Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, Poultry Meg's Family, part 1: Marie and…

Which of the following describes the punishment inflicted upon the peasant Jon for his offence?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jon · What happens: follow, be, inflict, offend · To what, where: punishment

This is exam question 2 of lesson 948 «Andersen's Tales, Poultry Meg's Family, part 1: Marie and Soren rob the birds' nests» 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 punishment	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	7 punishment	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 punishment	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 punishment	case
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 punishment	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 punishment	det
7	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	inflicted	inflict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 punishment	acl
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 peasant	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 peasant	det
11	peasant	peasant	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 inflicted	obl
12	Jon	Jon	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 peasant	appos
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 offence	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 offence	nmod:poss
15	offence	offence	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 Jon	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 punishment	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			of the punishment	tree rules
3	inflict	participle		the punishment not said here	upon the peasant	tree rules
4	offend		Jon			nom offence «act transitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Confinement upon the wooden horse, with bricks fastened to his feet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Confinement	confinement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 horse	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 horse	det
4	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 horse	amod
5	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Confinement	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bricks	punct
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 bricks	case
8	bricks	brick	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Confinement	conj
9	fastened	fasten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 bricks	acl
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 feet	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 feet	nmod:poss
12	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 fastened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fasten	participle		bricks not said here				to horse's feet	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to foot=Co-Patient

Option 2

Forced labour in the fields

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Forced	force	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 labour	amod
2	labour	labour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 fields	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fields	det
5	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 labour	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	force	participle							vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Confinement in the stocks, with iron chains about his neck

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Confinement	confinement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 stocks	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 stocks	det
4	stocks	stock	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Confinement	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 chains	punct
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 chains	case
7	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 chains	compound
8	chains	chain	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Confinement	conj
9	about	about	ADP	_	11 neck	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 neck	nmod:poss
11	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 chains	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

A heavy fine of silver coins paid to the lord

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 fine	det
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fine	amod
3	fine	fine	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 paid	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 coins	case
5	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 coins	compound
6	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fine	nmod
7	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 lord	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lord	det
10	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 paid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	past	a heavy fine of silver coins					to the lord	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	fine			silver coins					nom fine «possession transitive»: of=patient

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