Exam question 3 · The Happy Prince, The Devoted Friend, part 6: Hans greets…

In accordance with the passage, what does the Miller's wife praise in her husband?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: passage, Miller · What happens: do, praise · To what, where: wife praise

This is exam question 3 of lesson 2036 «The Happy Prince, The Devoted Friend, part 6: Hans greets the Miller in spring» 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	In	in	ADP	_	2 accordance	case
2	accordance	accordance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accordance	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 does	punct
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 does	nsubj
8	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 passage	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Miller	det
10	Miller	Miller	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 praise	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Miller	case
12	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 praise	compound
13	praise	praise	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 does	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 husband	case
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 husband	nmod:poss
16	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 does	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 accordance	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	the passage	the Miller's wife praise				in her husband	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent praise=Eventuality
2	praise		the Miller						nom praise «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 · ✓ the right answer

His thoughtfulness towards others

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 thoughtfulness	nmod:poss
2	thoughtfulness	thoughtfulness	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	towards	towards	ADP	_	4 others	case
4	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 thoughtfulness	nmod

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

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

His generosity in lending money to every neighbour in need

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 generosity	nmod:poss
2	generosity	generosity	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	SCONJ	_	4 lending	mark
4	lending	lend	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 generosity	acl
5	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lending	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 neighbour	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 neighbour	det
8	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lending	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 need	case
10	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 neighbour	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lend	gerund	His generosity not said here	money	every neighbour in need				vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent money=Theme to neighbour=Recipient

Option 3

His cleverness with money and flour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cleverness	nmod:poss
2	cleverness	cleverness	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 money	case
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cleverness	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 flour	cc
6	flour	flour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cleverness	conj

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

Option 4

His patience with the children and his wise advice about everything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 patience	nmod:poss
2	patience	patience	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 children	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 children	det
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 patience	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 advice	cc
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 advice	nmod:poss
8	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 advice	amod
9	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 patience	conj
10	about	about	ADP	_	11 everything	case
11	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	9 advice	nmod

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

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