Exam question 3 · Irish Fairy Tales, Jack the Fool, part 33: Jack hires hims…

State the consequence of Jack's refusal to perform the task of holding the plough as the master intended.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, task, master, Jack · What happens: state, perform, hold, intend, refuse · To what, where: consequence, task, plough

This is exam question 3 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 consequence	det
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 refusal	case
5	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 refusal	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Jack	case
7	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 consequence	nmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 perform	mark
9	perform	perform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 State	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 task	det
11	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 perform	obj
12	of	of	SCONJ	_	13 holding	mark
13	holding	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 task	acl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 plough	det
15	plough	plough	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 holding	obj
16	as	as	SCONJ	_	19 intended	mark
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 master	det
18	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 intended	nsubj
19	intended	intend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 holding	advcl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the consequence of Jack's refusal	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic
2	perform	to-infinitive	you not said here	the task	vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent task=Theme
3	hold	gerund	the task not said here	the plough	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plough=Theme
4	intend	past	the master		vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
5	refuse		Jack		nom refusal «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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

He ploughs the wheat in the manner the master planned for the barley

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ploughs	nsubj
2	ploughs	plough	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wheat	det
4	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ploughs	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 manner	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 manner	det
7	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ploughs	obl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 master	det
9	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 planned	nsubj
10	planned	plan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 ploughs	parataxis
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 barley	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 barley	det
13	barley	barley	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 planned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plough	present	He	the wheat		the manner			vn wipe_instr-10.4.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Agent wheat=Initial_Location
2	plan	past	the master					for the barley	vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He ploughs the field very badly and then quits the job for good

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ploughs	nsubj
2	ploughs	plough	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 field	det
4	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ploughs	obj
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 badly	advmod
6	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 ploughs	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 quits	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 quits	advmod
9	quits	quit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 ploughs	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 job	det
11	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 quits	obj
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 good	case
13	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 quits	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plough	present	He	the field				badly property	vn wipe_instr-10.4.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Agent field=Initial_Location
2	quit	present	He not said here	the job			then	for good	vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Source

Option 3

He quits the job

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 quits	nsubj
2	quits	quit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 job	det
4	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 quits	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	quit	present	He	the job					vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Source

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He ploughs the field in the manner that the master had not intended

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ploughs	nsubj
2	ploughs	plough	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 field	det
4	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ploughs	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 manner	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 manner	det
7	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ploughs	obl
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 intended	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 master	det
10	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 intended	nsubj:pass
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 intended	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 intended	advmod
13	intended	intend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 ploughs	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plough	present	He	the field		the manner			vn wipe_instr-10.4.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Agent field=Initial_Location
2	not intend	past · perfect · passive		the master					vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

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