Exam question 1 · Brown Fairy Book, The Magic Kettle: a kettle turns into a…

What was the nature of the bargain concluded between the old man and the tradesman Jimmu?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nature · What happens: be, conclude

This is exam question 1 of lesson 724 «Brown Fairy Book, The Magic Kettle: a kettle turns into a tanuki and makes its owner rich» 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	8 concluded	obj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 nature	det
4	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 concluded	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 bargain	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bargain	det
7	bargain	bargain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nature	nmod
8	concluded	conclude	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	between	between	ADP	_	12 man	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 man	det
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 man	amod
12	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 concluded	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 tradesman	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 tradesman	det
15	tradesman	tradesman	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 man	conj
16	Jimmu	Jimmu	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 tradesman	appos
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 concluded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past							tree rules
2	conclude	past	the nature of the bargain					between the old man and the tradesman	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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

a trade of the kettle for a cart of rice and a horse, arranged in front of the whole village

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 trade	det
2	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 kettle	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 kettle	det
5	kettle	kettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 trade	nmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 cart	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cart	det
8	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kettle	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 rice	case
10	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cart	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 horse	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 horse	det
13	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cart	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 arranged	punct
15	arranged	arrange	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 trade	acl
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 front	case
17	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 arranged	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	21 village	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 village	det
20	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 village	amod
21	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 front	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrange	participle		a trade of the kettle for a cart of rice and a horse not said here		front of the whole village			vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in front=Destination
2	trade			the kettle for a cart of rice and a horse					nom trade «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

a sale in which the old man gave the kettle to Jimmu for free, as a gift to a friend of the family

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sale	det
2	sale	sale	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gave	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 which	case
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 gave	obl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 man	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 man	amod
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gave	nsubj
8	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 kettle	det
10	kettle	kettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gave	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 Jimmu	case
12	Jimmu	Jimmu	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 gave	obl
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 free	case
14	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 gave	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 gift	punct
16	as	as	ADP	_	18 gift	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 gift	det
18	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gave	obl
19	to	to	ADP	_	21 friend	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 friend	det
21	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 gift	nmod
22	of	of	ADP	_	24 family	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 family	det
24	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 friend	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	a sale	the kettle	Jimmu			for free; as a gift to a friend of the family	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent kettle=Theme to jimmu=Recipient for free=Asset

Option 3

a loan repaid later with some interest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 loan	det
2	loan	loan	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	repaid	repay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 loan	acl
4	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 repaid	advmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 interest	case
6	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 interest	det
7	interest	interest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 repaid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repay	participle		a loan not said here				with some interest; late property	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent with interest=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

a sale at a price settled by bargaining

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sale	det
2	sale	sale	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 price	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 price	det
5	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sale	nmod
6	settled	settle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 sale	acl
7	by	by	SCONJ	_	8 bargaining	mark
8	bargaining	bargain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 settled	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	settle	participle		a sale at a price not said here					vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	bargain	gerund							vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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