Exam question 2 · A Wonder-Book, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 36: Jason…

State the reason given by the old woman for her assertion that the loss of the sandal was fortunate for the young man.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: loss, woman · What happens: give, be, assert · To what, where: State reason, assertion

This is exam question 2 of lesson 2077 «A Wonder-Book, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 36: Jason carries an old woman across a river and loses a sandal» 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	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reason	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reason	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 woman	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 woman	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 woman	amod
8	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	obl:agent
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 assertion	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 assertion	nmod:poss
11	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	obl
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	19 fortunate	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 loss	det
14	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 fortunate	nsubj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 sandal	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 sandal	det
17	sandal	sandal	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 loss	nmod
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 fortunate	cop
19	fortunate	fortunate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 assertion	acl
20	for	for	ADP	_	23 man	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 man	det
22	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 man	amod
23	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 fortunate	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	participle		the State reason not said here	for woman's assertion	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for assertion=Asset
2	is	past	the loss of the sandal	woman's assertion not said here	for the young man; fortunate property	tree rules
3	assert		woman			nom assertion «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

It confirmed he was the man the Oak had warned about

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 confirmed	nsubj
2	confirmed	confirm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 man	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 man	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 man	det
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 confirmed	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Oak	det
8	Oak	Oak	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 warned	nsubj:pass
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 warned	aux
10	warned	warn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 confirmed	conj
11	about	about	ADV	_	10 warned	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	confirm	past	It			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
2	is a	past	he	the man		tree rules
3	warn speech: warn	past · perfect · passive		the Oak	about property	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Option 2

It showed that the gods had cursed him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 showed	nsubj
2	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 cursed	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 gods	det
5	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cursed	nsubj:pass
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 cursed	aux
7	cursed	curse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 showed	ccomp
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 cursed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	past	It						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	curse	past · perfect · passive		the gods					tree rules

Option 3

It confirmed that he was the one the priests had described to her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 confirmed	nsubj
2	confirmed	confirm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 one	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 one	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 one	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 one	det
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 confirmed	obl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 priests	det
9	priests	priest	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 described	nsubj:pass
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 described	aux
11	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 one	acl:relcl
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 her	case
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 described	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	confirm	past	It			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
2	is a	past	he	the one		tree rules
3	describe	past · perfect · passive		the priests	her = she	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: subject=Theme to she=be'

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It confirmed that he was the person foretold by the Speaking Oak

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 confirmed	nsubj
2	confirmed	confirm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 person	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 person	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 person	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 person	det
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 confirmed	ccomp
8	foretold	foretell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 person	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	12 Oak	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Oak	det
11	Speaking	Speaking	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Oak	compound
12	Oak	Oak	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 foretold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	confirm	past	It			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
2	is a	past	he	the person		tree rules
3	foretell	participle		the person not said here	by the Speaking Oak	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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