Exam question 3 · Gods and Fighting Men, the tale of Conn and Segda, part 32…

Which of the following statements most accurately describes the duty that the High King acknowledged when he placed Segda under the protections of his oath?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: High King, King · What happens: follow, describe, acknowledge, place, protect · To what, where: duty, Segda, protections, oath

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1064 «Gods and Fighting Men, the tale of Conn and Segda, part 32: Conn lands on a magic island, asks for the queen's son, and the boy is condemned to die» 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 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 describes	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 describes	advmod
8	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 duty	det
10	duty	duty	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 describes	obj
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 acknowledged	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 King	det
13	High	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 King	amod
14	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 acknowledged	nsubj
15	acknowledged	acknowledge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 duty	acl
16	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	18 placed	advmod
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 placed	nsubj
18	placed	place	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 acknowledged	advcl
19	Segda	Segda	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 placed	obj
20	under	under	ADP	_	22 protections	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 protections	det
22	protections	protection	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 placed	obl
23	of	of	ADP	_	25 oath	case
24	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 oath	nmod:poss
25	oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 protections	nmod
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the duty		of the following statements; accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent duty=Theme
3	acknowledge	past	the High King	the duty not said here			vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duty=Topic
4	place	past	King	Segda	the protections of King's oath		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent segda=Theme under protection=Destination
5	protect			King's oath			nom protection «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

He recognised an obligation, as his office required, to give the protections owed, despite his distress

The tree, 16 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 recognised	nsubj
2	recognised	recognise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 obligation	det
4	obligation	obligation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 recognised	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 required	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 required	mark
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 office	nmod:poss
8	office	office	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 required	nsubj
9	required	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 recognised	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 give	punct
11	to	to	PART	_	12 give	mark
12	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 required	xcomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 protections	det
14	protections	protection	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 give	obj
15	owed	owe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 give	xcomp
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 distress	punct
17	despite	despite	ADP	_	19 distress	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 distress	nmod:poss
19	distress	distress	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 required	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	recognise	past	He	a obligation		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer obligation=Stimulus
2	require	past	his office		despite office's distress	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition
3	give	to-infinitive	his office not said here	the protections		tree rules
4	owe	participle	his office not said here			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
5	distress		office			nom distress «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

He acknowledged a duty, as bound by his office and his oath to the gods, to grant every protection that was due to the boy, even while he was greatly perturbed and angry with the magicians

The tree, 36 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 acknowledged	nsubj
2	acknowledged	acknowledge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 duty	det
4	duty	duty	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 acknowledged	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 bound	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 bound	mark
7	bound	bind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 acknowledged	conj
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 office	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 office	nmod:poss
10	office	office	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bound	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 oath	cc
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 oath	nmod:poss
13	oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 office	conj
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 gods	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 gods	det
16	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 oath	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 grant	punct
18	to	to	PART	_	19 grant	mark
19	grant	grant	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 acknowledged	parataxis
20	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	21 protection	det
21	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 grant	obj
22	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	27 boy	nsubj
23	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 boy	cop
24	due	due	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	27 boy	case
25	to	to	ADP	_	24 due	fixed
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 boy	det
27	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 protection	acl:relcl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 perturbed	punct
29	even	even	ADV	_	34 perturbed	advmod
30	while	while	SCONJ	_	34 perturbed	mark
31	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 perturbed	nsubj
32	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 perturbed	aux:pass
33	greatly	greatly	ADV	_	34 perturbed	advmod
34	perturbed	perturb	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 grant	parataxis
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 angry	cc
36	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 perturbed	conj
37	with	with	ADP	_	39 magicians	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 magicians	det
39	magicians	magician	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 angry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	acknowledge	past	He	a duty		vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duty=Topic
2	bind	participle	He not said here		by his office and his oath to the gods	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	grant	to-infinitive		every protection		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent protection=Theme
4	is	past	every protection		due the boy	tree rules
5	perturb	past · passive		boy	greatly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

Option 3

He acknowledged a duty, as bound by his office, to grant the protections due, and he insisted on the oath even while greatly perturbed by the whole matter of the boy's death

The tree, 33 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 acknowledged	nsubj
2	acknowledged	acknowledge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 duty	det
4	duty	duty	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 acknowledged	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 bound	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 bound	mark
7	bound	bind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 acknowledged	conj
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 office	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 office	nmod:poss
10	office	office	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bound	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 grant	punct
12	to	to	PART	_	13 grant	mark
13	grant	grant	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 acknowledged	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 protections	det
15	protections	protection	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 grant	obj
16	due	due	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 grant	xcomp
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 insisted	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 insisted	cc
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 insisted	nsubj
20	insisted	insist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 acknowledged	conj
21	on	on	ADP	_	23 oath	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 oath	det
23	oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 insisted	obl
24	even	even	ADV	_	27 perturbed	advmod
25	while	while	SCONJ	_	27 perturbed	mark
26	greatly	greatly	ADV	_	27 perturbed	advmod
27	perturbed	perturb	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 insisted	advcl
28	by	by	ADP	_	31 matter	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 matter	det
30	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 matter	amod
31	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 perturbed	obl
32	of	of	ADP	_	36 death	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 boy	det
34	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 death	nmod:poss
35	's	's	PART	_	34 boy	case
36	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 matter	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	acknowledge	past	He	a duty			vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duty=Topic
2	bind	participle	He not said here			by his office	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	grant	to-infinitive	He not said here	the protections		due property	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent protection=Theme
4	insist speech: other	past	he		the oath		vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
5	perturb	participle	he not said here			by the whole matter of the boy's death; greatly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
6	matter		the boy's death				nom matter «cognition intransitive»: of=agent
7	die		the boy				nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He acknowledged a duty, as bound by his office, to grant the protections that were due, even while greatly perturbed

The tree, 20 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 acknowledged	nsubj
2	acknowledged	acknowledge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 duty	det
4	duty	duty	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 acknowledged	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 bound	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 bound	mark
7	bound	bind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 acknowledged	conj
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 office	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 office	nmod:poss
10	office	office	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bound	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 grant	punct
12	to	to	PART	_	13 grant	mark
13	grant	grant	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 acknowledged	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 protections	det
15	protections	protection	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 grant	obj
16	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 due	nsubj
17	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 due	cop
18	due	due	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	15 protections	acl:relcl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 perturbed	punct
20	even	even	ADV	_	23 perturbed	advmod
21	while	while	SCONJ	_	23 perturbed	mark
22	greatly	greatly	ADV	_	23 perturbed	advmod
23	perturbed	perturb	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 acknowledged	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	acknowledge	past	He	a duty		vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duty=Topic
2	bind	participle	He not said here		by his office	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	grant	to-infinitive	He not said here	the protections		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent protection=Theme
4	is	past	the protections		due property	tree rules
5	perturb	participle	He not said here		greatly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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