Exam question 4 · pg18442, Dick Whittington, part 18: Dick works in London,…

Which assertion accurately reflects the relationship between Dick and the household staff at Mr Fitzwarren's house?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: assertion · What happens: reflect · To what, where: relationship

This is exam question 4 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 assertion	det
2	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reflects	nsubj
3	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	4 reflects	advmod
4	reflects	reflect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 relationship	det
6	relationship	relationship	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reflects	obj
7	between	between	ADP	_	8 Dick	case
8	Dick	Dick	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 relationship	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 staff	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 staff	det
11	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 staff	compound
12	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 relationship	conj
13	at	at	ADP	_	17 house	case
14	Mr	Mr	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Fitzwarren	compound
15	Fitzwarren	Fitzwarren	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 house	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 Fitzwarren	case
17	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 staff	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 reflects	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reflect	present	which assertion	the relationship and the household staff at Mr Fitzwarren's house				between Dick; accurately property	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 · ← Mova's choice

The cook beat him and the servants mocked him, but Alice quietly paid for his bed and food

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cook	det
2	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 beat	nsubj
3	beat	beat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 beat	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 mocked	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 servants	det
7	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 mocked	nsubj
8	mocked	mock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 beat	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 mocked	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 paid	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 paid	cc
12	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 paid	nsubj
13	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	14 paid	advmod
14	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 beat	conj
15	for	for	ADP	_	17 bed	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 bed	nmod:poss
17	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 paid	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 food	cc
19	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 bed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	beat	past	the cook	him = he		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=Theme
2	mock	past	the servants	cook		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	pay	past	Alice		for Alice's bed and food; quietly property	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for bed=Theme

Option 2

The cook threatened him daily until Mr Fitzwarren dismissed her and Alice took over the kitchen

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cook	det
2	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 threatened	nsubj
3	threatened	threaten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 threatened	obj
5	daily	daily	ADV	_	3 threatened	advmod
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 dismissed	mark
7	Mr	Mr	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 dismissed	nsubj
8	Fitzwarren	Fitzwarren	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Mr	flat
9	dismissed	dismiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 threatened	advcl
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 dismissed	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 took	cc
12	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 took	nsubj
13	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 dismissed	conj
14	over	over	ADP	_	16 kitchen	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 kitchen	det
16	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 took	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	threaten	past	the cook	him = he		daily property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer
2	dismiss	past	Mr	cook			vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
3	take	past	Alice		the kitchen		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The cook treated him harshly until Alice intervened on his behalf

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cook	det
2	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 treated	nsubj
3	treated	treat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 treated	obj
5	harshly	harshly	ADV	_	3 treated	advmod
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 intervened	mark
7	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 intervened	nsubj
8	intervened	intervene	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 treated	advcl
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 behalf	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 behalf	nmod:poss
11	behalf	behalf	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 intervened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	treat	past	the cook		him = he			harshly property	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	intervene	past	Alice			Alice's behalf			tree rules

Option 4

Alice ignored him and the cook served him dinner each day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 ignored	nsubj
2	ignored	ignore	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 ignored	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 served	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cook	det
6	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 served	nsubj
7	served	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 ignored	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 served	obj
9	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 served	obj
10	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	11 day	det
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 served	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	past	Alice	him = he					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	serve	past	the cook	Alice			day		tree rules

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