Exam question 2 · Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, Johnny Gloke: a lazy tailor…
What was the nature of the reward proffered by the monarch for the removal of the giants?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nature · What happens: be, proffer, remove · To what, where: reward, giants
This is exam question 2 of lesson 246 «Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, Johnny Gloke: a lazy tailor kills giants, wins a princess and becomes king» 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 nature | det |
| 4 | nature | nature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 reward | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 reward | det |
| 7 | reward | reward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 nature | nmod |
| 8 | proffered | proffer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 reward | acl |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 monarch | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 monarch | det |
| 11 | monarch | monarch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 proffered | obl |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 removal | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 removal | det |
| 14 | removal | removal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 proffered | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 giants | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 giants | det |
| 17 | giants | giant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 removal | nmod |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the nature of the reward | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | proffer | participle | the reward not said here | by the monarch; for the removal of the giants goal | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for removal=Goal | ||||
| 3 | remove | the giants | nom removal «act transitive»: 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
A substantial fortune plus a title and his daughter's hand in marriage
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 fortune | det |
| 2 | substantial | substantial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fortune | amod |
| 3 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | plus | plus | CCONJ | _ | 6 title | cc |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 title | det |
| 6 | title | title | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fortune | conj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 hand | cc |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 9 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 hand | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 daughter | case |
| 11 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fortune | conj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 marriage | case |
| 13 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 hand | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
A considerable sum with his daughter's hand
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 sum | det |
| 2 | considerable | considerable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 sum | amod |
| 3 | sum | sum | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 hand | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 6 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hand | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 daughter | case |
| 8 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sum | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A large sum of gold and a noble title
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 sum | det |
| 2 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 sum | amod |
| 3 | sum | sum | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 gold | case |
| 5 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sum | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 title | cc |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 title | det |
| 8 | noble | noble | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 title | amod |
| 9 | title | title | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sum | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sum | gold | nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4
An enormous treasure, a castle, and the princess's hand in wedlock
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 treasure | det |
| 2 | enormous | enormous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 treasure | amod |
| 3 | treasure | treasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 castle | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 castle | det |
| 6 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 treasure | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 hand | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 hand | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 princess | det |
| 10 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 hand | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 princess | case |
| 12 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 treasure | conj |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 wedlock | case |
| 14 | wedlock | wedlock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 hand | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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