Exam question 3 · German Tales, The Horn of Plenty, part 28: Peter brings ho…
Why did Father Peter decline to share the knowledge of his fortune with his household upon his return?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: his · What happens: share, return · To what, where: knowledge
This is exam question 3 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 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 share | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 share | aux |
| 3 | Father | Father | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Peter | compound |
| 4 | Peter | Peter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 decline | compound |
| 5 | decline | decline | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 did | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 share | mark |
| 7 | share | share | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 knowledge | det |
| 9 | knowledge | knowledge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 share | obj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 fortune | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 fortune | nmod:poss |
| 12 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 knowledge | nmod |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 household | case |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 household | nmod:poss |
| 15 | household | household | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 share | obl |
| 16 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 18 return | case |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 return | nmod:poss |
| 18 | return | return | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 share | obl |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 share | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | past · do-support | the knowledge of his fortune | with his household; upon his return | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | return | his = he | nom return «communication intransitive»: 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
He was afraid the neighbours would steal the gold from the cart
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 | 3 afraid | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 afraid | cop |
| 3 | afraid | afraid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 neighbours | det |
| 5 | neighbours | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 steal | nsubj |
| 6 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 steal | aux |
| 7 | steal | steal | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 afraid | ccomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 gold | det |
| 9 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 steal | obj |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 cart | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 cart | det |
| 12 | cart | cart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 steal | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | He | afraid property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | steal | would | the neighbours | the gold | the cart | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent gold=Theme from cart=Source |
Option 2
He hoped to buy his wife a fine gift from the gold
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 hoped | nsubj |
| 2 | hoped | hope | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 buy | mark |
| 4 | buy | buy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 hoped | xcomp |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 wife | nmod:poss |
| 6 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 buy | obj |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 gift | det |
| 8 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 gift | amod |
| 9 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 buy | obj |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 gold | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 gold | det |
| 12 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 buy | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hope | past | He | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | buy not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | a fine gift | his wife | the gold | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent wife=Beneficiary gift=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
He feared that his scolding wife would demand the whole of it and leave him nothing to call his own in the house
The tree, 23 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 feared | nsubj |
| 2 | feared | fear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 demand | mark |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 wife | nmod:poss |
| 5 | scolding | scolding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wife | compound |
| 6 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 demand | nsubj |
| 7 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 demand | aux |
| 8 | demand | demand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 feared | ccomp |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 whole | det |
| 10 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 demand | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 it | case |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 whole | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 leave | cc |
| 14 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 demand | conj |
| 15 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 leave | obj |
| 16 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 14 leave | obj |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 call | mark |
| 18 | call | call | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 leave | advcl |
| 19 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 own | nmod:poss |
| 20 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 call | obj |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 house | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 house | det |
| 23 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 call | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fear | past | He | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | demand speech: request | would | his scolding wife | the whole | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme whole=Precondition | ||||
| 3 | leave | infinitive | his scolding wife not said here | him = he | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Theme nothing=Attribute | ||||
| 4 | call | to-infinitive | his scolding wife not said here | his own | the house | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent own=Recipient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
He feared that his scolding wife would demand the whole of it
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 feared | nsubj |
| 2 | feared | fear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 demand | mark |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 wife | nmod:poss |
| 5 | scolding | scolding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wife | compound |
| 6 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 demand | nsubj |
| 7 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 demand | aux |
| 8 | demand | demand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 feared | ccomp |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 whole | det |
| 10 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 demand | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 it | case |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 whole | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fear | past | He | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | demand speech: request | would | his scolding wife | the whole | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme whole=Precondition |
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