Exam question 3 · Grimm, Iron Hans, part 61: the gold well and the golden hair

Which of the following was the reason the boy declined the ducats offered by the princess?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy · What happens: follow, be, decline, offer · To what, where: ducats

This is exam question 3 of lesson 785 «Grimm, Iron Hans, part 61: the gold well and the golden hair» 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	7 reason	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	7 reason	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 reason	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 reason	case
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 reason	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 reason	det
7	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 boy	det
9	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 declined	nsubj
10	declined	decline	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 reason	acl:relcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 ducats	det
12	ducats	ducat	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 declined	obj
13	offered	offer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 ducats	acl
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 princess	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 princess	det
16	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 offered	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	past			of the reason	tree rules
3	decline	past	the boy	the ducats		vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ducat=Theme
4	offer	participle		the ducats not said here	by the princess	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: 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

he gave them back to the princess and asked for a bowl of soup instead

The tree, 15 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	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	iobj
4	back	back	ADV	_	2 gave	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 princess	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 princess	det
7	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 asked	cc
9	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 gave	conj
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 bowl	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 bowl	det
12	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 asked	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 soup	case
14	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bowl	nmod
15	instead	instead	ADV	_	9 asked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give back	past	he		them = they			to the princess	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to princess=Recipient
2	ask speech: ask	past	he not said here					for a bowl of soup; instead property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

he kept them for himself

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	2 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 kept	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 himself	case
5	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	he	them = they				for himself = he	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

he gave them to the gardener's children

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	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	iobj
4	to	to	ADP	_	8 children	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gardener	det
6	gardener	gardener	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 children	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 gardener	case
8	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	he		them = they			to the gardener's children	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to child=Recipient

Option 4

he spent them on a horse

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	2 spent	nsubj
2	spent	spend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 spent	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 horse	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 horse	det
6	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spend	past	he	them = they				on a horse goal	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent they=Asset on horse=Goal

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