Exam question 2 · Grimm's Household Tales, The Old Man and His Grandson: a w…
What was the outcome of the cow-herd's failure to return the calf?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cow herd · What happens: be, return, fail · To what, where: outcome, calf
This is exam question 2 of lesson 751 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Old Man and His Grandson: a wooden calf, a raven and a hidden Devil» 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 | 4 outcome | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 outcome | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 outcome | det |
| 4 | outcome | outcome | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 failure | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 herd | det |
| 7 | cow | cow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 herd | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 cow | punct |
| 9 | herd | herd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 failure | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 herd | case |
| 11 | failure | failure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 outcome | nmod |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 return | mark |
| 13 | return | return | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 failure | acl |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 calf | det |
| 15 | calf | calf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 return | obj |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 outcome | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the outcome | of the cow herd's failure | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | return | to-infinitive | the calf | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent calf=Theme | |||||
| 3 | fail | the cow herd | nom failure «act intransitive»: 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
He was ordered to surrender a cow and was also banned from the village
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 | 3 ordered | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 ordered | aux:pass |
| 3 | ordered | order | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 surrender | mark |
| 5 | surrender | surrender | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 ordered | xcomp |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 cow | det |
| 7 | cow | cow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 surrender | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 banned | cc |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 banned | aux:pass |
| 10 | also | also | ADV | _ | 11 banned | advmod |
| 11 | banned | ban | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 ordered | conj |
| 12 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 village | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 village | det |
| 14 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 banned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | order | past · passive | He | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | surrender not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | a cow | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent cow=Theme | ||||
| 3 | ban | past · passive | the village | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: from village=Eventuality |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
He was ordered to surrender a cow
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 | 3 ordered | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 ordered | aux:pass |
| 3 | ordered | order | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 surrender | mark |
| 5 | surrender | surrender | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 ordered | xcomp |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 cow | det |
| 7 | cow | cow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 surrender | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | order | past · passive | He | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | surrender not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | a cow | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent cow=Theme |
Option 3
He was forced to hand over a horse
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 | 3 forced | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 forced | aux:pass |
| 3 | forced | force | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 hand | mark |
| 5 | hand | hand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 forced | xcomp |
| 6 | over | over | ADP | _ | 5 hand | compound:prt |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 horse | det |
| 8 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hand | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | force | past · passive | He | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | hand over | to-infinitive | He not said here | a horse | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
He had to give his best ox away
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 had | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 give | mark |
| 4 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 had | xcomp |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 ox | nmod:poss |
| 6 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 ox | amod |
| 7 | ox | ox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 give | obj |
| 8 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 give | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | He | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | give | to-infinitive | He not said here | his best ox | away property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ox=Theme |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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