Exam question 2 · Grimm's Household Tales, The Miser in the Bush: Clever Els…

Which of the following best states the nature of the bargain struck between the servant and the miser?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: best, nature · What happens: follow, state, strike · To what, where: servant · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 758 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Miser in the Bush: Clever Elsie runs off, and a servant turns a miser's money into a dancing bush» 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	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 states	nsubj
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 nature	det
8	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 struck	nsubj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 bargain	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bargain	det
11	bargain	bargain	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 nature	nmod
12	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 states	ccomp
13	between	between	ADP	_	15 servant	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 servant	det
15	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 struck	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 miser	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 miser	det
18	miser	miser	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 servant	conj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present	the best		tree rules
3	strike	past	the nature of the bargain	the servant and the miser	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between servant=Location

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

The servant surrendered his beloved fiddle and his three wishes in exchange for a sum of florins and a horse

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 servant	det
2	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 surrendered	nsubj
3	surrendered	surrender	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 fiddle	nmod:poss
5	beloved	beloved	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fiddle	amod
6	fiddle	fiddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 surrendered	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 wishes	cc
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 wishes	nmod:poss
9	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 wishes	nummod
10	wishes	wish	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 fiddle	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 exchange	case
12	exchange	exchange	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wishes	nmod
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 sum	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 sum	det
15	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 exchange	nmod
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 florins	case
17	florins	florin	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 sum	nmod
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 horse	cc
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 horse	det
20	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fiddle	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	surrender	past	the servant	servant's beloved fiddle and servant's three wishes in exchange for a sum of florins and a horse		vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent fiddle=Theme
2	wish		servant		exchange for a sum of florins	nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent in=place
3	sum			florins		nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The servant surrendered his fiddle in exchange for a sum of florins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 servant	det
2	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 surrendered	nsubj
3	surrendered	surrender	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 fiddle	nmod:poss
5	fiddle	fiddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 surrendered	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 exchange	case
7	exchange	exchange	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 surrendered	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 sum	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 sum	det
10	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 surrendered	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 florins	case
12	florins	florin	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 sum	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	surrender	past	the servant	servant's fiddle		exchange		for a sum of florins	vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent fiddle=Theme
2	sum			florins					nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The servant gave his fiddle to the miser for a hundred florins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 servant	det
2	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 fiddle	nmod:poss
5	fiddle	fiddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 miser	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 miser	det
8	miser	miser	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 florins	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 hundred	det
11	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 florins	nummod
12	florins	florin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the servant	servant's fiddle	the miser			for hundred florins	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent fiddle=Theme to miser=Recipient for florin=Asset

Option 4

The servant surrendered his fiddle to the miser in exchange for a large sum of florins and later regretted the bargain

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 servant	det
2	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 surrendered	nsubj
3	surrendered	surrender	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 fiddle	nmod:poss
5	fiddle	fiddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 surrendered	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 miser	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 miser	det
8	miser	miser	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 surrendered	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 exchange	case
10	exchange	exchange	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 miser	nmod
11	for	for	ADP	_	14 sum	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 sum	det
13	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 sum	amod
14	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 surrendered	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 florins	case
16	florins	florin	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 sum	nmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 regretted	cc
18	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	19 regretted	advmod
19	regretted	regret	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 surrendered	conj
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 bargain	det
21	bargain	bargain	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 regretted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	surrender	past	the servant	servant's fiddle	the miser in exchange	for a large sum of florins	vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent fiddle=Theme to miser=Recipient
2	regret	past	the servant not said here	the bargain		late property	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bargain=Stimulus
3	sum			florins			nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient

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