Exam question 2 · German Popular Stories, The Cottager And His Cat, part 1:…

Which statement accurately records the instruction Master Peter gave Friedlin upon their parting?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: statement, instruction, their · What happens: record, give, part · To what, where: Friedlin

This is exam question 2 of lesson 689 «German Popular Stories, The Cottager And His Cat, part 1: a miser's son obeys a strange dream and buys a cat» 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 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 records	nsubj
3	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	4 records	advmod
4	records	record	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 instruction	det
6	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gave	nsubj
7	Master	Master	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 gave	nsubj
8	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Master	flat
9	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 records	ccomp
10	Friedlin	Friedlin	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 gave	iobj
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 parting	case
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 parting	nmod:poss
13	parting	parting	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gave	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 records	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	record	present	which statement		accurately property	tree rules
2	give	past	the instruction	Friedlin	upon their parting	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friedlin=Theme
3	part		their = they			nom parting «act 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

To guard their secret and tell no one at all, not even Lucia or her father, until the wedding day

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 guard	mark
2	guard	guard	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 secret	nmod:poss
4	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 guard	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 tell	cc
6	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 guard	conj
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 one	det
8	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tell	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 tell	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 Lucia	punct
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 Lucia	advmod
13	even	even	ADV	_	14 Lucia	advmod
14	Lucia	Lucia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 guard	obl
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 father	cc
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 father	nmod:poss
17	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 Lucia	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 father	punct
19	until	until	ADP	_	22 day	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 day	det
21	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 day	compound
22	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 guard	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guard	to-infinitive		their secret			day	Lucia or her father obl	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Beneficiary
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive		no one		all			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Recipient

Option 2

To marry Lucia at once and tell her everything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 marry	mark
2	marry	marry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Lucia	Lucia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 marry	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 once	case
5	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 marry	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 tell	cc
7	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 marry	conj
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 everything	nmod:poss
9	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	7 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	marry	to-infinitive		Lucia					vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lucia=Patient
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive		everything					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everything=Recipient

Option 3

To keep the secret safe in his pocket and to tell absolutely nobody, not even his own mother, about the plan

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 keep	mark
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 secret	det
4	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obj
5	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 keep	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 pocket	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 pocket	nmod:poss
8	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 tell	cc
10	to	to	PART	_	11 tell	mark
11	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 keep	conj
12	absolutely	absolutely	ADV	_	11 tell	advmod
13	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	11 tell	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 mother	punct
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 mother	advmod
16	even	even	ADV	_	19 mother	advmod
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 mother	nmod:poss
18	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 mother	amod
19	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 nobody	conj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 plan	punct
21	about	about	ADP	_	23 plan	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 plan	det
23	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive		the secret		his pocket		safe property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent secret=Theme in pocket=Location
2	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive			nobody			about the plan; absolutely property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent nobody=Recipient about plan=Topic

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To guard their secret and tell no one, not even Lucia

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 guard	mark
2	guard	guard	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 secret	nmod:poss
4	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 guard	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 tell	cc
6	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 guard	conj
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 one	det
8	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tell	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 Lucia	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 Lucia	advmod
11	even	even	ADV	_	12 Lucia	advmod
12	Lucia	Lucia	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guard	to-infinitive		their secret					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Beneficiary
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive		no one				Lucia obl	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Recipient

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