Exam question 2 · English Fairy Tales, Jack Hannaford, part: a soldier trick…

In what manner does the farmer's wife respond to the loss of the money described in the passage?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, describe · To what, where: wife respond, manner, money, passage

This is exam question 2 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obl
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 farmer	det
6	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 respond	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 farmer	case
8	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 respond	compound
9	respond	respond	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 loss	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 loss	det
12	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 money	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 money	det
15	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 loss	nmod
16	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 money	acl
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 passage	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 passage	det
19	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 described	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present		the farmer's wife respond		what manner		to the loss of the money	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respond=Eventuality
2	describe	participle		the money not said here		the passage			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

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

She remarks that her husband is the greater fool for entrusting her with it.

The tree, 14 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 remarks	nsubj
2	remarks	remark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 fool	mark
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 husband	nmod:poss
5	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fool	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 fool	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fool	det
8	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 fool	amod
9	fool	fool	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remarks	ccomp
10	for	for	SCONJ	_	11 entrusting	mark
11	entrusting	entrust	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 fool	acl
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 entrusting	obj
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 entrusting	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 remarks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	remark speech: assert	present	She				vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	her husband	the greater fool			tree rules
3	entrust	gerund	the greater fool not said here		her = she	with fool	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Recipient with it=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She says her husband is the bigger fool for trusting her.

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 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 husband	nmod:poss
4	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fool	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 fool	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fool	det
7	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 fool	amod
8	fool	fool	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	ccomp
9	for	for	SCONJ	_	10 trusting	mark
10	trusting	trust	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 fool	acl
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 trusting	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	She		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	her husband	the bigger fool	tree rules
3	trust	gerund	the bigger fool not said here	her = she	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 3

She remarks that her husband is the greater fool for entrusting her with the money, though she herself gave it away.

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 remarks	nsubj
2	remarks	remark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 fool	mark
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 husband	nmod:poss
5	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fool	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 fool	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fool	det
8	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 fool	amod
9	fool	fool	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remarks	ccomp
10	for	for	SCONJ	_	11 entrusting	mark
11	entrusting	entrust	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 fool	acl
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 entrusting	obj
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 money	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 money	det
15	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 entrusting	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 gave	punct
17	though	though	SCONJ	_	20 gave	mark
18	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 gave	nsubj
19	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	18 she	conj
20	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 remarks	conj
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 gave	obj
22	away	away	ADV	_	20 gave	advmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 remarks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	remark speech: assert	present	She				vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	her husband	the greater fool			tree rules
3	entrust	gerund	the greater fool not said here		her = she	with the money	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Recipient with money=Theme
4	give away	past	she	money		away property	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

She mocks the soldier openly and says her husband is the greater fool for trusting a stranger with the household money at all.

The tree, 23 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 mocks	nsubj
2	mocks	mock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 soldier	det
4	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mocks	obj
5	openly	openly	ADV	_	2 mocks	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 says	cc
7	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 mocks	conj
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 husband	nmod:poss
9	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fool	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 fool	cop
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 fool	det
12	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	13 fool	amod
13	fool	fool	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 says	ccomp
14	for	for	SCONJ	_	15 trusting	mark
15	trusting	trust	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 fool	acl
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 stranger	det
17	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 trusting	obj
18	with	with	ADP	_	21 money	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 money	det
20	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 money	compound
21	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 trusting	obl
22	at	at	ADP	_	23 all	case
23	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 trusting	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 mocks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	mock	present	She	the soldier		openly property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soldier=Theme
2	say speech: assert	present	She not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	her husband	the greater fool			tree rules
4	trust	gerund	the greater fool not said here	a stranger	all	with the household money	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent stranger=Recipient with money=Theme

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