Exam question 1 · Tales for Young Folks, The Barmecide Feast, part 15: poor…

With reference to the text, which deception did the Barmecide practise upon Schacabac?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do · To what, where: Barmecide practise

This is exam question 1 of lesson 355 «Tales for Young Folks, The Barmecide Feast, part 15: poor Schacabac is treated to a pretend feast by a rich old man» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 did	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 text	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 text	det
5	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 deception	punct
7	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	8 deception	det
8	deception	deception	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 text	appos
9	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 practise	det
11	Barmecide	barmecide	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 practise	compound
12	practise	practise	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 did	obj
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 Schacabac	case
14	Schacabac	Schacabac	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 practise	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the Barmecide practise				with reference to the text; upon Schacabac	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent practise=Eventuality

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

He offered a feast whose dishes were all empty

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 offered	nsubj
2	offered	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 feast	det
4	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 offered	obj
5	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	6 dishes	nmod:poss
6	dishes	dish	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 empty	nsubj
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 empty	cop
8	all	all	ADV	_	9 empty	advmod
9	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 feast	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	past	He	a feast					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent feast=Theme
2	is	past	dishes					all, empty property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He simulated a washing and a meal with no real provision

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 simulated	nsubj
2	simulated	simulate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 washing	det
4	washing	washing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 simulated	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 meal	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 meal	det
7	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 washing	conj
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 provision	case
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 provision	det
10	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 provision	amod
11	provision	provision	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 simulated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	simulate	past	He	a washing and a meal				with no real provision	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent washing=Patient with provision=Instrument

Option 3

He staged a meal and a wash that lacked any food

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 staged	nsubj
2	staged	stage	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 meal	det
4	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 staged	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 wash	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 wash	det
7	wash	wash	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 meal	conj
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 lacked	nsubj
9	lacked	lack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 wash	acl:relcl
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	11 food	det
11	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lacked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stage	past	He	a meal and a wash					vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meal=Theme
2	lack	past	a wash	any food					tree rules

Option 4

He arranged a lavish banquet, pretended a washing, and then sent the boy away with the basin

The tree, 17 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 arranged	nsubj
2	arranged	arrange	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 banquet	det
4	lavish	lavish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 banquet	amod
5	banquet	banquet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arranged	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 pretended	punct
7	pretended	pretend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 arranged	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 washing	det
9	washing	washing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pretended	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 sent	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 sent	cc
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 sent	advmod
13	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 arranged	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 boy	det
15	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sent	obj
16	away	away	ADV	_	13 sent	advmod
17	with	with	ADP	_	19 basin	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 basin	det
19	basin	basin	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	arrange	past	He	a lavish banquet			vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent banquet=Product
2	pretend	past	He not said here	a washing			tree rules
3	send away	past	He not said here	the boy	then	with the basin; away property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme

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