Exam question 3 · Household Tales, The Wishing-Cloak: the huntsman tricks th…

In what manner does the huntsman discipline the witch and her companions at the close?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: huntsman · What happens: discipline · To what, where: witch, manner

This is exam question 3 of lesson 780 «Household Tales, The Wishing-Cloak: the huntsman tricks the witch, her maid and the lady, and turns the tables on them with salad» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 discipline	obl
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 discipline	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 huntsman	det
6	huntsman	huntsman	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 discipline	nsubj
7	discipline	discipline	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 witch	det
9	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 discipline	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 companions	cc
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 companions	nmod:poss
12	companions	companion	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 witch	conj
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 close	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 close	det
15	close	close	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 discipline	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 discipline	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	discipline	present · do-support	the huntsman	the witch and huntsman's companions		what manner		at the close	tree rules

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

by sending them away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 sending	mark
2	sending	send	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sending	obj
4	away	away	ADV	_	2 sending	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send away	gerund		them = they				away property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 2

by making them work at the mill all day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 making	mark
2	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 work	advcl
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 making	obj
4	work	work	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 mill	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mill	det
7	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 work	obl
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 day	det
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 work	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	gerund	you not said here	them = they					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product
2	work	imperative	you not said here				day	at the mill	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at mill=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

by assigning them unequal stripes and fodder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 assigning	mark
2	assigning	assign	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 assigning	obj
4	unequal	unequal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stripes	amod
5	stripes	stripe	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 assigning	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 fodder	cc
7	fodder	fodder	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stripes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assign	gerund		them = they					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent they=Goal stripe=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

by assigning them unequal stripes and fodder and then leaving them alone at the mill for good

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 assigning	mark
2	assigning	assign	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 assigning	obj
4	unequal	unequal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stripes	amod
5	stripes	stripe	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 assigning	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 fodder	cc
7	fodder	fodder	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stripes	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 leaving	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 leaving	advmod
10	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 assigning	conj
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 leaving	obj
12	alone	alone	ADV	_	10 leaving	advmod
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 mill	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 mill	det
15	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 leaving	obl
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 good	case
17	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 leaving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assign	gerund		them = they					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent they=Goal stripe=Theme
2	leave	gerund		stripes = stripe		the mill	then	for good; alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme at mill=Location

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