Exam question 3 · Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan's Frenzy, part 39: Mongan tr…

What condition does Duv Laca impose upon the King of Leinster before she leaves with him?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: condition, Duv · What happens: do, impose, leave

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1071 «Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan's Frenzy, part 39: Mongan trades cows for Duv Laca» 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	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	2 condition	det
2	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	nsubj
3	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Duv	Duv	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 impose	nsubj
5	Laca	Laca	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Duv	flat
6	impose	impose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 does	ccomp
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 King	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 King	det
9	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 impose	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 Leinster	case
11	Leinster	Leinster	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 King	nmod
12	before	before	SCONJ	_	14 leaves	mark
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 leaves	nsubj
14	leaves	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 impose	advcl
15	with	with	ADP	_	16 him	case
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 leaves	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	do	present	what condition		tree rules
2	impose	present	Duv	upon the King of Leinster	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	leave	present	Duv	with condition	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with he=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

He shall not sit in her seat by the fire.

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	4 sit	nsubj
2	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 sit	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 sit	advmod
4	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 seat	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 seat	nmod:poss
7	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sit	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 fire	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fire	det
10	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sit	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not sit	shall	He			her seat		by the fire	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in seat=Location

Option 2

He shall not sit down.

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	4 sit	nsubj
2	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 sit	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 sit	advmod
4	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	down	down	ADP	_	4 sit	compound:prt
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not sit down	shall	He						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He shall not sit in the chair she occupies.

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	4 sit	nsubj
2	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 sit	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 sit	advmod
4	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 chair	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 chair	det
7	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sit	obl
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 occupies	nsubj
9	occupies	occupy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 chair	acl:relcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not sit	shall	He			the chair			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in chair=Location
2	occupy	present	she	the chair not said here					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus chair=Experiencer

Option 4

He shall not leave the hall before dawn.

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	4 leave	nsubj
2	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 leave	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 leave	advmod
4	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hall	det
6	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 leave	obj
7	before	before	ADP	_	8 dawn	case
8	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 leave	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 leave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not leave	shall	He	the hall			dawn		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hall=Theme

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