Exam question 4 · English Fairy Tales, Jack Hannaford, part: a soldier trick…

Identify the figure of speech in the soldier's claim that the old man is "cobbling shoes of the saints and angels".

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, old man, soldier · What happens: identify, cobble, figure, claim · To what, where: figure, shoes, speech

This is exam question 4 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 figure	det
3	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 speech	case
5	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 figure	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	10 claim	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 soldier	det
8	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 claim	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 soldier	case
10	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 speech	nmod
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 cobbling	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 man	det
13	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 man	amod
14	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 cobbling	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 cobbling	aux
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 cobbling	punct
17	cobbling	cobble	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 claim	acl
18	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 cobbling	obj
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 saints	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 saints	det
21	saints	saint	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 shoes	nmod
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 angels	cc
23	angels	angel	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 saints	conj
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 cobbling	punct
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the figure of speech in the soldier's claim	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent figure=Theme
2	cobble in a quote	present · progressive	the old man	shoes of the saints and angels	tree rules
3	figure			speech in the soldier's claim	nom figure «communication transitive»: of=patient
4	claim		the soldier		nom claim «communication transitive»: poss=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

Irony, through which the foolish wife is deceived.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Irony	irony	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 deceived	punct
3	through	through	ADP	_	4 which	case
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 deceived	obl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wife	det
6	foolish	foolish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wife	amod
7	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 deceived	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 deceived	aux:pass
9	deceived	deceive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Irony	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Irony	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deceive	present · passive		the foolish wife					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Hyperbole and irony, through which the gullible wife is deceived by the soldier's grand claim.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hyperbole	hyperbole	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 irony	cc
3	irony	irony	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hyperbole	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 deceived	punct
5	through	through	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 deceived	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wife	det
8	gullible	gullible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 wife	amod
9	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 deceived	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 deceived	aux:pass
11	deceived	deceive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Hyperbole	conj
12	by	by	ADP	_	17 claim	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 soldier	det
14	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 claim	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 soldier	case
16	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 claim	amod
17	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 deceived	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Hyperbole	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deceive	present · passive	the soldier's grand claim	the gullible wife		Hyperbole and irony			vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	claim		the soldier						nom claim «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Metaphor and irony, which the reader only notices when the foolish wife is deceived.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Metaphor	metaphor	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 notices	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 irony	cc
3	irony	irony	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Metaphor	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 notices	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 notices	obj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 reader	det
7	reader	reader	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 notices	nsubj
8	only	only	ADV	_	9 notices	advmod
9	notices	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	15 deceived	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 wife	det
12	foolish	foolish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 wife	amod
13	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 deceived	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 deceived	aux:pass
15	deceived	deceive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 notices	advcl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 notices	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	notice	present	Metaphor and irony						vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus
2	deceive	present · passive		the foolish wife					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Hyperbole and irony, through which the foolish wife is deceived.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hyperbole	hyperbole	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 deceived	nsubj:pass
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 irony	cc
3	irony	irony	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hyperbole	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 deceived	punct
5	through	through	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 deceived	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wife	det
8	foolish	foolish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 wife	amod
9	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 deceived	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 deceived	aux:pass
11	deceived	deceive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 deceived	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deceive	present · passive		Hyperbole and irony					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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