Exam question 2 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Lank Grey Beggarman: tricks, hangi…

State the sum that O'Donnell paid to the juggler for the first trick.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, O'Donnell · What happens: state, pay · To what, where: sum

This is exam question 2 of lesson 2006 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Lank Grey Beggarman: tricks, hangings and a returned wife» 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sum	det
3	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 paid	obj
5	O'Donnell	O'Donnell	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 paid	nsubj
6	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sum	acl:relcl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 juggler	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 juggler	det
9	juggler	juggler	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 paid	obl
10	for	for	ADP	_	13 trick	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 trick	det
12	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 trick	amod
13	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 paid	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the sum					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sum=Topic
2	pay	past	O'Donnell	the sum				to the juggler; for the first trick	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent that=Asset for trick=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

Five pieces of silver, as was agreed, and a cloak and a horse from the king's stable

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 pieces	nummod
2	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 silver	case
4	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pieces	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 agreed	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 agreed	mark
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 agreed	aux:pass
8	agreed	agree	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 pieces	acl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 cloak	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 cloak	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 cloak	det
12	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 agreed	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 horse	cc
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 horse	det
15	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cloak	conj
16	from	from	ADP	_	20 stable	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 king	det
18	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 stable	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 king	case
20	stable	stable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 cloak	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	past · passive	Five pieces of silver not said here	a cloak from the king's stable and a horse					vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Five pieces of silver, as was agreed before the whole hall at the first trick

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 pieces	nummod
2	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 silver	case
4	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pieces	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 agreed	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 agreed	mark
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 agreed	aux:pass
8	agreed	agree	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 pieces	acl
9	before	before	ADP	_	12 hall	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hall	det
11	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 hall	amod
12	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 agreed	obl
13	at	at	ADP	_	16 trick	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 trick	det
15	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	16 trick	amod
16	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hall	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	past · passive		Five pieces of silver not said here			before the whole hall at the first trick		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»

Option 3

Five pieces of gold, as was promised

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 pieces	nummod
2	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 gold	case
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pieces	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 promised	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 promised	mark
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 promised	aux:pass
8	promised	promise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 pieces	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	past · passive		Five pieces of gold not said here					vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Five pieces of silver, as was agreed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 pieces	nummod
2	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 silver	case
4	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pieces	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 agreed	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 agreed	mark
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 agreed	aux:pass
8	agreed	agree	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 pieces	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	past · passive		Five pieces of silver not said here					vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»

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