Exam question 4 · Gutenberg 3027, Gopani-Kufa and the Magic Mirror, part 4:…
What was the fakeer's principal instruction to the king regarding his undertaking?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: principal instruction, fakeer, king · What happens: be, regard, instruct, undertake
This is exam question 4 of lesson 1138 «Gutenberg 3027, Gopani-Kufa and the Magic Mirror, part 4: the Mirror is stolen and the white men take all the power» 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 | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 fakeer | det |
| 4 | fakeer | fakeer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 instruction | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 fakeer | case |
| 6 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 instruction | amod |
| 7 | instruction | instruction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 king | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 king | det |
| 10 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 instruction | nmod |
| 11 | regarding | regard | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 undertaking | case |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 undertaking | nmod:poss |
| 13 | undertaking | undertaking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 king | nmod |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the fakeer's principal instruction to the king regard king's undertaking | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | regard | gerund | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | instruct | the fakeer | to the king regard king's undertaking | nom instruction «communication transitive»: poss=agent to=obl | |||||
| 4 | undertake | king | nom undertaking «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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
To refrain from it entirely and await God's call, for the Paradise he sought was not a thing for living men
The tree, 22 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 refrain | mark |
| 2 | refrain | refrain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 thing | advcl |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 it | case |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 refrain | obl |
| 5 | entirely | entirely | ADV | _ | 2 refrain | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 await | cc |
| 7 | await | await | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 refrain | conj |
| 8 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 call | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 God | case |
| 10 | call | call | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 await | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 Paradise | punct |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 Paradise | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Paradise | det |
| 14 | Paradise | paradise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 thing | nsubj |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 sought | nsubj |
| 16 | sought | seek | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 Paradise | acl:relcl |
| 17 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 thing | cop |
| 18 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 20 thing | advmod |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 thing | det |
| 20 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 21 | for | for | ADP | _ | 23 men | case |
| 22 | living | living | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 men | amod |
| 23 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 thing | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | refrain | to-infinitive | the Paradise not said here | it | entirely property | vn refrain-69 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent from it=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | await | infinitive | the Paradise not said here | God's call | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | seek | past | God | the Paradise not said here | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paradise=Theme | ||||
| 4 | not is a | past | the Paradise | a thing | for living men | tree rules | |||
| 5 | call | God | nom call «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
To refrain from it and await God's call
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 refrain | mark |
| 2 | refrain | refrain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 it | case |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 refrain | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 await | cc |
| 6 | await | await | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 refrain | conj |
| 7 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 call | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 God | case |
| 9 | call | call | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 await | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | refrain | to-infinitive | it | vn refrain-69 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent from it=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | await | infinitive | God's call | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | call | God | nom call «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
To wait for a sign from heaven
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 wait | mark |
| 2 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 sign | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 sign | det |
| 5 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wait | obl |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 heaven | case |
| 7 | heaven | heaven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wait | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | to-infinitive | heaven | for a sign | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
To stay away and wait for his own time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 stay | mark |
| 2 | stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | away | away | ADV | _ | 2 stay | advmod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 wait | cc |
| 5 | wait | wait | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 stay | conj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 time | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 time | nmod:poss |
| 8 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 time | amod |
| 9 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wait | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay away | to-infinitive | away property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | wait | infinitive | time | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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