Exam question 2 · Fairy Book, The Rover of the Plain, part 34: a proud king'…

What was the condition under which the old king surrendered his sceptre to Jack?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition, old king · What happens: be, surrender · To what, where: sceptre, Jack, condition

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1168 «Fairy Book, The Rover of the Plain, part 34: a proud king's magic is ruined, and a bride asks for a buffalo» 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 condition	det
4	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	under	under	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 surrendered	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 king	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 king	amod
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 surrendered	nsubj
10	surrendered	surrender	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 condition	acl:relcl
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 sceptre	nmod:poss
12	sceptre	sceptre	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 surrendered	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 Jack	case
14	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 surrendered	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the condition						tree rules
2	surrender	past	the old king	king's sceptre	Jack	the condition			vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent sceptre=Theme to jack=Recipient

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

the open acknowledgement before all the court that Jack's magic was greater than his own

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 acknowledgement	det
2	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 acknowledgement	amod
3	acknowledgement	acknowledgement	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 greater	nsubj
4	before	before	ADP	_	7 court	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 court	det:predet
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 court	det
7	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 acknowledgement	nmod
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 greater	nsubj
9	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 magic	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Jack	case
11	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 greater	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 greater	cop
13	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
14	than	than	ADP	_	16 own	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 own	nmod:poss
16	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 greater	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the open acknowledgement before all court					than Jack's own; great property	tree rules

Option 2

the proof, shown before all the lords and guards, that Jack's magic was greater than his

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 proof	det
2	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 greater	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 shown	punct
4	shown	show	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 proof	acl
5	before	before	ADP	_	8 lords	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 lords	det:predet
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lords	det
8	lords	lord	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 shown	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 guards	cc
10	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 lords	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 greater	punct
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 greater	mark
13	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 magic	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 Jack	case
15	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 greater	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 greater	cop
17	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
18	than	than	ADP	_	19 his	case
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 greater	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	participle		the proof not said here			before all lords and guards		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the proof					great property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

the recognition that Jack's magic was greater

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 recognition	det
2	recognition	recognition	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 greater	nsubj
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 magic	nsubj
4	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 magic	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Jack	case
6	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 recognition	acl:relcl
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 greater	cop
8	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	magic		the recognition						tree rules
2	is	past	the recognition					great property	tree rules

Option 4

the knowledge that Jack's cornet was stronger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 knowledge	det
2	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stronger	nsubj
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 cornet	nsubj
4	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 cornet	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Jack	case
6	cornet	cornet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 knowledge	acl:relcl
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 stronger	cop
8	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cornet		the knowledge						tree rules
2	is	past	the knowledge					strong property	tree rules

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