Exam question 1 · Fifty Famous Stories Retold, King Alfred and the Beggar, p…

Which of the following statements concerning the provisions available to the royal household on the island is correct?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: concerning · What happens: follow, concern, be · To what, where: provisions · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 341 «Fifty Famous Stories Retold, King Alfred and the Beggar, part 1: Alfred shares his last bread and wine, then sees a vision» 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	5 statements	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 correct	csubj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 provisions	det
8	provisions	provision	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 concerning	obj
9	available	available	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 provisions	amod
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 household	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 household	det
12	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 household	amod
13	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 available	obl
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 island	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 island	det
16	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 household	nmod
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 correct	cop
18	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 statements	parataxis
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 statements	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	concern	gerund		the provisions		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus provision=Experiencer
3	be speech: disagree	present	concerning		correct property	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 household had one loaf of bread.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 household	det
2	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 loaf	nummod
5	loaf	loaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 bread	case
7	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 loaf	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the household	one loaf of bread					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loaf=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The household possessed one loaf of bread and a small quantity of wine.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 household	det
2	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 possessed	nsubj
3	possessed	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 loaf	nummod
5	loaf	loaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 possessed	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 bread	case
7	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 loaf	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 quantity	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 quantity	det
10	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 quantity	amod
11	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 loaf	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 wine	case
13	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 quantity	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 possessed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	past	the household	one loaf of bread and a small quantity of wine					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot loaf=Theme

Option 3

The household had only some bread.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 household	det
2	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 bread	advmod
5	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	6 bread	det
6	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the household	some bread					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Patient

Option 4

The household kept a few cakes and a jug of ale in storage.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 household	det
2	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kept	nsubj
3	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cakes	det
5	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cakes	amod
6	cakes	cake	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 kept	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 jug	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 jug	det
9	jug	jug	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cakes	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 ale	case
11	ale	ale	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 jug	nmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 storage	case
13	storage	storage	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ale	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	the household	a few cakes and a jug of ale in storage					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Theme

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