Exam question 3 · English Fairy Tales, Whittington and His Cat: Dick gets hi…

Which of the following was the purpose for which Mr. Fitzwarren's counting-house was used?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, be, use · To what, where: counting house

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1969 «English Fairy Tales, Whittington and His Cat: Dick gets his riches, marries Alice, and a new tale begins» 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 purpose	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	7 purpose	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 purpose	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 purpose	case
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 purpose	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 purpose	det
7	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 used	obl
10	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Fitzwarren	nmod:desc
11	Fitzwarren	Fitzwarren	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 house	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Fitzwarren	case
13	counting	counting	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 house	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 counting	punct
15	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 used	nsubj:pass
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 used	aux:pass
17	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 purpose	acl:relcl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 purpose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	past		of the purpose	tree rules
3	use	past · passive	Fitzwarren Mr.'s counting house	for the purpose	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: subject=Theme for which=Eventuality

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

to weigh the gold and check the day's prices

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 weigh	mark
2	weigh	weigh	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gold	det
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 weigh	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 check	cc
6	check	check	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 weigh	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 day	det
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 prices	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 day	case
10	prices	price	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 check	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weigh	to-infinitive		the gold					vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme gold=Value
2	check	infinitive		the day's prices					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent price=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

to count over the cash and settle the day's business

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 count	mark
2	count	count	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	over	over	ADP	_	5 cash	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cash	det
5	cash	cash	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 count	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 settle	cc
7	settle	settle	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 count	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 day	det
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 business	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 day	case
11	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 settle	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	to-infinitive				the cash			vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2	settle	infinitive		the day's business					vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme business=Location

Option 3

to store the cargo

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 store	mark
2	store	store	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cargo	det
4	cargo	cargo	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 store	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	store	to-infinitive		the cargo					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cargo=Theme

Option 4

to sell the cat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 sell	mark
2	sell	sell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cat	det
4	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	to-infinitive		the cat					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Theme

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