Exam question 2 · The royal family in the news: a wedding, a move to America…

Identify the principal reason for which Queen Elizabeth II sat alone at the funeral of Prince Philip.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Elizabeth · What happens: identify, sit · To what, where: principal reason, funeral

This is exam question 2 of lesson 44 «The royal family in the news: a wedding, a move to America, an interview and a book» of the adult life 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 sat	obl
7	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Elizabeth	nmod:desc
8	Elizabeth	Elizabeth	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 sat	nsubj
9	II	II	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	8 Elizabeth	flat
10	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	acl:relcl
11	alone	alone	ADV	_	10 sat	advmod
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 funeral	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 funeral	det
14	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sat	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 Philip	case
16	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Philip	compound
17	Philip	Philip	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 funeral	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	sit	past	Elizabeth Queen			the funeral of Prince Philip		for the principal reason; alone property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at funeral=Location

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 · ✓ the right answer

Regulations then in force concerning social distancing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Regulations	regulation	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 force	advmod
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 force	case
4	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Regulations	nmod
5	concerning	concern	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 distancing	case
6	social	social	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 distancing	amod
7	distancing	distancing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 force	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	concern	gerund							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

The absence of the remaining family from the service

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 absence	det
2	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 family	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 family	det
5	remaining	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 family	amod
6	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 absence	nmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 service	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 service	det
9	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 family	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	gerund							vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	absent			the remaining family from the service					nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

A dispute among the members of the royal family

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dispute	det
2	dispute	dispute	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	among	among	ADP	_	5 members	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 members	det
5	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 dispute	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 family	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 family	det
8	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 family	amod
9	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 members	nmod

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

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

A request made by Prince Philip prior to his death

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 request	det
2	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 request	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 Philip	case
5	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Philip	compound
6	Philip	Philip	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl:agent
7	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	10 death	case
8	to	to	ADP	_	7 prior	fixed
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 death	nmod:poss
10	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle		a request not said here				prior Philip's death	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	die		Philip						nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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