Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Thorny Road of Honor: great people s…

What was the reward bestowed upon Columbus by his contemporaries?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, bestow · To what, where: reward

This is exam question 2 of lesson 999 «Andersen's Tales, The Thorny Road of Honor: great people suffer for their gifts» 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	4 reward	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 reward	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reward	det
4	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	bestowed	bestow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reward	acl
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 Columbus	case
7	Columbus	Columbus	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 bestowed	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 contemporaries	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 contemporaries	nmod:poss
10	contemporaries	contemporary	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bestowed	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 reward	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the reward					tree rules
2	bestow	participle		the reward not said here				upon Columbus; by Columbus's contemporaries	tree rules

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

He was given a title and a pension

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	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 title	det
5	title	title	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 pension	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pension	det
8	pension	pension	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 title	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past · passive		He					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient title=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He was rewarded with iron chains

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	3 rewarded	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 rewarded	aux:pass
3	rewarded	reward	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 chains	case
5	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chains	compound
6	chains	chain	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rewarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reward	past · passive		He				with iron chains	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: subject=Recipient with chain=Theme

Option 3

He was honored with a royal statue

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	3 honored	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 honored	aux:pass
3	honored	honor	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 statue	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 statue	det
6	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 statue	amod
7	statue	statue	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 honored	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	honor	past · passive		He				with a royal statue	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

He was rewarded with iron chains and exile to a distant prison

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	3 rewarded	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 rewarded	aux:pass
3	rewarded	reward	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 chains	case
5	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chains	compound
6	chains	chain	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rewarded	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 exile	cc
8	exile	exile	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chains	conj
9	to	to	ADP	_	12 prison	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 prison	det
11	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 prison	amod
12	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rewarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reward	past · passive		He				with iron chains and exile; to a distant prison	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: subject=Recipient with chain=Theme

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