Exam question 2 · English Fairy Tales, The Coat o' Clay: a fool hunts for a…

Which of the following accurately identifies the object the fool gives the lass as a pledge?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fool · What happens: follow, identify, give · To what, where: object, lass

This is exam question 2 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	6 identifies	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 identifies	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 identifies	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 identifies	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 identifies	advmod
6	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 object	det
8	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fool	det
10	fool	fool	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gives	nsubj
11	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 identifies	parataxis
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 lass	det
13	lass	lass	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gives	obj
14	as	as	ADP	_	16 pledge	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 pledge	det
16	pledge	pledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gives	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present		the object	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme
3	give	present	the fool	the lass	as a pledge	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lass=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 · ✓ the right answer

His lucky penny

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 penny	nmod:poss
2	lucky	lucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 penny	amod
3	penny	penny	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

His old silver ring

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 ring	nmod:poss
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ring	amod
3	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ring	compound
4	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

His lucky penny from his grandmother's purse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 penny	nmod:poss
2	lucky	lucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 penny	amod
3	penny	penny	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	8 purse	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 grandmother	nmod:poss
6	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 purse	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 grandmother	case
8	purse	purse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 penny	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

The coat o' clay he had kept hidden in his pocket

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 coat	det
2	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 kept	nsubj:pass
3	o	of	ADP	Abbr=Yes	5 clay	case
4	'	'	PUNCT	_	5 clay	punct
5	clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 coat	nmod
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 kept	nsubj:pass
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 kept	aux
8	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 kept	xcomp
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 pocket	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 pocket	nmod:poss
12	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past · perfect · passive		the coat of clay					tree rules
2	hide	participle	the coat of clay not said here			his pocket			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in pocket=Location

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