Exam question 3 · German Popular Stories, The Cottager And His Cat, part 1:…

According to the dream, what was the youth instructed to do with the second portion of his father's wealth?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dream · What happens: accord, be, instruct, do · To what, where: youth

This is exam question 3 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	According	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 dream	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 According	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dream	det
4	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 youth	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 youth	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 youth	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 youth	det
9	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dream	appos
10	instructed	instruct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 youth	acl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 do	mark
12	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 instructed	xcomp
13	with	with	ADP	_	16 portion	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 portion	det
15	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	16 portion	amod
16	portion	portion	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 do	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	21 wealth	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 father	nmod:poss
19	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 wealth	nmod:poss
20	's	's	PART	_	19 father	case
21	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 portion	nmod
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 dream	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the dream	the youth		tree rules
3	instruct speech: other	participle		the youth not said here		vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	do	to-infinitive			with the second portion of his father's wealth	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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

To share it with the old cottager and his wife

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 share	mark
2	share	share	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 share	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 cottager	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cottager	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cottager	amod
7	cottager	cottager	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 share	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 wife	cc
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 wife	nmod:poss
10	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cottager	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	to-infinitive		it				with the old cottager and his wife	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

To cast it into the sea and retain any floating object

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 cast	mark
2	cast	cast	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 retain	advcl
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cast	obj
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 sea	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sea	det
6	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cast	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 retain	cc
8	retain	retain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	11 object	det
10	floating	float	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 object	amod
11	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 retain	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	cast	to-infinitive	it	the sea	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent it=Material into sea=Product
2	retain	present	any floating object		tree rules
3	float	gerund			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

To give it to the poor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 give	mark
2	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 give	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 poor	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 poor	det
6	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 give	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	to-infinitive		it	the poor				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to poor=Recipient

Option 4

To bury it under the old oak tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 bury	mark
2	bury	bury	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bury	obj
4	under	under	ADP	_	8 tree	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tree	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 tree	amod
7	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tree	compound
8	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bury	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bury	to-infinitive		it		the old oak tree			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme under tree=Destination

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