Exam question 4 · German Tales, The Horn of Plenty, part 28: Peter brings ho…

What advice did Peter give to the young man concerning the maiden's father, and what was the principal reason for this advice?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Peter, young man · What happens: give, concern, be · To what, where: young man, father, principal reason

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 give	obj
2	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 give	aux
4	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 give	nsubj
5	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 man	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 man	det
8	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 man	amod
9	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 give	obl
10	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 man	acl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 maiden	det
12	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 father	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 maiden	case
14	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 concerning	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 reason	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 reason	cc
17	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 reason	nsubj
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 reason	cop
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 reason	det
20	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 reason	amod
21	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 give	obl
22	for	for	ADP	_	24 advice	case
23	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	24 advice	det
24	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 reason	nmod
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	give	past · do-support	Peter		the young man		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Theme to man=Recipient
2	concern	gerund	the young man not said here	the maiden's father			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus father=Experiencer
3	is a	past		the principal reason		for this advice	tree rules

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

To wait a year, since he is strict

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 wait	mark
2	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 year	det
4	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wait	obl:unmarked
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 strict	punct
6	since	since	SCONJ	_	9 strict	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 strict	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 strict	cop
9	strict	strict	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 wait	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	to-infinitive					year		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	he					strict property	tree rules

Option 2

To go to the father at once, since he would welcome a good match

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 go	mark
2	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 father	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 father	det
5	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 go	obl
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 once	case
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 go	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 welcome	punct
9	since	since	SCONJ	_	12 welcome	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 welcome	nsubj
11	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 welcome	aux
12	welcome	welcome	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 go	conj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 match	det
14	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 match	amod
15	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 welcome	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	to-infinitive						to the father	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to father=Initial_Location
2	welcome	would	he	a good match					vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To ask the father for her hand, since he might be glad of a son-in-law

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 ask	mark
2	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 father	det
4	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ask	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 hand	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 hand	nmod:poss
7	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ask	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 glad	punct
9	since	since	SCONJ	_	13 glad	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 glad	nsubj
11	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 glad	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 glad	cop
13	glad	glad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 ask	advcl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 son	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 son	det
16	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 glad	obl
17	-	-	PUNCT	_	20 law	punct
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 law	case
19	-	-	PUNCT	_	18 in	punct
20	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 son	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive			the father			for her hand	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent father=Recipient
2	is	might	he					of a son in law; glad property	tree rules

Option 4

To offer the father gold, since he would surely accept the offer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 offer	mark
2	offer	offer	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 gold	det
4	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gold	compound
5	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 offer	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 accept	punct
7	since	since	SCONJ	_	11 accept	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 accept	nsubj
9	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 accept	aux
10	surely	surely	ADV	_	11 accept	advmod
11	accept	accept	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 offer	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 offer	det
13	offer	offer	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 accept	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	to-infinitive		the father gold					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent gold=Theme
2	accept	would	he	the offer				surely property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offer=Theme

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