Exam question 2 · Irish Fairy Tales, Jack the Fool, part 33: Jack hires hims…

Identify the instance in which the master is recorded as having withdrawn his objection to the terms of the bargain.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, his · What happens: identify, record, have, object, term · To what, where: instance, master, bargain

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 instance	det
3	instance	instance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 recorded	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 master	det
7	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 recorded	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 recorded	aux:pass
9	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 instance	acl:relcl
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 having	mark
11	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 recorded	advcl
12	withdrawn	withdrawn	ADP	_	14 objection	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 objection	nmod:poss
14	objection	objection	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 having	obl
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 terms	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 terms	det
17	terms	term	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 having	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 bargain	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 bargain	det
20	bargain	bargain	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 terms	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the instance			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent instance=Theme
2	record	present · passive		the master	the instance		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in which=Destination
3	have	gerund				withdrawn his objection; to the terms of the bargain	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	object		his = he				nom objection «communication intransitive»: poss=agent
5	term			the bargain			nom term «communication transitive»: of=patient

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 · ✓ the right answer

"Oh, not at all, not at all!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 all	punct
2	Oh	oh	INTJ	_	6 all	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Oh	punct
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 all	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 all	punct
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 all	advmod
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 all	conj
11	!	!	PUNCT	_	6 all	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 all	punct

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

Option 2

Oh, no, I object to the terms and I will not pay a penny of it

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Oh	oh	INTJ	_	6 object	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Oh	punct
3	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	1 Oh	discourse
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Oh	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 object	nsubj
6	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 terms	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 terms	det
9	terms	term	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 object	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 pay	cc
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 pay	nsubj
12	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 pay	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 pay	advmod
14	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 object	conj
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 penny	det
16	penny	penny	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 pay	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 it	case
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 penny	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not pay	future	I	a penny of penny					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent penny=Asset

Option 3

Certainly, I will pay the fine, sir

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Certainly	certainly	ADV	_	5 pay	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Certainly	punct
3	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 pay	nsubj
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 pay	aux
5	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sir	det
7	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sir	amod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 fine	punct
9	sir	sir	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pay	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	future	I	the fine sir				certainly property	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sir=Asset

Option 4

I am not sorry at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 sorry	nsubj
2	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sorry	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 sorry	advmod
4	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 sorry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	I			all		sorry property	tree rules

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