Exam question 3 · Happy Prince, The Devoted Friend, part 7: Hans gives away…

What task did the Miller require Hans to perform at the barn on that day?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: task, Miller · What happens: do, require, perform · To what, where: Hans, barn

This is exam question 3 of lesson 2037 «Happy Prince, The Devoted Friend, part 7: Hans gives away everything and works until he is worn out» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 did	obj
2	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Miller	det
5	Miller	Miller	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 require	nsubj
6	require	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	parataxis
7	Hans	han	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 require	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 perform	mark
9	perform	perform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 require	advcl
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 barn	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 barn	det
12	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 perform	obl
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 day	case
14	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 day	det
15	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 perform	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	do	past	task				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2	require	present	the Miller	Hans			vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme han=Precondition
3	perform	to-infinitive	the Miller not said here		the barn	day	vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=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

He was to repair the stable wall

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	4 repair	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 repair	cop
3	to	to	PART	_	4 repair	mark
4	repair	repair	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wall	det
6	stable	stable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wall	amod
7	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 repair	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					repair property	tree rules

Option 2

He was to clean the mill-yard

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	4 clean	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 clean	cop
3	to	to	PART	_	4 clean	mark
4	clean	clean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 yard	det
6	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 yard	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 mill	punct
8	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 clean	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					clean property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He was to mend the barn-roof before dinner that day

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	4 mend	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 mend	cop
3	to	to	PART	_	4 mend	mark
4	mend	mend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 roof	det
6	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 roof	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 barn	punct
8	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mend	obj
9	before	before	ADP	_	10 dinner	case
10	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mend	obl
11	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 day	det
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mend	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He				before dinner; day	mend property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He was to mend the barn-roof

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	4 mend	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 mend	cop
3	to	to	PART	_	4 mend	mark
4	mend	mend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 roof	det
6	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 roof	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 barn	punct
8	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mend	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					mend property	tree rules

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