Exam question 3 · English Fairy Tales, The Children in the Wood: the uncle's…

What, according to the concluding stanza, is the principal duty of those who are appointed as executors and overseers?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: accord, conclude, be, appoint · To what, where: principal duty

This is exam question 3 of lesson 252 «English Fairy Tales, The Children in the Wood: the uncle's wicked plot and the lost babes» 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	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 stanza	punct
3	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 stanza	case
4	to	to	ADP	_	3 according	fixed
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stanza	det
6	concluding	conclude	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 stanza	amod
7	stanza	stanza	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 duty	punct
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 duty	cop
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 duty	det
11	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 duty	amod
12	duty	duty	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stanza	appos
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 those	case
14	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	12 duty	nmod
15	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 appointed	nsubj
16	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 appointed	aux:pass
17	appointed	appoint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 those	acl:relcl
18	as	as	ADP	_	19 executors	case
19	executors	executor	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 appointed	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 overseers	cc
21	overseers	overseer	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 executors	conj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	conclude	gerund			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	is a	present	the principal duty	of those	tree rules
4	appoint	present · passive		as executors and overseers	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme as executor=Attribute

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

To look after the farm and the cattle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 look	mark
2	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	after	after	ADP	_	5 farm	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 farm	det
5	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 look	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 cattle	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cattle	det
8	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 farm	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	to-infinitive					after the farm and the cattle		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

To deal rightly with the children in their charge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 deal	mark
2	deal	deal	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	rightly	rightly	ADV	_	2 deal	advmod
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 children	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 children	det
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 deal	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 charge	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 charge	nmod:poss
9	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 deal	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deal	to-infinitive				children's charge		with the children; rightly property	vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with child=Theme
2	charge		children = child						nom charge «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

To give the will to the court at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 give	mark
2	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 court	det
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 court	aux
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 court	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 court	det
7	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 give	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 once	case
9	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 give	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	to-infinitive		the court					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent court=Theme at once=Asset

Option 4

To keep the accounts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 keep	mark
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 accounts	det
4	accounts	account	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 keep	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive		the accounts					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent account=Theme

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