Exam question 1 · Tales of Courage, Arnold Winkelried, part 1: Swiss fighter…

According to the passage, what was the father's response when his son confessed to felling the cherry tree?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: passage, son · What happens: accord, be, confess, fell · To what, where: response, cherry tree

This is exam question 1 of lesson 348 «Tales of Courage, Arnold Winkelried, part 1: Swiss fighters face the spears, and Winkelried gives his life» 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	According	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 passage	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 According	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 passage	det
4	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 response	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 response	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 response	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 father	det
9	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 response	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 father	case
11	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 passage	conj
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	15 confessed	advmod
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 son	nmod:poss
14	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 confessed	nsubj
15	confessed	confess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 response	advcl
16	to	to	SCONJ	_	17 felling	mark
17	felling	fell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 confessed	advcl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 tree	det
19	cherry	cherry	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 tree	compound
20	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 felling	obj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 passage	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	accord	gerund			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the passage and the father's response	the father's response	tree rules
3	confess	past	his son		vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
4	fell	gerund	his son not said here	the cherry tree	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

He shouted at the boy for lying

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 shouted	nsubj
2	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 boy	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boy	det
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shouted	obl
6	for	for	SCONJ	_	7 lying	mark
7	lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 boy	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	He					at the boy	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	lie	gerund	the boy not said here						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He punished the boy severely at first but forgave him in the end because of his honesty and courage

The tree, 19 words

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 punished	nsubj
2	punished	punish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 boy	det
4	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 punished	obj
5	severely	severely	ADV	_	2 punished	advmod
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 first	case
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 punished	obl
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 forgave	cc
9	forgave	forgive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 punished	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 forgave	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 end	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 end	det
13	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 forgave	obl
14	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	17 honesty	case
15	of	of	ADP	_	14 because	fixed
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 honesty	nmod:poss
17	honesty	honesty	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 forgave	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 courage	cc
19	courage	courage	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 honesty	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	punish	past	He	the boy				severely property	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Patient
2	forgive	past	He not said here	boy			in the end	because boy's honesty and courage	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He forgave the boy because of his honesty

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 forgave	nsubj
2	forgave	forgive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 boy	det
4	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forgave	obj
5	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	8 honesty	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	5 because	fixed
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 honesty	nmod:poss
8	honesty	honesty	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forgave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forgive	past	He	the boy				because boy's honesty	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme

Option 4

He forgave the boy because he was honest about the tree

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 forgave	nsubj
2	forgave	forgive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 boy	det
4	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forgave	obj
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 honest	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 honest	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 honest	cop
8	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 forgave	advcl
9	about	about	ADP	_	11 tree	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tree	det
11	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 honest	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forgive	past	He	the boy					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme
2	is	past	boy					about the tree; honest property	tree rules

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