Exam question 3 · Estonian Folk Tales, Tiidu, part 18: Tiidu sails to Kungla…

Explain the function of the old man's concluding reproach within the structure of the narrative.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: explain, conclude · To what, where: function

This is exam question 3 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	Explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 function	det
3	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	10 reproach	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 reproach	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 man	case
9	concluding	conclude	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 reproach	amod
10	reproach	reproach	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 function	nmod
11	within	within	ADP	_	13 structure	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 structure	det
13	structure	structure	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 narrative	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 narrative	det
16	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 structure	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the function of the old man's concluding reproach				within the structure of the narrative	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent function=Topic
2	conclude	gerund							vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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

It mocks Tiidu's greed and presents his decision as a plain blunder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 mocks	nsubj
2	mocks	mock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Tiidu	Tiidu	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 greed	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Tiidu	case
5	greed	greed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mocks	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 presents	cc
7	presents	present	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 mocks	conj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 decision	nmod:poss
9	decision	decision	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 presents	obj
10	as	as	ADP	_	13 blunder	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 blunder	det
12	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 blunder	amod
13	blunder	blunder	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 presents	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mock	present	It	Tiidu's greed		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent greed=Theme
2	present	present		Tiidu's decision	as a plain blunder	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent decision=Theme
3	decide		Tiidu			nom decision «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

It praises Tiidu's wit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 praises	nsubj
2	praises	praise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Tiidu	Tiidu	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 wit	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Tiidu	case
5	wit	wit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 praises	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	praise	present	It	Tiidu's wit					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wit=Theme

Option 3

It mocks Tiidu

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 mocks	nsubj
2	mocks	mock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Tiidu	Tiidu	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 mocks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mock	present	It	Tiidu					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tiidu=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It condemns Tiidu's folly and frames his choice as a loss

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 condemns	nsubj
2	condemns	condemn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Tiidu	Tiidu	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 folly	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Tiidu	case
5	folly	folly	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 condemns	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 frames	cc
7	frames	frame	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 folly	conj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 choice	nmod:poss
9	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 condemns	obj
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 loss	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 loss	det
12	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 condemns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	condemn	present	It	Tiidu's folly and frames				as a loss	tree rules

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