Exam question 3 · Grimm's Household Tales, The Miser in the Bush: Clever Els…

Which of the following best accounts for the miser's eventual confession before the assembled court?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: miser · What happens: follow, assemble, confess

This is exam question 3 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 accounts	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	6 accounts	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 accounts	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 accounts	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 accounts	amod
6	accounts	account	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	12 confession	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 miser	det
9	miser	miser	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 confession	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 miser	case
11	eventual	eventual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 confession	amod
12	confession	confession	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 accounts	nmod
13	before	before	ADP	_	16 court	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 court	det
15	assembled	assemble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 court	amod
16	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 accounts	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 accounts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	follow	gerund		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	assemble	participle		vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	confess		the miser	nom confession «communication transitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He was compelled by the compulsion of the fiddle to speak the truth

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 compelled	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 compelled	aux:pass
3	compelled	compel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 compulsion	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 compulsion	det
6	compulsion	compulsion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 compelled	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 fiddle	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fiddle	det
9	fiddle	fiddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 compulsion	nmod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 speak	mark
11	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 compelled	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 truth	det
13	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 speak	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compel	past · passive	the compulsion of the fiddle	He					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	speak speech: other	to-infinitive	the compulsion of the fiddle not said here	the truth					tree rules

Option 2

He was compelled by the compulsion of the fiddle to speak the truth and to confess his every crime

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	3 compelled	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 compelled	aux:pass
3	compelled	compel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 compulsion	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 compulsion	det
6	compulsion	compulsion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 compelled	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 fiddle	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fiddle	det
9	fiddle	fiddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 compulsion	nmod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 speak	mark
11	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 compelled	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 truth	det
13	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 speak	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 confess	cc
15	to	to	PART	_	16 confess	mark
16	confess	confess	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 speak	conj
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 crime	nmod:poss
18	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	19 crime	det
19	crime	crime	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 confess	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	compel	past · passive	the compulsion of the fiddle	He	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	speak speech: other	to-infinitive	the compulsion of the fiddle not said here	the truth	tree rules
3	confess	to-infinitive	the compulsion of the fiddle not said here	his crime	vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crime=Topic
4	incriminate		his = he		nom crime «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

He was moved by a guilty conscience after the dance

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 moved	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 moved	aux:pass
3	moved	move	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 conscience	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 conscience	det
6	guilty	guilty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 conscience	amod
7	conscience	conscience	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moved	obl
8	after	after	ADP	_	10 dance	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dance	det
10	dance	dance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	past · passive	a guilty conscience	He			after the dance		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme subject=Result

Option 4

He was overcome by remorse upon seeing the gallows

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 overcome	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 overcome	aux:pass
3	overcome	overcome	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 remorse	case
5	remorse	remorse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 overcome	obl
6	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	7 seeing	mark
7	seeing	see	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 overcome	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gallows	det
9	gallows	gallows	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 seeing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	overcome	past · passive	remorse	He					vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Theme
2	see	gerund	remorse not said here	the gallows					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gallows=Stimulus

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