Exam question 3 · Tales for Young Folks, The Barmecide Feast, part 15: poor…

Which justification does the narrative give for the contents of the paper box?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: justification, narrative · What happens: do, give

This is exam question 3 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 justification	det
2	justification	justification	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	nsubj
3	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 narrative	det
5	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	nsubj
6	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 does	ccomp
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 contents	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 contents	det
9	contents	contents	NOUN	Number=Ptan	6 give	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 box	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 box	det
12	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 box	compound
13	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 contents	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	which justification						tree rules
2	give	present	the narrative					for the contents of the paper box	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for contents=Asset

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

It was all his money

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 money	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 money	cop
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 money	det:predet
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 money	nmod:poss
5	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	his money					tree rules

Option 2

It was every penny he had to his name then

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 penny	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 penny	cop
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 penny	det
4	penny	penny	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 had	nsubj
6	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 penny	acl:relcl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 name	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 name	nmod:poss
9	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 had	obl
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 had	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	every penny			tree rules
2	have	past	he	every penny not said here	then	to his name	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent penny=Patient
3	name		his = he				nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

It was all the cash he had on him that day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 cash	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 cash	cop
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 cash	det:predet
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cash	det
5	cash	cash	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 had	nsubj
7	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 cash	acl:relcl
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 had	obl
10	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 day	det
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	all cash					tree rules
2	have	past	he	all cash not said here			day	on him = he	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cash=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It was the whole of Goldsmith's ready money

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 whole	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 whole	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 whole	det
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 money	case
6	Goldsmith	Goldsmith	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 money	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Goldsmith	case
8	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 money	amod
9	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 whole	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	It					of Goldsmith's ready money; whole property	tree rules

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