Exam question 4 · Household Tales, The Wishing-Cloak: the huntsman tricks th…
Which individual does the huntsman spare from corporal punishment, and for what reason?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: individual, huntsman · What happens: do, spare · To what, where: huntsman, corporal punishment
This is exam question 4 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 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 individual | det |
| 2 | individual | individual | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 does | nsubj |
| 3 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 huntsman | det |
| 5 | huntsman | huntsman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 does | obj |
| 6 | spare | spare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 huntsman | acl |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 punishment | case |
| 8 | corporal | corporal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 punishment | compound |
| 9 | punishment | punishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 spare | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 what | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 what | cc |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 what | case |
| 13 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 does | parataxis |
| 14 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 what | nsubj |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 does | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | which individual | the huntsman | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent huntsman=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | spare | infinitive | the huntsman not said here | corporal punishment | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=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
the witch, since she pleaded for mercy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 witch | det |
| 2 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pleaded | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 pleaded | punct |
| 4 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 6 pleaded | mark |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 pleaded | nsubj |
| 6 | pleaded | plead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 mercy | case |
| 8 | mercy | mercy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pleaded | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plead speech: request | past | the witch | for mercy | tree rules |
Option 2
the lady, from unwillingness to see her beaten and bruised by the miller's stick
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 lady | det |
| 2 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 unwillingness | punct |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 unwillingness | case |
| 5 | unwillingness | unwillingness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lady | appos |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 see | mark |
| 7 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 unwillingness | acl |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 beaten | nmod:poss |
| 9 | beaten | beat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 see | xcomp |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 bruised | cc |
| 11 | bruised | bruise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 beaten | conj |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 16 stick | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 miller | det |
| 14 | miller | miller | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 stick | nmod:poss |
| 15 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 14 miller | case |
| 16 | stick | stick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 bruised | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | to-infinitive | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||||
| 2 | beat | participle | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | bruise | participle | by the miller's stick | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
the lady, from unwillingness to see her beaten
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 lady | det |
| 2 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 unwillingness | punct |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 unwillingness | case |
| 5 | unwillingness | unwillingness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lady | appos |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 see | mark |
| 7 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 unwillingness | acl |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 see | obj |
| 9 | beaten | beat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 see | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | to-infinitive | her = she | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | beat | participle | her = she not said here | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
the servant-maid, because she begged him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 maid | det |
| 2 | servant | servant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 maid | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 servant | punct |
| 4 | maid | maid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 begged | ccomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 begged | punct |
| 6 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 begged | mark |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 begged | nsubj |
| 8 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 begged | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beg speech: request | past | maid | him = he | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
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