Exam question 3 · English Fairy Tales, Gobborn Seer: Jack's clever wife send…

Which option accurately states the means by which the wife secured the king's son within the chest?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: option, the, wife · What happens: state, mean, secure · To what, where: son · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 244 «English Fairy Tales, Gobborn Seer: Jack's clever wife sends him back to tell a tale, and the king's son is trapped in a chest» 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 option	det
2	option	option	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 states	nsubj
3	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	4 states	advmod
4	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 means	nsubj
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 states	ccomp
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 which	case
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 secured	obl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wife	det
10	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 secured	nsubj
11	secured	secure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 means	ccomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 king	det
13	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 son	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 king	case
15	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 secured	obj
16	within	within	ADP	_	18 chest	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 chest	det
18	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 secured	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	present	which option		accurately property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	mean	present	the			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	secure	past	the wife	the king's son	within the chest	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition son=Theme

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

She locked him in with a silver key

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 locked	nsubj
2	locked	lock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 locked	obj
4	in	in	ADV	_	2 locked	advmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 key	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 key	det
7	silver	silver	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 key	amod
8	key	key	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 locked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lock	past	She	him = he				with a silver key	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with key=Instrument

Option 2

She struck him upon the head with a tool

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 struck	nsubj
2	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 struck	obj
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 head	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 head	det
6	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 struck	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 tool	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 tool	det
9	tool	tool	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 struck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past	She	him = he				upon the head; with a tool	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with tool=Instrument

Option 3

She persuaded him to enter of his own accord

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 persuaded	nsubj
2	persuaded	persuade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 persuaded	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 enter	mark
5	enter	enter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 persuaded	xcomp
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 accord	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 accord	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 accord	amod
9	accord	accord	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 enter	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	persuade	past	She	him = he					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Patient clause=Result
2	enter	to-infinitive	him = he not said here					of his own accord	vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme of accord=Initial_Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She seized him by the two heels and confined him

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 seized	nsubj
2	seized	seize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 seized	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 heels	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 heels	det
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 heels	nummod
7	heels	heel	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 seized	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 confined	cc
9	confined	confine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 seized	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 confined	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seize	past	She	him = he				by the two heels	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	confine	past	She not said here	him = he					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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