Exam question 4 · Finders keepers and what belongs to whom

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning Jean Valjean in the novel Les Misérables.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, Jean Valjean, novel

This is exam question 4 of lesson 42 «Finders keepers and what belongs to whom» of the religion ethics 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	Jean	Jean	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Valjean	compound
11	Valjean	Valjean	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 novel	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 novel	det
14	novel	novel	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
15	Les	Les	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 novel	appos
16	Misérables	Misérables	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Les	flat
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	Jean Valjean	the novel		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus valjean=Experiencer

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

He was imprisoned for the theft of a loaf of bread intended to feed hungry children

The tree, 16 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	3 imprisoned	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 imprisoned	aux:pass
3	imprisoned	imprison	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 theft	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 theft	det
6	theft	theft	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 imprisoned	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 loaf	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 loaf	det
9	loaf	loaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 theft	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 bread	case
11	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 loaf	nmod
12	intended	intend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 bread	acl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 feed	mark
14	feed	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 intended	xcomp
15	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 children	amod
16	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 feed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	imprison	past · passive	He		for the theft of a loaf of bread	vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	intend	participle	bread not said here			vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	feed not said to happen	to-infinitive		hungry children		vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Recipient

Option 2

He was rewarded by the authorities for the theft of a loaf of bread

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	by	by	ADP	_	6 authorities	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 authorities	det
6	authorities	authority	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rewarded	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 theft	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 theft	det
9	theft	theft	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rewarded	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 loaf	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 loaf	det
12	loaf	loaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 theft	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 bread	case
14	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 loaf	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reward	past · passive	the authorities	He				for the theft of a loaf of bread	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent subject=Theme for theft=Attribute

Option 3

He was imprisoned for the retention of a wallet he had discovered lying in the street

The tree, 16 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	3 imprisoned	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 imprisoned	aux:pass
3	imprisoned	imprison	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 retention	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 retention	det
6	retention	retention	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 imprisoned	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 wallet	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 wallet	det
9	wallet	wallet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 retention	nmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 discovered	nsubj
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 discovered	aux
12	discovered	discover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 wallet	acl:relcl
13	lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 discovered	xcomp
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 street	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 street	det
16	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 lying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	imprison	past · passive		He		for the retention of a wallet	vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	discover	past · perfect	he	a wallet not said here			tree rules
3	lie	gerund	he not said here		the street		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in street=Location
4	retain			a wallet			nom retention «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

He was a shopkeeper who tendered excess change to his customers

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	4 shopkeeper	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 shopkeeper	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 shopkeeper	det
4	shopkeeper	shopkeeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 tendered	nsubj
6	tendered	tender	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 shopkeeper	acl:relcl
7	excess	excess	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 change	compound
8	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tendered	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 customers	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 customers	nmod:poss
11	customers	customer	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 tendered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	He	a shopkeeper					tree rules
2	tender	past	a shopkeeper	excess change				to his customers	tree rules

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