Exam question 4 · English Fairy Tales, Jack and his Castle: Jack brings the…
Specify the manner in which Jack's journey home was concluded according to the narrative.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: specify, conclude, accord · To what, where: manner, journey home
This is exam question 4 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 | Specify | specify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 manner | det |
| 3 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Specify | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 which | case |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 concluded | obl |
| 6 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 home | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Jack | case |
| 8 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 home | compound |
| 9 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 concluded | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 concluded | aux:pass |
| 11 | concluded | conclude | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 manner | acl:relcl |
| 12 | according | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 narrative | case |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 according | fixed |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 narrative | det |
| 15 | narrative | narrative | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 concluded | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Specify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | specify | imperative | you not said here | the manner | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme | ||||
| 2 | conclude | past · passive | Jack's journey home | the manner | accord the narrative | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||
| 3 | accord | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: 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 · ← Mova's choice
Jack found his wife and lived in the castle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 found | nsubj |
| 2 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 wife | nmod:poss |
| 4 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 found | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 lived | cc |
| 6 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 found | conj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 castle | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 castle | det |
| 9 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lived | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past | Jack | Jack's wife | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Topic | ||||
| 2 | live | past | Jack not said here | the castle | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in castle=Location |
Option 2
his wife met him at the hall door at last
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 wife | nmod:poss |
| 2 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 met | nsubj |
| 3 | met | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 met | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 door | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 door | det |
| 7 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 door | compound |
| 8 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 met | obl |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 last | case |
| 10 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 met | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | meet | past | his wife | him = he | the hall door | at last | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent |
Option 3
Jack's wife and son met him at the door and he forgave the King at last
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 wife | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Jack | case |
| 3 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 met | nsubj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 son | cc |
| 5 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wife | conj |
| 6 | met | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 met | obj |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 door | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 door | det |
| 10 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 met | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 forgave | cc |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 forgave | nsubj |
| 13 | forgave | forgive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 met | conj |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 King | det |
| 15 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 forgave | obj |
| 16 | at | at | ADP | _ | 17 last | case |
| 17 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 forgave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | meet | past | Jack's wife and son | Jack | the door | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | |||
| 2 | forgive | past | Jack | the King | last | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Jack's wife and son met him and they lived happily
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 wife | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Jack | case |
| 3 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 met | nsubj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 son | cc |
| 5 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wife | conj |
| 6 | met | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 met | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 lived | cc |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 lived | nsubj |
| 10 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 met | conj |
| 11 | happily | happily | ADV | _ | 10 lived | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | meet | past | Jack's wife and son | Jack | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | ||||
| 2 | live | past | wife | happily property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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