Exam question 2 · pg18442, Dick Whittington, part 18: Dick works in London,…

To what extent did the cat contribute to Dick's subsequent prosperity, according to the text?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cat · What happens: contribute, accord

This is exam question 2 of lesson 358 «pg18442, Dick Whittington, part 18: Dick works in London, buys a cat, sends it to sea, and turns back home» 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	To	to	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 contribute	obl
3	extent	extent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 what	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 contribute	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cat	det
6	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 contribute	nsubj
7	contribute	contribute	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	to	to	ADP	_	12 prosperity	case
9	Dick	Dick	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 prosperity	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Dick	case
11	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 prosperity	amod
12	prosperity	prosperity	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 contribute	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 text	punct
14	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 text	case
15	to	to	ADP	_	14 according	fixed
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 text	det
17	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 contribute	conj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 contribute	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contribute	past · do-support	the cat					to Dick's subsequent prosperity	vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to what=Recipient
2	accord	gerund							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

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

It drove the rats away and he kept his garret clean and dry

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	2 drove	nsubj
2	drove	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rats	det
4	rats	rat	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 drove	obj
5	away	away	ADV	_	2 drove	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 kept	cc
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 kept	nsubj
8	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 drove	conj
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 garret	nmod:poss
10	garret	garret	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 kept	obj
11	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 kept	xcomp
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 dry	cc
13	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 clean	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drive away	past	It	the rats				away property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme rat=Trajectory
2	keep	past	he	his garret				clean property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garret=Theme

Option 2

It made him rich at once

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	2 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 made	obj
4	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 made	xcomp
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 once	case
6	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	It	him = he				rich property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material he=Product

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It was sent abroad, and the profits came back to him later in full

The tree, 14 words

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	3 sent	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	aux:pass
3	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	abroad	abroad	ADV	_	3 sent	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 came	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 came	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 profits	det
8	profits	profit	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 came	nsubj
9	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	conj
10	back	back	ADV	_	9 came	advmod
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 him	case
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 came	obl
13	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 sent	advmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 full	case
15	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past · passive		It		full		abroad, late property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in full=Destination
2	come back	past	the profits		him = he				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial_Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It was sent overseas as a venture, the outcome of which was not yet known

The tree, 15 words

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	3 sent	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	aux:pass
3	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	overseas	overseas	ADV	_	3 sent	advmod
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 venture	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 venture	det
7	venture	venture	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 outcome	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 outcome	det
10	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 venture	appos
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 which	case
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 known	obl
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 known	aux:pass
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 known	advmod
15	yet	yet	ADV	_	16 known	advmod
16	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 outcome	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past · passive		It				as a venture; overseas property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	not know	past · passive					yet	of the outcome	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: of which=Stimulus

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