Exam question 3 · Gods and Fighting Men, Conn the Hundred Fighter, part 30:…

Which of the following did the stranger state regarding her motive for approaching the king?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: motive · What happens: follow, regard, approach · To what, where: king

This is exam question 3 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 state	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	8 state	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 state	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 state	case
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 state	aux
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 state	det
7	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 state	compound
8	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 motive	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 motive	nmod:poss
11	motive	motive	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 state	nmod
12	for	for	SCONJ	_	13 approaching	mark
13	approaching	approach	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 motive	acl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 king	det
15	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 approaching	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 state	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	regard	gerund			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	approach	gerund	her motive not said here	the king	vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme

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

She had come to trade sea-gifts with the king

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 come	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 come	aux
3	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 trade	mark
5	trade	trade	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 come	xcomp
6	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gifts	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 sea	punct
8	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 trade	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 king	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 king	det
11	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 trade	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past · perfect	She						tree rules
2	trade	to-infinitive	She not said here	sea gifts				with the king	vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent gift=Theme with king=Co-Agent

Option 2

She had become deeply enamoured of Art, son of Conn, the High King's heir

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 become	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 become	aux
3	become	become	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	deeply	deeply	ADV	_	5 enamoured	advmod
5	enamoured	enamour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 become	xcomp
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Art	case
7	Art	Art	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 enamoured	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 son	punct
9	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 Art	appos
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 Conn	case
11	Conn	Conn	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 son	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 heir	punct
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 King	det
14	High	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 King	amod
15	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 heir	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 King	case
17	heir	heir	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 Conn	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past · perfect	She						tree rules
2	enamour	participle	She not said here					of Art; deeply property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She had become enamoured of Art, son of Conn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 become	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 become	aux
3	become	become	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	enamoured	enamour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 become	xcomp
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Art	case
6	Art	Art	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 enamoured	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 son	punct
8	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Art	appos
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Conn	case
10	Conn	Conn	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 son	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past · perfect	She						tree rules
2	enamour	participle	She not said here					of Art	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She had been sent by Gadiar to spy on Conn and had grown fond of his son Art

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sent	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sent	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 sent	aux:pass
4	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 Gadiar	case
6	Gadiar	Gadiar	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 sent	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 spy	mark
8	spy	spy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 sent	advcl
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 Conn	case
10	Conn	Conn	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 spy	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 grown	cc
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 grown	aux
13	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 sent	conj
14	fond	fond	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 grown	xcomp
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 son	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 son	nmod:poss
17	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 fond	obl
18	Art	Art	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 grown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	send	past · perfect · passive	Gadiar	She			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	spy	to-infinitive	Gadiar not said here		Conn		vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer
3	grow	past · perfect	Gadiar not said here	Art		fond property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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