Exam question 2 · Old Tales, Whittington and His Cat, part 27: Dick's cat wi…

To what cause does the text attribute the cook's increased cruelty towards Dick after Alice's gift?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cause, Alice · What happens: do, increase, gift · To what, where: text attribute

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1968 «Old Tales, Whittington and His Cat, part 27: Dick's cat wins his place at court across the sea» 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	To	to	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
3	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	nsubj
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 attribute	det
6	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 attribute	compound
7	attribute	attribute	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cook	det
9	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cruelty	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 cook	case
11	increased	increase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 cruelty	amod
12	cruelty	cruelty	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
13	towards	towards	ADP	_	14 Dick	case
14	Dick	Dick	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 does	obl
15	after	after	ADP	_	18 gift	case
16	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 gift	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 Alice	case
18	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	cause	the text attribute	after Alice's gift	towards Dick	tree rules
2	increase	participle					vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	gift		Alice				nom gift «possession 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 · ✓ the right answer

Jealousy arising from Alice's favour towards him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jealousy	jealousy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	arising	arise	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Jealousy	acl
3	from	from	ADP	_	6 favour	case
4	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 favour	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Alice	case
6	favour	favour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arising	obl
7	towards	towards	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 arising	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arise	gerund	Jealousy not said here			Alice's favour		towards Alice	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	favour		Alice						nom favour «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Jealousy arising from the cook's own debts, and from the kindness shown by the master's household to the boy and his cat

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jealousy	jealousy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	arising	arise	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Jealousy	acl
3	from	from	ADP	_	8 debts	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cook	det
5	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 debts	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 cook	case
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 debts	amod
8	debts	debt	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 arising	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 kindness	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 kindness	cc
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 kindness	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 kindness	det
13	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Jealousy	conj
14	shown	show	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 kindness	acl
15	by	by	ADP	_	19 household	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 master	det
17	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 household	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 master	case
19	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 shown	obl
20	to	to	ADP	_	22 boy	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 boy	det
22	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 shown	obl
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 cat	cc
24	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 cat	nmod:poss
25	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Jealousy	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arise	gerund	Jealousy and the kindness and boy's cat not said here			the cook's own debts			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	show	participle		the kindness not said here	the boy			by the master's household	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to boy=Recipient

Option 3

Envy of the favour Alice showed Dick each day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Envy	envy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 showed	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 favour	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 favour	det
4	favour	favour	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Envy	nmod
5	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 favour	appos
6	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	Dick	Dick	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 showed	obj
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 day	det
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 showed	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	past	Envy of the favour		Dick		day		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dick=Recipient
2	envy			the favour					nom envy «feeling transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Jealousy because Alice had given Dick the money to buy his cat and the cook wanted it herself

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jealousy	jealousy	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 wanted	nsubj
2	because	because	SCONJ	_	5 given	mark
3	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 given	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 given	aux
5	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	1 Jealousy	advcl
6	Dick	Dick	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 given	iobj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 money	det
8	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 given	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 buy	mark
10	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 money	acl
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 cat	nmod:poss
12	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 buy	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 cook	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 cook	det
15	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cat	conj
16	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 wanted	obj
18	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	16 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	give	past · perfect	Alice	the money	Dick	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent dick=Recipient money=Theme
2	buy	to-infinitive	Alice not said here	Alice's cat and the cook		vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Theme
3	want	past	Jealousy	money		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme herself=Attribute

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