Exam question 3 · Greek Tales, The Stag Who Shed Red Tears, part 41: a stray…

What was the principal reason Anastasia became the narrator's sister?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Anastasia · What happens: be, become · To what, where: principal reason, sister

This is exam question 3 of lesson 830 «Greek Tales, The Stag Who Shed Red Tears, part 41: a stray girl becomes a sister, then the father dies» 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 reason	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 reason	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reason	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reason	amod
5	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	Anastasia	Anastasia	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 became	nsubj
7	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 reason	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 narrator	det
9	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sister	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 narrator	case
11	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 became	xcomp
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the principal reason					tree rules
2	become	past	Anastasia	the narrator's sister					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Patient reason=Result

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

Her father swore an oath at the monastery that bound the two families

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 father	nmod:poss
2	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swore	nsubj
3	swore	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 oath	det
5	oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swore	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 monastery	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 monastery	det
8	monastery	monastery	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swore	obl
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 bound	nsubj
10	bound	bind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 monastery	acl:relcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 families	det
12	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 families	nummod
13	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 bound	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swear	past	Her father	a oath		the monastery			vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent oath=Eventuality
2	bind	past	the monastery	the two families					vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Patient

Option 2

A debt owed by her father

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 debt	det
2	debt	debt	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	owed	owe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 debt	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 father	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 father	nmod:poss
6	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 owed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	owe	participle		a debt not said here				by her father	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The narrator's father adopted her after the raid on the village road

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 narrator	det
2	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 father	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 narrator	case
4	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 adopted	nsubj
5	adopted	adopt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 adopted	obj
7	after	after	ADP	_	9 raid	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 raid	det
9	raid	raid	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 adopted	obl
10	on	on	ADP	_	13 road	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 road	det
12	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 road	compound
13	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 adopted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	adopt	past	the narrator's father	her = she		the village road	after the raid		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

An old custom uniting her father to the narrator's

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 custom	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 custom	amod
3	custom	custom	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	uniting	unite	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 custom	acl
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 father	nmod:poss
6	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 uniting	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 narrator	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 narrator	det
9	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 uniting	obl
10	's	's	PART	_	9 narrator	case

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	unite	gerund	a old custom not said here	her father				to the narrator	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent father=Patient to narrator=Co-Patient

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