Exam question 1 · Irish Fairy Tales, Jack the Fool, part 33: Jack hires hims…

Which of the following best describes the nature of the agreement made between Jack and the Gray Churl?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nature · What happens: follow, describe, make

This is exam question 1 of lesson 2014 «Irish Fairy Tales, Jack the Fool, part 33: Jack hires himself to the Gray Churl and turns every order against him» 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	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 nature	det
8	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 made	nsubj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 agreement	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 agreement	det
11	agreement	agreement	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 nature	nmod
12	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 describes	ccomp
13	between	between	ADP	_	14 Jack	case
14	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 made	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 Churl	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Churl	det
17	Gray	Gray	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 Churl	amod
18	Churl	Churl	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Jack	conj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		of the best	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent which=Theme clause=Attribute
3	make	past	the nature of the agreement	between Jack and the Gray Churl	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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

A deal for a single day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 deal	det
2	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	6 day	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 day	det
5	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 day	amod
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 deal	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

A bargain to work the summer only, with a bonus for each good day

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bargain	det
2	bargain	bargain	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 work	mark
4	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 bargain	acl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 summer	det
6	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 work	obj
7	only	only	ADV	_	4 work	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 bonus	punct
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 bonus	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 bonus	det
11	bonus	bonus	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 work	obl
12	for	for	ADP	_	15 day	case
13	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	15 day	det
14	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 day	amod
15	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bonus	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	to-infinitive					summer	with a bonus for each good day	vn cooperate-73.1-3 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme»: agent=Agent with bonus=Co-Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A contract for one year's service at twenty pounds, with fines for refusal or complaint

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 contract	det
2	contract	contract	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	7 service	case
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 year	nummod
5	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 service	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 year	case
7	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 contract	nmod
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 pounds	case
9	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 pounds	nummod
10	pounds	pound	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 contract	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 fines	punct
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 fines	case
13	fines	fine	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 contract	conj
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 refusal	case
15	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fines	nmod
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 complaint	cc
17	complaint	complaint	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 refusal	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	service		one year						nom service «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

A verbal deal for a year, paid at the harvest, with no fines written down

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 deal	det
2	verbal	verbal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 deal	amod
3	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 year	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 year	det
6	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 deal	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 paid	punct
8	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 deal	acl
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 harvest	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 harvest	det
11	harvest	harvest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 paid	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 fines	punct
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 fines	case
14	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	15 fines	det
15	fines	fine	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 paid	obl
16	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 fines	acl
17	down	down	ADP	_	16 written	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	participle		a verbal deal for a year not said here		the harvest		with no fines	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	write down	participle		no fines not said here					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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