Exam question 3 · Andersen's Tales, The Glovemaker's Widow

Which of the following best identifies the disposition of the legacy bequeathed by the mayor's brother?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, identify, bequeath · To what, where: disposition, legacy

This is exam question 3 of lesson 845 «Andersen's Tales, The Glovemaker's Widow» 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	6 identifies	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 identifies	nmod
6	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 disposition	det
8	disposition	disposition	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 legacy	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 legacy	det
11	legacy	legacy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 disposition	nmod
12	bequeathed	bequeath	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 legacy	acl
13	by	by	ADP	_	17 brother	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 mayor	det
15	mayor	mayor	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 brother	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 mayor	case
17	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bequeathed	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present	the disposition of the legacy	of the best	tree rules
3	bequeath	participle	the legacy not said here	by the mayor's brother	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

Six hundred dollars, paid in full

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 hundred	compound
2	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 dollars	nummod
3	dollars	dollar	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 paid	nsubj:pass
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 paid	punct
5	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 full	case
7	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 paid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	participle · passive		hundred dollars		full			vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Six hundred dollars, to be paid with discretion to the widow or her child

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 hundred	compound
2	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 dollars	nummod
3	dollars	dollar	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 paid	punct
5	to	to	PART	_	7 paid	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 paid	aux:pass
7	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 dollars	acl:relcl
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 discretion	case
9	discretion	discretion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 paid	obl
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 widow	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 widow	det
12	widow	widow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 paid	obl
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 child	cc
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 child	nmod:poss
15	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 widow	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	to-infinitive · passive						with discretion; to the widow or her child	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»

Option 3

Six hundred dollars, paid quietly to the widow's son

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 hundred	compound
2	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 dollars	nummod
3	dollars	dollar	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 paid	nsubj:pass
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 paid	punct
5	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	5 paid	advmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	11 son	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 widow	det
9	widow	widow	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 son	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 widow	case
11	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 paid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	participle · passive		hundred dollars				to the widow's son; quietly property	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset

Option 4

A sum of money, to be kept by the mayor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sum	det
2	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 money	case
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sum	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 kept	punct
6	to	to	PART	_	8 kept	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 kept	aux:pass
8	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 sum	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 mayor	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mayor	det
11	mayor	mayor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive · passive	the mayor						vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	sum			money					nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient

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