Exam question 4 · Book of Tales, The Inchcape Rock: Ralph the Rover cuts the…

What did Ralph the Rover conclude about his own misfortune at the end of the account?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Rover · What happens: conclude · To what, where: end

This is exam question 4 of lesson 357 «Book of Tales, The Inchcape Rock: Ralph the Rover cuts the abbot's buoy bell and his own ship is wrecked on the rock» 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	6 conclude	obl
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 Ralph	aux
3	Ralph	Ralph	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Rover	det
5	Rover	Rover	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 conclude	nsubj
6	conclude	conclude	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	about	about	ADP	_	10 misfortune	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 misfortune	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 misfortune	amod
10	misfortune	misfortune	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 conclude	obl
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 end	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 end	det
13	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 conclude	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 account	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 account	det
16	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 end	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 conclude	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conclude	present	the Rover				at the end of the account	about Rover's own misfortune	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=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

He felt no regret at all.

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 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 regret	det
4	regret	regret	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 felt	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 felt	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 felt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	He	no regret		all			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent regret=Theme at all=Location

Option 2

He insisted the wreck was merely bad luck from the weather.

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 insisted	nsubj
2	insisted	insist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wreck	det
4	wreck	wreck	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 luck	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 luck	cop
6	merely	merely	ADV	_	7 bad	advmod
7	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 luck	amod
8	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 insisted	ccomp
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 weather	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 weather	det
11	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 insisted	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 insisted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	insist speech: other	past	He			the weather			vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the wreck	bad luck					tree rules

Option 3

He swore the abbot had cursed his ship with the wreck.

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 swore	nsubj
2	swore	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 abbot	det
4	abbot	abbot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cursed	nsubj:pass
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 cursed	aux
6	cursed	curse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 swore	ccomp
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 ship	nmod:poss
8	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cursed	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 wreck	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wreck	det
11	wreck	wreck	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cursed	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 swore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swear	past	He						vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	curse	past · perfect · passive		the abbot				with the wreck	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He acknowledged it was the consequence of his joke upon the abbot.

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 acknowledged	nsubj
2	acknowledged	acknowledge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 consequence	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 consequence	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 consequence	det
6	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 acknowledged	ccomp
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 joke	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 joke	nmod:poss
9	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consequence	nmod
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 abbot	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 abbot	det
12	abbot	abbot	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 joke	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 acknowledged	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	acknowledge	past	He			vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	it	the consequence	of his joke upon the abbot	tree rules
3	joke		his = he		upon the abbot	nom joke «communication intransitive»: poss=agent upon=obl

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