Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, The Frog, part 47: the frog exposes the king'…

Which of the king's subsequent actions demonstrates his obedience to the magical ring?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: king · What happens: demonstrate, act, obey · To what, where: obedience

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1181 «Fairy Tales, The Frog, part 47: the frog exposes the king's plan, and the king defeats the Lion Fairy» 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 demonstrates	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	7 actions	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 actions	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 king	case
6	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 actions	amod
7	actions	action	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 demonstrates	obl
8	demonstrates	demonstrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 obedience	nmod:poss
10	obedience	obedience	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 demonstrates	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	14 ring	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 ring	det
13	magical	magical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 ring	amod
14	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 demonstrates	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 demonstrates	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	demonstrate	present		king's obedience	of the king's subsequent actions; to the magical ring	tree rules
2	act		the king			nom action «act intransitive»: poss=agent
3	obey		king			nom obedience «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

He handed the ring to a minister for safekeeping

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 handed	nsubj
2	handed	hand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ring	det
4	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 handed	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 minister	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 minister	det
7	minister	minister	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 handed	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 safekeeping	case
9	safekeeping	safekeeping	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 handed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hand	past	He	the ring		a minister		for safekeeping	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ring=Theme to minister=Destination

Option 2

He sent the ring to the queen with a letter

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 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ring	det
4	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 queen	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 queen	det
7	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 letter	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 letter	det
10	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	He	the ring	the queen			with a letter	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ring=Theme to queen=Destination

Option 3

He kept the ring hidden

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 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ring	det
4	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kept	obj
5	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 ring	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	He	the ring					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Theme
2	hide	participle		the ring not said here					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He entrusted the ring with guiding him to the queen

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 entrusted	nsubj
2	entrusted	entrust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ring	det
4	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 entrusted	obj
5	with	with	SCONJ	_	6 guiding	mark
6	guiding	guide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 entrusted	advcl
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 guiding	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 queen	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 queen	det
10	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 guiding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	entrust	past	He	the ring					vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Recipient
2	guide	gerund	He not said here	him = he	the queen				vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to queen=Destination

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