Exam question 4 · Europe's Fairy Book, Tiidu the Piper, part 17: a wise maid…

What was the outcome of Tiidu's departure from his parental home?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: outcome, Tiidu · What happens: be, depart · To what, where: parental home

This is exam question 4 of lesson 677 «Europe's Fairy Book, Tiidu the Piper, part 17: a wise maiden is carried off, and lazy Tiidu finds his pipes» 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	root	root
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 outcome	det
4	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 departure	case
6	Tiidu	Tiidu	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 departure	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Tiidu	case
8	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 outcome	nmod
9	from	from	ADP	_	12 home	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 home	nmod:poss
11	parental	parental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 home	amod
12	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 departure	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the outcome of Tiidu's departure from Tiidu's parental home						tree rules
2	depart		Tiidu			Tiidu's parental home			nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=agent from=place

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

he wandered the land for years, earning little and never returning home

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 wandered	nsubj
2	wandered	wander	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 land	det
4	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wandered	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 years	case
6	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wandered	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 earning	punct
8	earning	earn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 wandered	advcl
9	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 earning	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 returning	cc
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 returning	advmod
12	returning	return	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 earning	conj
13	home	home	ADV	_	12 returning	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	wander	past	he	the land	year		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme land=Trajectory
2	earn	gerund	he not said here	little			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent little=Theme
3	not return	gerund	he not said here			home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

he prospered through his music

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 prospered	nsubj
2	prospered	prosper	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	5 music	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 music	nmod:poss
5	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prospered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prosper	past	he			his music			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through music=Location

Option 3

he became a famous court musician and gained the respect of his family

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 became	nsubj
2	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 musician	det
4	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 musician	amod
5	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 musician	compound
6	musician	musician	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 became	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 gained	cc
8	gained	gain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 became	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 respect	det
10	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gained	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 family	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 family	nmod:poss
13	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 respect	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	become	past	he	a famous court musician	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	gain	past	he not said here	the respect of his family	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respect=Theme
3	respect			his family	nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

he returned home poor and sad

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 returned	nsubj
2	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	home	home	ADV	_	2 returned	advmod
4	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 returned	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sad	cc
6	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 poor	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	past	he					home, poor property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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