Exam question 4 · Fairy Book, Hok Lee and the Dwarfs: angry dwarfs, one last…

Determine the principal consequence for Hok Lee of his subsequent dealings in the secret of the dwarfs.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Lee · What happens: determine, deal · To what, where: principal consequence, secret

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1914 «Fairy Book, Hok Lee and the Dwarfs: angry dwarfs, one last dance, and a cure» 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	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 consequence	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 consequence	amod
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 Lee	case
6	Hok	Hok	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Lee	compound
7	Lee	Lee	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 consequence	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 dealings	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 dealings	nmod:poss
10	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 dealings	amod
11	dealings	dealing	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 Lee	nmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 secret	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 secret	det
14	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dealings	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 dwarfs	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 dwarfs	det
17	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 secret	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the principal consequence				for Hok Lee of Lee's subsequent dealings in the secret of the dwarfs	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic
2	deal		Lee			the secret of the dwarfs			nom dealing «act intransitive»: poss=agent in=place

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

He accumulated considerable wealth through his dealings and died contented in his bed at home

The tree, 15 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	2 accumulated	nsubj
2	accumulated	accumulate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	considerable	considerable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 wealth	amod
4	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accumulated	obj
5	through	through	ADP	_	7 dealings	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 dealings	nmod:poss
7	dealings	dealing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 accumulated	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 contented	cc
9	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 contented	aux:pass
10	contented	content	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 accumulated	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 bed	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 bed	nmod:poss
13	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 contented	obl
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 home	case
15	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 contented	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	accumulate	past	He	considerable wealth	his dealings		vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent wealth=Theme
2	content	past · passive	He not said here		his bed	at home	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»
3	deal		his = he				nom dealing «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He gained wealth and passed away content

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 gained	nsubj
2	gained	gain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gained	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 passed	cc
5	passed	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 gained	conj
6	away	away	ADV	_	5 passed	advmod
7	content	content	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 passed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gain	past	He	wealth					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wealth=Theme
2	pass away	past	He not said here	content				away property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He accumulated considerable wealth and died contented

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 accumulated	nsubj
2	accumulated	accumulate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	considerable	considerable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 wealth	amod
4	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accumulated	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 died	cc
6	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 accumulated	conj
7	contented	content	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 died	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	accumulate	past	He	considerable wealth	vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent wealth=Theme
2	die	past	He not said here		vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	content	participle	He not said here		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

He accumulated considerable wealth and died contented, surrounded by loving family and friends

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 accumulated	nsubj
2	accumulated	accumulate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	considerable	considerable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 wealth	amod
4	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accumulated	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 contented	cc
6	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 contented	aux:pass
7	contented	content	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 accumulated	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 surrounded	punct
9	surrounded	surround	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 contented	conj
10	by	by	SCONJ	_	11 loving	mark
11	loving	love	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 surrounded	advcl
12	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 loving	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 friends	cc
14	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 family	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	accumulate	past	He	considerable wealth	vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent wealth=Theme
2	content	past · passive	He not said here		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»
3	surround	participle	He not said here		vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
4	love	gerund	He not said here	family and friends	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer family=Stimulus

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