Exam question 2 · Deirdre, Becfola's Wooing, part 21: Becfola sneaks home an…

Upon what grounds does the king dismiss Becfola's intended reproach at the time of her return?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: king, Becfola · What happens: ground, dismiss, intend, return · To what, where: intended reproach

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1053 «Deirdre, Becfola's Wooing, part 21: Becfola sneaks home and the king turns her scolding into a joke» 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 dismiss	obl
3	grounds	ground	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 dismiss	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dismiss	nsubj
7	dismiss	dismiss	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	Becfola	Becfola	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 reproach	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Becfola	case
10	intended	intend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 reproach	amod
11	reproach	reproach	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dismiss	obj
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 time	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 time	det
14	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dismiss	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 return	case
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 return	nmod:poss
17	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 time	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 dismiss	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	ground	present				vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	dismiss	present · do-support	the king	Becfola's intended reproach	time	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reproach=Theme
3	intend	participle				vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
4	return		Becfola			nom return «communication intransitive»: 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

He cites the king's own oath.

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	2 cites	nsubj
2	cites	cite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 oath	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 king	case
6	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 oath	amod
7	oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cites	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cites	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cite	present	He	the king's own oath					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oath=Theme

Option 2

He appeals to the queen's authority over matters of the household.

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	2 appeals	nsubj
2	appeals	appeal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	7 authority	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 queen	det
5	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 authority	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 queen	case
7	authority	authority	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 appeals	obl
8	over	over	ADP	_	9 matters	case
9	matters	matter	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 authority	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 household	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 household	det
12	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 matters	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 appeals	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	appeal	present	He					to the queen's authority over matters of the household	vn appeal-31.4-2 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to authority=Experiencer
2	matter		the household						nom matter «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

He calls the hour unlucky and the bargain void for all concerned.

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	2 calls	nsubj
2	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hour	det
4	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 calls	obj
5	unlucky	unlucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 calls	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 concerned	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 void	det
8	bargain	bargain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 void	amod
9	void	void	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 concerned	nsubj
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 all	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 void	nmod
12	concerned	concerned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 calls	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 calls	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present	He				hour	unlucky property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He invokes the impropriety of an engagement made at so early an hour.

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	2 invokes	nsubj
2	invokes	invoke	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 impropriety	det
4	impropriety	impropriety	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 invokes	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 engagement	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 engagement	det
7	engagement	engagement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 impropriety	nmod
8	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 engagement	acl
9	at	at	ADP	_	13 hour	case
10	so	so	ADV	_	11 early	advmod
11	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	13 hour	advmod
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 hour	det
13	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 made	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 invokes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invoke	present	He	the impropriety of a engagement					tree rules
2	make	participle		a engagement not said here			hour		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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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