Exam question 1 · English Fairy Tales, Jack and his Castle: Jack brings the…

Which of the following statements is correct regarding the sum of time Jack was required to remain abroad?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, be, regard, require, remain, sum · To what, where: Jack, time

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1956 «English Fairy Tales, Jack and his Castle: Jack brings the castle home and meets his wife and son» 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	7 correct	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Which	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 correct	cop
7	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 sum	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sum	det
10	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 correct	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 time	case
12	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sum	nmod
13	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 required	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 required	aux:pass
15	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 time	acl:relcl
16	to	to	PART	_	17 remain	mark
17	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 required	xcomp
18	abroad	abroad	ADV	_	17 remain	advmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 correct	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present		regard the sum of time; correct property	tree rules
3	regard	gerund			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	require	past · passive	Jack		vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
5	remain	to-infinitive		abroad property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	sum		time		nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient

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

He had to remain away for many long years and more

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 remain	mark
4	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 had	xcomp
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 remain	advmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 years	case
7	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 years	amod
8	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 years	amod
9	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 remain	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 more	cc
11	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 years	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	He						tree rules
2	remain away	to-infinitive	He not said here				year	away property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He was required to remain a twelvemonth and a day

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	3 required	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 remain	mark
5	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 required	xcomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 twelvemonth	det
7	twelvemonth	twelvemonth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 remain	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 day	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 day	det
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 twelvemonth	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	past · passive		He					vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	remain	to-infinitive		a twelvemonth and a day					vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme twelvemonth=Attribute

Option 3

He stayed a week

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 stayed	nsubj
2	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 week	det
4	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stayed	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	He				week		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He had to stay a year

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 stay	mark
4	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 had	xcomp
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 year	det
6	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stay	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	He						tree rules
2	stay	to-infinitive	He not said here				year		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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