Exam question 2 · More English Fairy Tales, The Pied Piper: a piper charms t…

With reference to the text, state the reason given for the Mayor's refusal to pay the stated sum in full.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mayor · What happens: give, pay, state, refuse · To what, where: reason, stated sum, full

This is exam question 2 of lesson 235 «More English Fairy Tales, The Pied Piper: a piper charms the rats, then leads the children away for good» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 text	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 text	det
5	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 state	punct
7	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 reason	det
9	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 state	obj
10	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 reason	acl
11	for	for	ADP	_	15 refusal	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Mayor	det
13	Mayor	Mayor	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 refusal	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 Mayor	case
15	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 given	obl
16	to	to	PART	_	17 pay	mark
17	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 given	advcl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 sum	det
19	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 sum	amod
20	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 pay	obj
21	in	in	ADP	_	22 full	case
22	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 sum	nmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 reference	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	give	participle		the reason not said here		for the Mayor's refusal	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for refusal=Asset
2	pay	to-infinitive		the stated sum	full		vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sum=Asset
3	state speech: other	participle					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	refuse		the Mayor				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

The money had gone to the church roof

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 money	det
2	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gone	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 gone	aux
4	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 roof	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 roof	det
7	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 roof	compound
8	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gone	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past · perfect	the money			the church roof			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to roof=Initial_Location

Option 2

The town money chest had been sadly emptied of late by the costs of the feast

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 chest	det
2	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 money	compound
3	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chest	compound
4	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 emptied	nsubj:pass
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 emptied	aux
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 emptied	aux:pass
7	sadly	sadly	ADV	_	8 emptied	advmod
8	emptied	empty	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 late	case
10	late	late	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 emptied	obl
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 costs	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 costs	det
13	costs	cost	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 emptied	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 feast	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 feast	det
16	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 costs	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	empty	past · perfect · passive	the costs of the feast	the money chest				sadly property	vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent subject=Theme of late=Source
2	cost			the feast					nom cost «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The town coffers were quite empty lately

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 town	det
2	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 empty	nsubj
3	coffers	coffer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 town	acl:relcl
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 empty	cop
5	quite	quite	ADV	_	6 empty	advmod
6	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	lately	lately	ADV	_	6 empty	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	coffer	present	the town not said here						tree rules
2	is	past	the town					empty, lately property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The town money chest had been sadly emptied of late

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 chest	det
2	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 money	compound
3	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chest	compound
4	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 emptied	nsubj:pass
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 emptied	aux
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 emptied	aux:pass
7	sadly	sadly	ADV	_	8 emptied	advmod
8	emptied	empty	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 late	case
10	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 emptied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	empty	past · perfect · passive		the money chest				of late; sadly property	vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme of late=Source

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