Exam question 2 · Estonian Folk Tales, Tiidu, part 18: Tiidu sails to Kungla…

Identify the principal motive that governs Tiidu's conduct throughout the narrative passage under examination.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, principal motive, Tiidu · What happens: identify, govern, conduct · To what, where: principal motive, conduct

This is exam question 2 of lesson 678 «Estonian Folk Tales, Tiidu, part 18: Tiidu sails to Kungla and becomes a scullion» 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	4 motive	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 motive	amod
4	motive	motive	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 governs	nsubj
6	governs	govern	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 motive	acl:relcl
7	Tiidu	Tiidu	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 conduct	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Tiidu	case
9	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 governs	obj
10	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	13 passage	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 passage	det
12	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 passage	compound
13	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 governs	obl
14	under	under	ADP	_	15 examination	case
15	examination	examination	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 passage	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal motive		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent motive=Theme
2	govern	present	the principal motive	Tiidu's conduct	throughout the narrative passage under examination	vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme
3	conduct		Tiidu			nom conduct «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

A constant and overwhelming craving to become rich at any cost

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 craving	det
2	constant	constant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 craving	amod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 overwhelming	cc
4	overwhelming	overwhelming	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 constant	conj
5	craving	craving	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 become	mark
7	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 craving	acl
8	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 become	xcomp
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 cost	case
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	11 cost	det
11	cost	cost	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rich	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	to-infinitive						rich property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 2

A longing for fame and power

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 longing	det
2	longing	longing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 fame	case
4	fame	fame	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 longing	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 power	cc
6	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fame	conj

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

An insatiable desire for wealth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 desire	det
2	insatiable	insatiable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 desire	amod
3	desire	desire	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 wealth	case
5	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 desire	nmod

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

Option 4

An unending hunger for money that drives every action he takes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 hunger	det
2	unending	unending	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hunger	amod
3	hunger	hunger	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 takes	nsubj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 money	case
5	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hunger	nmod
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 drives	nsubj
7	drives	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hunger	acl:relcl
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 action	det
9	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drives	obj
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 takes	nsubj
11	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drive	present	a unending hunger for money	every action					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme action=Trajectory
2	take	present	a unending hunger for money						vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: 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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