Exam question 4 · Grimm, The Servant and the Grateful Creatures: he saves fi…

What does the narrative suggest about the relationship between the servant's acts of kindness and the assistance he receives in return?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: narrative, kindness · What happens: suggest, receive, act · To what, where: assistance, return

This is exam question 4 of lesson 761 «Grimm, The Servant and the Grateful Creatures: he saves fishes, ravens and ants, and wins the princess» 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	5 suggest	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 suggest	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 narrative	det
4	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 suggest	nsubj
5	suggest	suggest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 relationship	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 relationship	det
8	relationship	relationship	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 suggest	obl
9	between	between	ADP	_	13 acts	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 servant	det
11	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 acts	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 servant	case
13	acts	act	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 relationship	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 kindness	case
15	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 acts	nmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 assistance	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 assistance	det
18	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 relationship	conj
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 receives	nsubj
20	receives	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 assistance	acl:relcl
21	in	in	ADP	_	22 return	case
22	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 receives	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 suggest	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	suggest speech: suggest	present · do-support	the narrative			about the relationship between the servant's acts of kindness and the assistance	vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
2	receive	present	narrative	the assistance not said here	return		vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent assistance=Theme in return=Location
3	act		kindness				nom act «communication intransitive»: of=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

Creatures help him only because he paid them with gold coins, not kindness at all

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 help	nsubj
2	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 help	obj
4	only	only	ADV	_	2 help	advmod
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 paid	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 paid	nsubj
7	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 help	advcl
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 paid	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 coins	case
10	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 coins	compound
11	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 paid	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 kindness	punct
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 kindness	advmod
14	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 help	parataxis
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 all	case
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 kindness	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	Creatures		him = he				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary
2	pay	past	he	Creatures = creature				with gold coins	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Asset

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

His good deeds are repaid by the creatures, in accordance with the saying that one good turn deserves another

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 deeds	nmod:poss
2	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 deeds	amod
3	deeds	deed	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 repaid	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 repaid	aux:pass
5	repaid	repay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 creatures	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 creatures	det
8	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 repaid	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 accordance	punct
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 accordance	case
11	accordance	accordance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 repaid	parataxis
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 saying	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 saying	det
14	saying	saying	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 accordance	nmod
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	19 deserves	mark
16	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 turn	nummod
17	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 turn	amod
18	turn	turn	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 deserves	nsubj
19	deserves	deserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 accordance	acl
20	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	19 deserves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repay	present · passive	the creatures	His good deeds					vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient
2	deserve	present	one good turn	another					tree rules

Option 3

The creatures help him out of fear of the king's anger and his guards

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 creatures	det
2	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 help	nsubj
3	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 help	obj
5	out	out	ADP	_	7 fear	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 fear	case
7	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 help	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	12 anger	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 king	det
10	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 anger	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 king	case
12	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fear	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 guards	cc
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 guards	nmod:poss
15	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 fear	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	help	present	the creatures		him = he	fear of the king's anger and king's guards	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary
2	fear			the king's anger			nom fear «feeling transitive»: of=patient
3	anger		the king				nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Luck alone helps him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 helps	nsubj
2	alone	alone	ADV	_	1 Luck	advmod
3	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 helps	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	Luck		him = he				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary

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