Exam question 2 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and the Golden Snuff-box, part 13…

By what means did the three little red men enable Jack to fulfil the gentleman's first requirement?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: three little red men, Jack, gentleman · What happens: mean, enable, fulfil, require · To what, where: Jack, first requirement

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1954 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and the Golden Snuff-box, part 13: Jack wins a castle, loses it, and sets out to find it» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 enable	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 men	det
6	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 men	nummod
7	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 men	amod
8	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 men	amod
9	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 enable	nsubj
10	enable	enable	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
11	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 enable	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 fulfil	mark
13	fulfil	fulfil	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 enable	xcomp
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 gentleman	det
15	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 requirement	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 gentleman	case
17	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	18 requirement	amod
18	requirement	requirement	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fulfil	obj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	enable	past · do-support	the three little red men	Jack	tree rules
3	fulfil	to-infinitive	Jack not said here	the gentleman's first requirement	tree rules
4	require		the gentleman		nom requirement «cognition 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 · ← Mova's choice

by making a field of gold near the mansion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 making	mark
2	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 field	det
4	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 making	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 gold	case
6	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 field	nmod
7	near	near	ADP	_	9 mansion	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 mansion	det
9	mansion	mansion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 making	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	gerund		a field of gold		the mansion			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset field=Product

Option 2

by calling a storm upon the valley below

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 calling	mark
2	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 storm	det
4	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 calling	obj
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 valley	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 valley	det
7	valley	valley	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 calling	obl
8	below	below	ADV	_	7 valley	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	gerund		a storm				upon the valley	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent storm=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

by producing a lake and warships before the mansion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 producing	mark
2	producing	produce	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 lake	det
4	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 producing	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 warships	cc
6	warships	warship	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lake	conj
7	before	before	ADP	_	9 mansion	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 mansion	det
9	mansion	mansion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 producing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	gerund		a lake and warships			before the mansion		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lake=Result

Option 4

by producing a great lake and warships before the mansion and a golden bridge across it

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 producing	mark
2	producing	produce	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lake	det
4	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lake	amod
5	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 producing	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 warships	cc
7	warships	warship	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 lake	conj
8	before	before	ADP	_	10 mansion	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mansion	det
10	mansion	mansion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 producing	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 bridge	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 bridge	det
13	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 bridge	amod
14	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 mansion	conj
15	across	across	ADP	_	16 it	case
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 producing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	gerund		a great lake and warships		bridge	before the mansion and a golden bridge		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lake=Result

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