Exam question 1 · Gods and Fighting Men, Conn the Hundred Fighter, part 30:…

Which of the following was the punishment decreed for the crime of Becuma of the White Skin?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, be, decree, incriminate · To what, where: Becuma

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1062 «Gods and Fighting Men, Conn the Hundred Fighter, part 30: Conn grieves for his queen and a stranger comes out of the sea» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 decreed	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	7 punishment	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 punishment	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 punishment	case
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 punishment	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 punishment	det
7	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 decreed	obl
8	decreed	decree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 crime	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 crime	det
11	crime	crime	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 decreed	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 Becuma	case
13	Becuma	Becuma	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 crime	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 Skin	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Skin	det
16	White	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 Skin	amod
17	Skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 crime	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 decreed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	past		of the punishment	tree rules
3	decree	past		for the crime of Becuma of the White Skin	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme
4	incriminate		Becuma		nom crime «act transitive»: of=patient

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

Banishment from the Many-Coloured Land to a dark cold sphere

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Banishment	banishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	7 Land	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Land	det
4	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 Coloured	amod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 Many	punct
6	Coloured	coloured	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Land	amod
7	Land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Banishment	nmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	12 sphere	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 sphere	det
10	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 sphere	amod
11	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 sphere	amod
12	sphere	sphere	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 Land	nmod

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

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Banishment from the Many-Coloured Land to a lower and worse sphere

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Banishment	banishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	7 Land	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Land	det
4	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 Coloured	amod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 Many	punct
6	Coloured	coloured	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Land	amod
7	Land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Banishment	nmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	13 sphere	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 sphere	det
10	lower	low	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	13 sphere	amod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 worse	cc
12	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 lower	conj
13	sphere	sphere	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Banishment	nmod

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

Option 3

Banishment from Tara to a worse land of cold mists and sorrow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Banishment	banishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 Tara	case
3	Tara	Tara	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Banishment	nmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 land	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 land	det
6	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 land	amod
7	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Banishment	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 mists	case
9	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 mists	amod
10	mists	mist	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 land	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 sorrow	cc
12	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 mists	conj

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

Option 4

Permanent banishment from the Many-Coloured Land to a lower and worse sphere beyond all the seas

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 banishment	amod
2	banishment	banishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	8 Land	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Land	det
5	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Coloured	amod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 Many	punct
7	Coloured	coloured	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Land	amod
8	Land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 banishment	nmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	14 sphere	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 sphere	det
11	lower	low	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	14 sphere	amod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 worse	cc
13	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 lower	conj
14	sphere	sphere	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Land	nmod
15	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	18 seas	case
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	18 seas	det:predet
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 seas	det
18	seas	sea	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 sphere	nmod

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

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