Exam question 1 · Crock of Gold, The Hundred Fighter, part 31: Conn chooses…

Which statement did Conn make concerning the banishment of his son?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: statement · What happens: make, concern, banish · To what, where: banishment, son

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1063 «Crock of Gold, The Hundred Fighter, part 31: Conn chooses Becuma, Art is banished, and Ireland starves» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 make	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 make	aux
4	Conn	Conn	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 make	nsubj
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 make	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 banishment	det
8	banishment	banishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 concerning	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 son	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 son	nmod:poss
11	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 banishment	nmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	make	past · do-support	which statement		tree rules
2	concern	gerund	which statement not said here	the banishment of Conn's son	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus banishment=Experiencer
3	banish			Conn's son	nom banishment «state 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

He stated that he did not wish to banish his son, and he wept before the whole court

The tree, 18 words

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 stated	nsubj
2	stated	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 wish	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 wish	nsubj
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 wish	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 wish	advmod
7	wish	wish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 stated	ccomp
8	to	to	PART	_	9 banish	mark
9	banish	banish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 wish	xcomp
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 son	nmod:poss
11	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 banish	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 wept	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 wept	cc
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 wept	nsubj
15	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stated	conj
16	before	before	ADP	_	19 court	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 court	det
18	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 court	amod
19	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 wept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	state speech: other	past	He			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not wish	past · do-support	he			vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	banish not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	his son		vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme
4	weep	past	he		before the whole court	vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

He stated that he did not wish to banish his son

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 stated	nsubj
2	stated	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 wish	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 wish	nsubj
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 wish	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 wish	advmod
7	wish	wish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 stated	ccomp
8	to	to	PART	_	9 banish	mark
9	banish	banish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 wish	xcomp
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 son	nmod:poss
11	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 banish	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	state speech: other	past	He		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not wish	past · do-support	he		vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	banish not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	his son	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme

Option 3

He said that he would wed Becuma soon

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 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 wed	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 wed	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 wed	aux
6	wed	wed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 said	ccomp
7	Becuma	Becuma	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 wed	obj
8	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 wed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	He						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	wed	would	he	Becuma				soon property	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent becuma=Patient

Option 4

He swore the banishment was the magicians' plan

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 swore	nsubj
2	swore	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 banishment	det
4	banishment	banishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 plan	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 plan	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 magicians	det
7	magicians	magician	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 plan	nmod:poss
8	'	's	PART	_	7 magicians	case
9	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 swore	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swear	past	He						vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the banishment	the magicians's plan					tree rules

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