Exam question 2 · Crock of Gold, The Wooing of Becfola, part 19: the High Ki…

With reference to the passage, identify the reason the king gave for his surprise at seeing a woman in a chariot.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, king · What happens: identify, give, see, surprise · To what, where: reason, woman, chariot

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1051 «Crock of Gold, The Wooing of Becfola, part 19: the High King asks a silent lady in a chariot to marry him» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 identify	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 reference	punct
7	identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 reason	det
9	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 identify	obj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 king	det
11	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gave	nsubj
12	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 reason	acl:relcl
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 surprise	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 surprise	nmod:poss
15	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gave	obl
16	at	at	SCONJ	_	17 seeing	mark
17	seeing	see	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 gave	advcl
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 woman	det
19	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 seeing	obj
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 chariot	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 chariot	det
22	chariot	chariot	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 seeing	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the reason		with reference to the passage	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	give	past	the king	the reason not said here		for king's surprise	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent reason=Theme for surprise=Asset
3	see	gerund	the king not said here	a woman	a chariot		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer woman=Stimulus
4	surprise		king				nom surprise «feeling 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

Women stay near the hearth and avoid riding

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stay	nsubj
2	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	near	near	ADP	_	5 hearth	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hearth	det
5	hearth	hearth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stay	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 avoid	cc
7	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 stay	conj
8	riding	riding	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 avoid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	present	Women			the hearth			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near hearth=Location
2	avoid	infinitive	Women not said here	riding					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent riding=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Women are home-dwellers who seldom drive two horses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dwellers	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dwellers	cop
3	home	home	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dwellers	amod
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 home	punct
5	dwellers	dweller	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 drive	nsubj
7	seldom	seldom	ADV	_	8 drive	advmod
8	drive	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dwellers	acl:relcl
9	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 horses	nummod
10	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 drive	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Women	home dwellers					tree rules
2	drive	present	home dwellers	two horses				seldom property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme

Option 3

Women rarely ride

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ride	nsubj
2	rarely	rarely	ADV	_	3 ride	advmod
3	ride	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	present	Women					rarely property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Women are weak and seldom drive chariots

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 weak	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 weak	cop
3	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 drive	cc
5	seldom	seldom	ADV	_	6 drive	advmod
6	drive	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 weak	conj
7	chariots	chariot	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 drive	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Women					weak property	tree rules
2	drive	present	Women not said here	chariots				seldom property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme chariot=Trajectory

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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