Exam question 1 · Tales of Many Lands, The Three Robes, part 1: the ogress p…

Which of the following best describes the means by which the youth secured his reward from the ogress?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: the, youth · What happens: follow, describe, mean, secure, reward · To what, where: reward, ogress · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 697 «Tales of Many Lands, The Three Robes, part 1: the ogress pays the youth, then the minister sets out to find a queen» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 means	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 means	nsubj
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 secured	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 youth	det
12	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 secured	nsubj
13	secured	secure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 means	ccomp
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 reward	nmod:poss
15	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 secured	obj
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 ogress	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 ogress	det
18	ogress	ogress	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 secured	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the not said here			of the best	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent which=Theme
3	mean	present	the				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	secure	past	the youth	youth's reward	the ogress		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent reward=Theme from ogress=Source
5	reward		youth				nom reward «event transitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He guessed correctly the terms she set, whereupon she honoured her promise

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 guessed	nsubj
2	guessed	guess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	2 guessed	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 terms	det
5	terms	term	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 honoured	nsubj
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 set	nsubj
7	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 terms	acl:relcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 honoured	punct
9	whereupon	whereupon	ADV	PronType=Int	11 honoured	advmod
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 honoured	nsubj
11	honoured	honour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 guessed	conj
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 promise	nmod:poss
13	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 honoured	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	guess	past	He		correctly property	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	set	past	she	the terms not said here		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient term=Result
3	honour	past	the terms	her promise	whereupon property	tree rules
4	promise		her = she			nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

He solved the riddle she set, and she then gave him what she'd promised

The tree, 15 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 solved	nsubj
2	solved	solve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 riddle	det
4	riddle	riddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 solved	obj
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 set	nsubj
6	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 riddle	acl:relcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 gave	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 gave	cc
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 gave	nsubj
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 gave	advmod
11	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 solved	conj
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 gave	iobj
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	16 promised	obj
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 promised	nsubj
15	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 promised	aux
16	promised	promise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 gave	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	solve	past	He	the riddle			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent riddle=Topic
2	set	past	she	the riddle not said here			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient riddle=Result
3	give	past	she		him = he	then	tree rules
4	promise speech: promise	past · perfect	she				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent what=Theme

Option 3

He bargained hard over the terms until she agreed to his price

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 bargained	nsubj
2	bargained	bargain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 bargained	advmod
4	over	over	ADP	_	6 terms	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 terms	det
6	terms	term	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bargained	obl
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 agreed	mark
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 agreed	nsubj
9	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 bargained	advcl
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 price	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 price	nmod:poss
12	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 agreed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bargain	past	He					over the terms; hard property	vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.theme NP S_ING»: agent=Agent over term=Theme
2	agree speech: agree	past	she					to his price	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He guessed the riddle

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 guessed	nsubj
2	guessed	guess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 riddle	det
4	riddle	riddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 guessed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guess	past	He	the riddle					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent riddle=Theme

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