Exam question 3 · Pink Fairy Book, Rose-Leaf and Apple-Blossom, part 15: the…

Identify the feature of the old man's domestic circumstances that motivated his protracted journey.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, domestic circumstances, man · What happens: identify, motivate, protract, feature, journey · To what, where: feature, protracted journey, domestic circumstances

This is exam question 3 of lesson 675 «Pink Fairy Book, Rose-Leaf and Apple-Blossom, part 15: the prince finds his brothers, and the old man finds a baby girl» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 feature	det
3	feature	feature	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	10 circumstances	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 man	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 man	amod
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 circumstances	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 man	case
9	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 circumstances	amod
10	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 feature	nmod
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 motivated	nsubj
12	motivated	motivate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 circumstances	acl:relcl
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 journey	nmod:poss
14	protracted	protract	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 journey	amod
15	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 motivated	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the feature of the old man's domestic circumstances	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent feature=Theme
2	motivate	past	the old man's domestic circumstances	man's protracted journey	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent journey=Patient
3	protract	participle			vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent
4	feature			the old man's domestic circumstances	nom feature «cognition transitive»: of=patient
5	journey		man		nom journey «act transitive»: poss=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

The absence of any child to inherit the house, which caused him grievous distress and led him to seek help from the hermit in the mountains

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 absence	det
2	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 child	case
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 child	det
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 absence	nmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 inherit	mark
7	inherit	inherit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 absence	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 house	det
9	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 inherit	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 caused	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 caused	nsubj
12	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 house	acl:relcl
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 caused	obj
14	grievous	grievous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 distress	amod
15	distress	distress	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 caused	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 led	cc
17	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 caused	conj
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 led	obj
19	to	to	PART	_	20 seek	mark
20	seek	seek	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 led	xcomp
21	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 seek	obj
22	from	from	ADP	_	24 hermit	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 hermit	det
24	hermit	hermit	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 seek	obl
25	in	in	ADP	_	27 mountains	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 mountains	det
27	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 seek	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	inherit	to-infinitive		the house			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme
2	cause	past	the house	child			vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Causer he=Theme distress=Eventuality
3	lead	past	the house not said here	child			vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Patient clause=Result
4	seek	to-infinitive	child not said here	help	the hermit	in the mountains	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent help=Theme in mountain=Location
5	absent			any child			nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The lack of a son to care for the farm and land

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lack	det
2	lack	lack	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 son	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 son	det
5	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lack	nmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 care	mark
7	care	care	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 lack	acl
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 farm	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 farm	det
10	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 care	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 land	cc
12	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 farm	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	care	to-infinitive						for the farm and land	vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for farm=Theme
2	lack			a son					nom lack «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The absence of any child to inherit the house, which caused him grievous distress

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 absence	det
2	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 child	case
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 child	det
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 absence	nmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 inherit	mark
7	inherit	inherit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 absence	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 house	det
9	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 inherit	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 caused	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 caused	nsubj
12	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 house	acl:relcl
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 caused	obj
14	grievous	grievous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 distress	amod
15	distress	distress	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 caused	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	inherit	to-infinitive		the house	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme
2	cause	past	the house	child	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Causer he=Theme distress=Eventuality
3	absent			any child	nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The absence of any child to inherit the house, which caused him grievous distress for many years, as his wife also suffered deeply

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 absence	det
2	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 inherit	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 child	case
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 child	det
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 absence	nmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 inherit	mark
7	inherit	inherit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 house	det
9	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 inherit	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 caused	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 caused	nsubj
12	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 house	acl:relcl
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 caused	obj
14	grievous	grievous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 distress	amod
15	distress	distress	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 caused	obj
16	for	for	ADP	_	18 years	case
17	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 years	amod
18	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 caused	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 suffered	punct
20	as	as	SCONJ	_	24 suffered	mark
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 wife	nmod:poss
22	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 suffered	nsubj
23	also	also	ADV	_	24 suffered	advmod
24	suffered	suffer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 inherit	advcl
25	deeply	deeply	ADV	_	24 suffered	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	inherit	to-infinitive	the absence of any child	the house			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme
2	cause	past	the house	absence	year		vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Causer he=Theme distress=Eventuality
3	suffer	past	absence's wife			deeply property	vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	absent			any child			nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient

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