Exam question 4 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Trembling: the whale, the silver bulle…

Explain the terms upon which the eldest brother of Jack was to be paid if the master first expressed regret.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: explain, pay, express · To what, where: terms, eldest brother, master

This is exam question 4 of lesson 2013 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Trembling: the whale, the silver bullet and the cowboy's message» 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	Explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 terms	det
3	terms	term	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Explain	obj
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 paid	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 brother	det
7	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 brother	amod
8	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 paid	nsubj:pass
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Jack	case
10	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 brother	nmod
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 paid	aux:pass
12	to	to	PART	_	14 paid	mark
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 paid	aux:pass
14	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 terms	acl:relcl
15	if	if	SCONJ	_	19 expressed	mark
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 master	det
17	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 expressed	nsubj:pass
18	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	19 expressed	advmod
19	expressed	express	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 paid	advcl
20	regret	regret	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 expressed	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the terms		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent term=Topic
2	pay	past · passive	you not said here	the eldest brother of Jack	upon the terms	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset
3	express a condition, not said to happen	participle · passive		the master	first property	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination regret=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 · ✓ the right answer

Double wages were to be paid to the master

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Double	double	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 wages	amod
2	wages	wage	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 paid	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 paid	aux:pass
4	to	to	PART	_	6 paid	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 paid	aux:pass
6	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 master	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 master	det
9	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 paid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	past · passive		Double wages				to the master	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset

Option 2

Double wages were to be paid to the master, and the servant would receive nothing at all

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Double	double	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 wages	amod
2	wages	wage	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 paid	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 paid	aux:pass
4	to	to	PART	_	6 paid	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 paid	aux:pass
6	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 master	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 master	det
9	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 paid	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 receive	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 receive	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 servant	det
13	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 receive	nsubj
14	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 receive	aux
15	receive	receive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 paid	conj
16	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	15 receive	obj
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 all	case
18	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 receive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	past · passive		Double wages				to the master	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset
2	receive	would	the servant	nothing		all			vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme at all=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Double wages were to be paid to the master for each year of the whole contract term

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Double	double	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 wages	amod
2	wages	wage	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 paid	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 paid	aux:pass
4	to	to	PART	_	6 paid	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 paid	aux:pass
6	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 master	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 master	det
9	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 paid	obl
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 year	case
11	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	12 year	det
12	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 paid	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	17 term	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 term	det
15	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 term	amod
16	contract	contract	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 term	compound
17	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 year	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	past · passive		Double wages			year	to the master	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset

Option 4

Double pay was given to the master then

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Double	double	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 pay	amod
2	pay	pay	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 given	aux:pass
4	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 master	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 master	det
7	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	obl
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 given	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past · passive		Double pay	the master		then		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to master=Recipient

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