Exam question 2 · Folk Tales, The Lazy Youth and the King's Herdsman, part 4…

Which of the following accurately states the reason the herdsman remains unconvinced at the close of the part?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: herdsman · What happens: follow, state, remain · To what, where: reason

This is exam question 2 of lesson 703 «Folk Tales, The Lazy Youth and the King's Herdsman, part 43: the youth hides the pigs and sheep and tricks the herdsman» 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 states	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 states	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 states	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 states	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 states	advmod
6	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reason	det
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 states	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 herdsman	det
10	herdsman	herdsman	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 remains	nsubj
11	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 reason	acl:relcl
12	unconvinced	unconvinced	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 remains	xcomp
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 close	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 close	det
15	close	close	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 unconvinced	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 part	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 part	det
18	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 close	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present		the reason	accurately property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
3	remain	present	the herdsman	the reason not said here	unconvinced property	vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme reason=Attribute

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

He sees no proof at all

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 sees	nsubj
2	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 proof	det
4	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sees	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 proof	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	He	no proof		all			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer proof=Stimulus

Option 2

He sees a clear ring that could not be explained by wind

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 sees	nsubj
2	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 ring	det
4	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ring	amod
5	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sees	obj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 explained	nsubj:pass
7	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 explained	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 explained	advmod
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 explained	aux:pass
10	explained	explain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 ring	acl:relcl
11	by	by	ADP	_	12 wind	case
12	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 explained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	He	a clear ring					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ring=Stimulus
2	not explain speech: assert	could · passive	wind	a clear ring					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic

Option 3

He finds the sheep alive and the bells are silent on the hill

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 finds	nsubj
2	finds	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sheep	det
4	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 finds	obj
5	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 finds	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 silent	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bells	det
8	bells	bell	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 silent	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 silent	cop
10	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 finds	conj
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 hill	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 hill	det
13	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 silent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	present	He	the sheep				alive property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Topic
2	is	present	the bells			the hill		silent property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He hears only a faint ringing that could be explained otherwise

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 hears	nsubj
2	hears	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	6 ringing	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 ringing	det
5	faint	faint	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ringing	amod
6	ringing	ringing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hears	obj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 explained	nsubj:pass
8	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 explained	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 explained	aux:pass
10	explained	explain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 ringing	acl:relcl
11	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	_	10 explained	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	present	He	a faint ringing					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer ringing=Stimulus
2	explain speech: assert	could · passive		a faint ringing				otherwise property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

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