Exam question 2 · Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Little Boy, part 25: the…

Which of the following is the closest equivalent in standard English to the word "hatter" as employed by the old man?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, be, employ · To what, where: equivalent standard English, hatter

This is exam question 2 of lesson 589 «Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Little Boy, part 25: the old man refuses more tales, then offers a ride and a string of sayings and songs» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 closest	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	7 closest	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 closest	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 closest	case
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 closest	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 closest	det
7	closest	close	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
8	equivalent	equivalent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 English	amod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 English	case
10	standard	standard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 English	amod
11	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 closest	obl
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 word	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 word	det
14	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 closest	obl
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 hatter	punct
16	hatter	hatter	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 word	appos
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 hatter	punct
18	as	as	SCONJ	_	19 employed	mark
19	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 hatter	acl
20	by	by	ADP	_	23 man	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 man	det
22	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 man	amod
23	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 employed	obl
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 closest	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present		equivalent standard English	to the word; close property	tree rules
3	employ	participle	hatter not said here		by the old man	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: 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 · ← Mova's choice

Find himself compelled to do

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	1 Find	obj
3	compelled	compel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Find	xcomp
4	to	to	PART	_	5 do	mark
5	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 compelled	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	find	imperative	you not said here	himself = he	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent himself=Attribute clause=Theme
2	compel	participle	himself = he not said here		vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Result
3	do	to-infinitive	himself = he not said here		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Hate to

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hate	hate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	1 Hate	xcomp

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Have to

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Have	have	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	1 Have	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	imperative	you not said here						vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Be obliged to do so

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	2 obliged	aux:pass
2	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 do	mark
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 obliged	xcomp
5	so	so	ADV	_	4 do	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oblige	infinitive · passive							vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: clause=Result
2	do	to-infinitive							vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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