Exam question 4 · Tanglewood Tales, The Dragon's Teeth, part 16: Cilix stays…

In what respect did the lodging prepared by Thasus ultimately benefit persons other than Europa?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: lodging · What happens: do, prepare, benefit · To what, where: respect, lodging, persons

This is exam question 4 of lesson 2057 «Tanglewood Tales, The Dragon's Teeth, part 16: Cilix stays behind, Thasus stops, and Telephassa and Cadmus walk on alone» 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	_	3 respect	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 respect	det
3	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lodging	det
6	lodging	lodging	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 benefit	nsubj
7	prepared	prepare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 lodging	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 Thasus	case
9	Thasus	Thasus	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 prepared	obl
10	ultimately	ultimately	ADV	_	11 benefit	advmod
11	benefit	benefit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
12	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 benefit	obj
13	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 persons	amod
14	than	than	ADP	_	15 Europa	case
15	Europa	Europa	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 other	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	past				what respect		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	prepare	participle		the lodging not said here			by Thasus	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	benefit	present	the lodging		persons		ultimately property	vn benefit-72.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer person=Beneficiary

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

Poor travelers profited from the food and lodging provided

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 travelers	amod
2	travelers	traveler	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 profited	nsubj
3	profited	profit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 food	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 food	det
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 profited	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 lodging	cc
8	lodging	lodging	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 food	conj
9	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 food	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	profit	past	Poor travelers			the food and lodging			vn benefit-72.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Beneficiary from food=Causer
2	provide	participle		the food and lodging not said here					vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition

Option 2

The villagers paid well for the lodging offered

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 villagers	det
2	villagers	villager	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 paid	nsubj
3	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 paid	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 lodging	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lodging	det
7	lodging	lodging	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 paid	obl
8	offered	offer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 lodging	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	past	the villagers					for the lodging; well property	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for lodging=Theme
2	offer	participle		the lodging not said here					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Merchants paid him for the food and lodging

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Merchants	merchant	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 paid	nsubj
2	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 paid	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 food	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 food	det
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 paid	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 lodging	cc
8	lodging	lodging	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 food	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	past	Merchants	him = he				for the food and lodging	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Asset for food=Theme

Option 4

Thasus himself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thasus	Thasus	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	1 Thasus	nmod:unmarked

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

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