Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb, part 1: tiny Tom is sold,…

State the reason the woodman consented to dispose of his son.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: woodman · What happens: consent, dispose · To what, where: reason

This is exam question 2 of lesson 748 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb, part 1: tiny Tom is sold, tricks thieves, and naps in the hay» 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	appos
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 woodman	det
5	woodman	woodman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consented	nsubj
6	consented	consent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 reason	acl:relcl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 dispose	mark
8	dispose	dispose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 consented	xcomp
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 son	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 son	nmod:poss
11	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dispose	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consent	past	the woodman	the reason not said here					tree rules
2	dispose	to-infinitive	the woodman not said here					of woodman's son	vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: 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

He took the gold because the family was very poor.

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 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gold	det
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obj
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 poor	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 family	det
7	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 poor	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 poor	cop
9	very	very	ADV	_	10 poor	advmod
10	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 took	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 took	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	He	the gold					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme
2	is	past	the family					poor property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He accepted a large piece of gold from the strangers and gave his tiny son up to them forever.

The tree, 19 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 accepted	nsubj
2	accepted	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 piece	det
4	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 piece	amod
5	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accepted	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 gold	case
7	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 piece	nmod
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 strangers	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 strangers	det
10	strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 accepted	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 gave	cc
12	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 accepted	conj
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 son	nmod:poss
14	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 son	amod
15	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gave	iobj
16	up	up	ADP	_	12 gave	compound:prt
17	to	to	ADP	_	18 them	case
18	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 gave	obl
19	forever	forever	ADV	_	12 gave	advmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 accepted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept	past	He	a large piece of gold		the strangers			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent piece=Theme from stranger=Source
2	give up	past	He not said here		his tiny son			to strangers = stranger; forever property	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent son=Theme to they=Recipient

Option 3

He wanted the money to feed the family.

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 money	det
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 feed	mark
6	feed	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 money	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 family	det
8	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 feed	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wanted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	He	the money					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot money=Theme
2	feed	to-infinitive	He not said here	the family					vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He accepted a large piece of gold for the child.

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 accepted	nsubj
2	accepted	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 piece	det
4	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 piece	amod
5	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accepted	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 gold	case
7	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 piece	nmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 child	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 child	det
10	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accepted	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 accepted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept	past	He	a large piece of gold				for the child	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme

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