Exam question 1 · German Tales, The Horn of Plenty, part 28: Peter brings ho…

Which object did Peter conceal his gold within during his return journey, and for what purpose did he conceal it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object, purpose, Peter · What happens: conceal, journey · To what, where: gold

This is exam question 1 of lesson 688 «German Tales, The Horn of Plenty, part 28: Peter brings home a barrel of gold and meets a sad young lover» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 object	det
2	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 conceal	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 conceal	aux
4	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 conceal	nsubj
5	conceal	conceal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 gold	nmod:poss
7	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 conceal	obj
8	within	within	ADP	_	12 journey	case
9	during	during	ADP	_	12 journey	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 journey	nmod:poss
11	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 journey	compound
12	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 conceal	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 conceal	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 conceal	cc
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 what	case
16	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	20 conceal	obj
17	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 what	nsubj
18	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 conceal	aux
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 conceal	nsubj
20	conceal	conceal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 conceal	conj
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 conceal	obj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 conceal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	conceal	past · do-support	which object	Peter's gold	within Peter's return journey	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Patient
2	conceal	past · do-support	purpose	gold		tree rules
3	journey		Peter			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

A barrel of nails, placed at the bottom of the cart so that his wife and the whole village would not learn of the treasure he had carried home from the mountain

The tree, 32 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 barrel	det
2	barrel	barrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 learn	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 nails	case
4	nails	nail	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 barrel	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 placed	punct
6	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 barrel	acl
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 bottom	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bottom	det
9	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 placed	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 cart	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 cart	det
12	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bottom	nmod
13	so	so	SCONJ	_	16 wife	case
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 so	fixed
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 wife	nmod:poss
16	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 placed	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 village	cc
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 village	det
19	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 village	amod
20	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 wife	conj
21	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	23 learn	aux
22	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	23 learn	advmod
23	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
24	of	of	ADP	_	26 treasure	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 treasure	det
26	treasure	treasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 learn	obl
27	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 carried	nsubj
28	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 carried	aux
29	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	26 treasure	acl:relcl
30	home	home	ADV	_	29 carried	advmod
31	from	from	ADP	_	33 mountain	case
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 mountain	det
33	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	place	participle		a barrel of nails not said here	the bottom of the cart	so his wife and the whole village	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent at bottom=Destination
2	not learn	would	a barrel of nails			of the treasure	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent of treasure=Topic
3	carry	past · perfect	he	the treasure not said here	the mountain	home property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme from mountain=Initial_Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A barrel of nails, so that his wife would not learn of the treasure

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 barrel	det
2	barrel	barrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 nails	case
4	nails	nail	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 barrel	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 learn	punct
6	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	12 learn	mark
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 so	fixed
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 wife	nmod:poss
9	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 learn	nsubj
10	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 learn	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 learn	advmod
12	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 barrel	conj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 treasure	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 treasure	det
15	treasure	treasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 learn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not learn	would	his wife					of the treasure	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent of treasure=Topic

Option 3

A chest of old iron, so that his neighbours would never learn he had found the treasure

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 chest	det
2	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 iron	case
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 iron	amod
5	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chest	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 learn	punct
7	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	13 learn	mark
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 so	fixed
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 neighbours	nmod:poss
10	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 learn	nsubj
11	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 learn	aux
12	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	13 learn	advmod
13	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 chest	parataxis
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 found	nsubj
15	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 found	aux
16	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 learn	ccomp
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 treasure	det
18	treasure	treasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 found	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not learn	would	his neighbours						vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	find	past · perfect	he	the treasure					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treasure=Topic

Option 4

A sack of wool, so that his greedy neighbours would never learn how rich he had become

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sack	det
2	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 learn	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 wool	case
4	wool	wool	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sack	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 neighbours	punct
6	so	so	SCONJ	_	10 neighbours	case
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 so	fixed
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 neighbours	nmod:poss
9	greedy	greedy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 neighbours	amod
10	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sack	conj
11	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 learn	aux
12	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	13 learn	advmod
13	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
14	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	15 rich	advmod
15	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 learn	xcomp
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 become	nsubj
17	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 become	aux
18	become	become	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	15 rich	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not learn	would	a sack of wool and his greedy neighbours					rich property	vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	become	past · perfect	he						vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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