Exam question 3 · Crock of Gold, The Wooing of Becfola, part 19: the High Ki…

With reference to the passage, identify the question the king considered the only one worth asking the lady.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, king · What happens: identify, consider, ask · To what, where: question, only one, lady

This is exam question 3 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 question	det
9	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 identify	obj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 king	det
11	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 considered	nsubj
12	considered	consider	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 question	acl:relcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 one	det
14	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 one	amod
15	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 considered	obj
16	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 one	amod
17	asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 worth	csubj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 lady	det
19	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 asking	obj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the question		with reference to the passage	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent question=Theme
2	consider	past	the king	the only one			vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent one=Attribute
3	ask speech: ask	gerund			the lady		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lady=Recipient

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

Whether she would consent to marry him and leave her homeland forever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whether	whether	SCONJ	_	4 consent	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 consent	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 consent	aux
4	consent	consent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 marry	mark
6	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 consent	xcomp
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 marry	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 leave	cc
9	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 marry	conj
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 homeland	nmod:poss
11	homeland	homeland	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 leave	obj
12	forever	forever	ADV	_	9 leave	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	consent	would	she			vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	marry	to-infinitive	she not said here	him = he		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
3	leave	infinitive	she not said here	her homeland	forever property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homeland=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Whether she would consent to marry him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whether	whether	SCONJ	_	4 consent	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 consent	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 consent	aux
4	consent	consent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 marry	mark
6	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 consent	xcomp
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 marry	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consent	would	she						vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	marry	to-infinitive	she not said here	him = he					vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 3

Whether she could ride the horses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whether	whether	SCONJ	_	4 ride	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ride	nsubj
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 ride	aux
4	ride	ride	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 horses	det
6	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 ride	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	could	she	the horses					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme

Option 4

Who her father was and whether she would consent to marry him as his queen

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 consent	nsubj
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 father	nmod:poss
3	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 consent	nsubj:outer
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 consent	cop
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 consent	cc
6	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	9 consent	mark
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 consent	nsubj
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 consent	aux
9	consent	consent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	to	to	PART	_	11 marry	mark
11	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 consent	xcomp
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 marry	obj
13	as	as	ADP	_	15 queen	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 queen	nmod:poss
15	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 marry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	would · past						consent property	tree rules
2	marry	to-infinitive		him = he				as his queen	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

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