option 3

It was a trick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 trick	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 trick	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 trick	det
4	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a trick					tree rules

Option 4

The purse was enchanted and always full, so he could buy things

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 purse	det
2	purse	purse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 enchanted	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 enchanted	aux:pass
4	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 full	cc
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 full	advmod
7	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 enchanted	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 buy	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 buy	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 buy	nsubj
11	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 buy	aux
12	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 enchanted	conj
13	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 buy	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enchant	past · passive		the purse					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	buy	could	he	things					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme

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