Exam question 1 · English Fairy Tales, Jan and His Wife: Mally ruins Jan's c…

Which outcome did Mally's handling of the bag of groats produce?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: outcome, Mally · What happens: do, handle · To what, where: handling, bag

This is exam question 1 of lesson 236 «English Fairy Tales, Jan and His Wife: Mally ruins Jan's chores, loses the groats to a robber, and the couple wins them back» 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 outcome	det
2	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Mally	Mally	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 handling	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Mally	case
6	handling	handling	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 bag	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bag	det
9	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 handling	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 produce	case
11	groats	groat	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 produce	compound
12	produce	produce	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bag	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	which outcome	Mally's handling of the bag of groats produce					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handling=Eventuality
2	handle		Mally	the bag of groats produce					nom handling «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

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

She lent it to a gentleman in a fine coat who promised to return it next week with interest and more

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lent	nsubj
2	lent	lend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lent	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 gentleman	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 gentleman	det
6	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lent	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 coat	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 coat	det
9	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 coat	amod
10	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lent	obl
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 promised	nsubj
12	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 coat	acl:relcl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 return	mark
14	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 promised	xcomp
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 return	obj
16	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 week	amod
17	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 return	obl:unmarked
18	with	with	ADP	_	19 interest	case
19	interest	interest	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 return	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 more	cc
21	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 lent	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lend	past	She	it	a gentleman	a fine coat			vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to gentleman=Recipient
2	promise speech: promise	past	a fine coat						vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	return not said to happen	to-infinitive	a fine coat not said here	coat			week	with interest	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She surrendered it to a robber posing as a gentleman

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 surrendered	nsubj
2	surrendered	surrender	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 surrendered	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 robber	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 robber	det
6	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 surrendered	obl
7	posing	pose	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 robber	acl
8	as	as	ADP	_	10 gentleman	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 gentleman	det
10	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 posing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	surrender	past	She	it	a robber				vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to robber=Recipient
2	pose	gerund	a robber not said here					as a gentleman	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as gentleman=Attribute

Option 3

She handed it to a man who pretended to be a rich gentleman and then ran off

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 handed	nsubj
2	handed	hand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 handed	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 man	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 man	det
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 handed	obl
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 pretended	nsubj
8	pretended	pretend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 man	acl:relcl
9	to	to	PART	_	13 gentleman	mark
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 gentleman	cop
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 gentleman	det
12	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 gentleman	amod
13	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pretended	ccomp
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 ran	cc
15	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 ran	advmod
16	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 handed	conj
17	off	off	ADP	_	16 ran	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	hand	past	She	it	a man		vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to man=Destination
2	pretend	past	a man				tree rules
3	is a	to-infinitive	a man not said here	a rich gentleman			tree rules
4	run off	past	She not said here			then	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

She lost it to a thief who acted like a rich man

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lost	nsubj
2	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lost	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 thief	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 thief	det
6	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lost	obl
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 acted	nsubj
8	acted	act	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 thief	acl:relcl
9	like	like	ADP	_	12 man	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 man	det
11	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 man	amod
12	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 acted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past	She	it				to a thief	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
2	act	past	a thief					like a rich man	vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent like man=Attribute

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