Exam question 2 · German Tales, The Horn of Plenty, part 28: Peter brings ho…

In what manner did the young crossbow-man first express his affection for the maiden, and what obstacle did he face?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: young crossbow man, obstacle · What happens: do, express, face · To what, where: young crossbow man, manner, affection

This is exam question 2 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 man	det
6	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 man	amod
7	crossbow	crossbow	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 man	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 crossbow	punct
9	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 express	advmod
11	express	express	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 man	acl
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 affection	nmod:poss
13	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 express	obj
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 maiden	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 maiden	det
16	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 express	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 face	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 face	cc
19	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	23 face	obj
20	obstacle	obstacle	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 did	nsubj
21	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 face	aux
22	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 face	nsubj
23	face	face	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 did	conj
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	past		the young crossbow man	what manner		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Eventuality
2	express	infinitive	the young crossbow man not said here	man's affection		for the maiden; first property	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent affection=Theme
3	face	past · do-support	obstacle				vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent what=Destination

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 wrote her letters, but she stayed away

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 wrote	nsubj
2	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 letters	nmod:poss
4	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wrote	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 stayed	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 stayed	cc
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 stayed	nsubj
8	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wrote	conj
9	away	away	ADV	_	8 stayed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	write	past	He	her letters		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme
2	stay away	past	she		away property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	letter		her = she			nom letter «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

He gave her a ring, but her mother thought him a beggar and the match forbidden

The tree, 16 words

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 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	iobj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 ring	det
5	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 thought	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 thought	cc
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 mother	nmod:poss
9	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 thought	nsubj
10	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 gave	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 thought	obj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 beggar	det
13	beggar	beggar	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 thought	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 match	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 match	det
16	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 beggar	conj
17	forbidden	forbid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 beggar	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	give	past	He	a ring	her = she	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient ring=Theme
2	think speech: other	past	her mother	him = he		vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Theme beggar=Attribute
3	forbid	participle		a beggar and the match not said here		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He begged her to marry him, but her mother would scorn a penniless wooer

The tree, 14 words

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 begged	nsubj
2	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 begged	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 marry	mark
5	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 begged	advcl
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 marry	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 scorn	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 scorn	cc
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 mother	nmod:poss
10	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 scorn	nsubj
11	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 scorn	aux
12	scorn	scorn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 begged	conj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 wooer	det
14	penniless	penniless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 wooer	amod
15	wooer	wooer	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 scorn	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	beg speech: request	past	He		her = she	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
2	marry	to-infinitive	He not said here	him = he		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
3	scorn	would	her mother	a penniless wooer		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wooer=Theme

Option 4

He kissed her hand, but her uncle would turn away any suitor who had no land

The tree, 16 words

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 kissed	nsubj
2	kissed	kiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 hand	nmod:poss
4	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kissed	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 turn	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 turn	cc
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 uncle	nmod:poss
8	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 turn	nsubj
9	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 turn	aux
10	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 kissed	conj
11	away	away	ADV	_	10 turn	advmod
12	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	13 suitor	det
13	suitor	suitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 turn	obj
14	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 had	nsubj
15	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 suitor	acl:relcl
16	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	17 land	det
17	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	kiss	past	He	her hand		vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Co-Agent
2	turn away	would	her uncle	any suitor	away property	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent suitor=Theme
3	have	past	any suitor	no land		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Patient

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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