Exam question 4 · English Fairy Tales, The Ass, the Table, and the Stick: Ja…

What was the consequence for the girl who possessed only two copper pennies?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl · What happens: be, possess · To what, where: consequence, two copper pennies

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1973 «English Fairy Tales, The Ass, the Table, and the Stick: Jack gets three magic gifts, loses two, and wins his sweetheart» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 consequence	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 consequence	det
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 girl	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 girl	det
7	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consequence	nmod
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 possessed	nsubj
9	possessed	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 girl	acl:relcl
10	only	only	ADV	_	11 two	advmod
11	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 pennies	nummod
12	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 pennies	compound
13	pennies	penny	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 possessed	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the consequence				for the girl	tree rules
2	possess	past	the girl	two copper pennies					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot penny=Theme

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

She was given a whole purse of gold coins and then sent home to her mother

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 purse	det
5	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 purse	amod
6	purse	purse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 coins	case
8	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 coins	compound
9	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 purse	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 sent	cc
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 sent	advmod
12	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	conj
13	home	home	ADV	_	12 sent	advmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 mother	case
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 mother	nmod:poss
16	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past · passive		She					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient purse=Theme
2	send	past			her mother		then	home property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to mother=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She received the diamonds from her apron

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 received	nsubj
2	received	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 diamonds	det
4	diamonds	diamond	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 received	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 apron	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 apron	nmod:poss
7	apron	apron	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 received	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	past	She	the diamonds		her apron			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent diamond=Theme from apron=Source

Option 3

She received the diamonds from her apron and a gold ring too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 received	nsubj
2	received	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 diamonds	det
4	diamonds	diamond	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 received	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 apron	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 apron	nmod:poss
7	apron	apron	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 received	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 ring	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 ring	det
10	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ring	compound
11	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 apron	conj
12	too	too	ADV	_	2 received	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	past	She	the diamonds		her apron and a gold ring			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent diamond=Theme from apron=Source

Option 4

She was given a silver ring

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 ring	det
5	silver	silver	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ring	amod
6	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past · passive		She					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient ring=Theme

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