Exam question 2 · English Fairy Tales, The Three Wishes: a woodman spares a…

Which of the following best describes the woodman's first wish at his home?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, be · To what, where: home

This is exam question 2 of lesson 250 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Wishes: a woodman spares a tree, gets three wishes, and wastes one on black pudding» 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	11 wish	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	11 wish	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wish	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 wish	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	11 wish	amod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 wish	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 woodman	det
8	woodman	woodman	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wish	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 woodman	case
10	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 wish	amod
11	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 home	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 home	nmod:poss
14	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wish	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 wish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present				his home		of the woodman's best first wish	tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

He wished for a link of black pudding to eat

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 wished	nsubj
2	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 link	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 link	det
5	link	link	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wished	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 pudding	case
7	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 pudding	amod
8	pudding	pudding	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 link	nmod
9	to	to	PART	_	10 eat	mark
10	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wished	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	past	He					for a link of black pudding	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for link=Theme
2	eat	to-infinitive	He not said here						vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He wished for a big bowl of hot soup for dinner

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 wished	nsubj
2	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	6 bowl	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bowl	det
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bowl	amod
6	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wished	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 soup	case
8	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 soup	amod
9	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bowl	nmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 dinner	case
11	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	past	He					for a big bowl of hot soup; for dinner	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for bowl=Theme

Option 3

He asked for a pot of stew to share with his wife

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 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 pot	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pot	det
5	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 stew	case
7	stew	stew	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pot	nmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 share	mark
9	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 asked	ccomp
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 wife	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 wife	nmod:poss
12	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 share	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	He					for a pot of stew	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	share not said to happen	to-infinitive						with his wife	tree rules

Option 4

Some bread

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 bread	det
2	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

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