Exam question 1 · English Fairy Tales, The Coat o' Clay: a fool hunts for a…

Which of the following most accurately states the fool's reason for seeking the coat o' clay?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: reason · What happens: follow, state, seek · To what, where: reason, coat · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 247 «English Fairy Tales, The Coat o' Clay: a fool hunts for a coat o' clay, gets muddy and drunk, and learns he is still a fool» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 states	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 states	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 states	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 states	csubj
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 states	advmod
7	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fool	det
9	fool	fool	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 reason	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 fool	case
11	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 states	obj
12	for	for	SCONJ	_	13 seeking	mark
13	seeking	seek	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 reason	acl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 coat	det
15	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 seeking	obj
16	o	of	ADP	Abbr=Yes	18 clay	case
17	'	'	PUNCT	_	18 clay	punct
18	clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 seeking	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present		the fool's reason	accurately property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
3	seek	gerund	the fool's reason not said here	the coat	of clay	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coat=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 · ← Mova's choice

He hopes to become a wise man at home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hopes	nsubj
2	hopes	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 become	mark
4	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 hopes	xcomp
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 man	det
6	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 man	amod
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 become	xcomp
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 home	case
9	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 man	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hope	present	He						vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	become not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	a wise man at home					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He believes it will render him wiser than the wise woman

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 believes	nsubj
2	believes	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 render	nsubj
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 render	aux
5	render	render	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 believes	ccomp
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 render	obj
7	wiser	wise	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 render	advmod
8	than	than	ADP	_	11 woman	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 woman	det
10	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 woman	amod
11	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wiser	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	present	He						vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	render	future	it	him = he					vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3

He thinks it will make him rich and merry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thinks	nsubj
2	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 make	nsubj
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 make	aux
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 thinks	ccomp
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 make	obj
7	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 make	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 merry	cc
9	merry	merry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 rich	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	He						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	make	future	it	him = he				rich property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material he=Product

Option 4

He wants to drink

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 drink	mark
4	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wants	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	He						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	drink not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here						vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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