Exam question 1 · English Fairy Tales, Jack Hannaford, part: a soldier trick…

Which of the following best describes the outcome of the farmer's dealings with the soldier?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: farmer · What happens: follow, describe, deal · To what, where: outcome

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1948 «English Fairy Tales, Jack Hannaford, part: a soldier tricks a foolish farmer's wife out of ten gold pounds, then the farmer out of his horse» 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	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 outcome	det
8	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	13 dealings	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 farmer	det
11	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 dealings	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 farmer	case
13	dealings	dealing	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 outcome	nmod
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 soldier	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 soldier	det
16	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 dealings	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the outcome of the farmer's dealings with the soldier	of the best	tree rules
3	deal		the farmer		with the soldier	nom dealing «act intransitive»: poss=agent with=obl

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 farmer lost both his money and his horse to the soldier, who then walked off laughing across the fields.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 farmer	det
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lost	nsubj
3	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	6 money	det:predet
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 money	nmod:poss
6	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lost	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 horse	cc
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 horse	nmod:poss
9	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 money	conj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 soldier	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 soldier	det
12	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lost	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 walked	punct
14	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 walked	nsubj
15	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 walked	advmod
16	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 soldier	acl:relcl
17	off	off	ADP	_	16 walked	compound:prt
18	laughing	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 walked	advcl
19	across	across	ADP	_	21 fields	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 fields	det
21	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 laughing	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lost	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past	the farmer	farmer's money and farmer's horse			to the soldier	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Eventuality
2	walk off	past	the soldier			then		vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	laugh	gerund	the soldier not said here		the fields			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The farmer lost his money and his cart to the soldier.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 farmer	det
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lost	nsubj
3	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 money	nmod:poss
5	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lost	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 cart	cc
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 cart	nmod:poss
8	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 money	conj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 soldier	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 soldier	det
11	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lost	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lost	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past	the farmer	farmer's money and farmer's cart				to the soldier	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Eventuality

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The farmer lost both his money and his horse to the soldier.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 farmer	det
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lost	nsubj
3	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	6 money	det:predet
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 money	nmod:poss
6	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lost	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 horse	cc
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 horse	nmod:poss
9	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 money	conj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 soldier	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 soldier	det
12	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lost	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lost	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past	the farmer	farmer's money and farmer's horse				to the soldier	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Eventuality

Option 4

The soldier kept both the money and the farm.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 soldier	det
2	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kept	nsubj
3	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	both	both	CCONJ	_	6 money	cc:preconj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 money	det
6	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kept	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 farm	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 farm	det
9	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 money	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	the soldier	the money and the farm					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme

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