Exam question 1 · Indian Fairy Tales, Ball-Carrier, part 11: the boy is fatt…

Pursuant to the text, for what purpose did the Bad One order that the boy be kept alive for two further days?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: purpose · What happens: do, keep · To what, where: Bad One order, boy

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1210 «Indian Fairy Tales, Ball-Carrier, part 11: the boy is fattened up for a feast» 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	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	_	4 text	advmod
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 text	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 text	det
4	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 text	punct
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 what	case
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 text	nmod
8	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 did	nsubj
9	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 what	acl:relcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 order	det
11	Bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 order	amod
12	One	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 order	compound
13	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 did	obj
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 kept	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 boy	det
16	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 kept	nsubj:pass
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 kept	aux:pass
18	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 did	advcl
19	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 kept	xcomp
20	for	for	ADP	_	23 days	case
21	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	23 days	nummod
22	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 days	amod
23	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 kept	obl
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 text	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	purpose	the Bad One order					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Eventuality
2	keep	infinitive · passive		the boy			day	alive property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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 · ← Mova's choice

Since the boy was too thin to eat alone, so that he might be fed and watered well before dinner

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Since	since	SCONJ	_	6 thin	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boy	det
3	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thin	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 thin	cop
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 thin	advmod
6	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 eat	mark
8	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 thin	xcomp
9	alone	alone	ADV	_	8 eat	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 fed	punct
11	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	16 fed	mark
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 so	fixed
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 fed	nsubj
14	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 fed	aux
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 fed	aux:pass
16	fed	feed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 thin	parataxis
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 watered	cc
18	watered	water	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 fed	conj
19	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	18 watered	advmod
20	before	before	ADP	_	21 dinner	case
21	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 watered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the boy			thin property	tree rules
2	eat	to-infinitive	the boy not said here			alone property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	feed	might · passive		boy			vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient
4	water	participle			before dinner	well property	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

In order that the boy might grow fat enough to serve as a feast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 order	case
2	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 grow	obl
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 grow	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boy	det
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 grow	nsubj
6	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 grow	aux
7	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	fat	fat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 grow	xcomp
9	enough	enough	ADV	_	7 grow	advmod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 serve	mark
11	serve	serve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 grow	advcl
12	as	as	ADP	_	14 feast	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 feast	det
14	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 serve	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	might	the boy			order		enough, fat property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in order=Location
2	serve	to-infinitive	the boy not said here					as a feast	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as feast=Attribute

Option 3

So the boy could learn to cook quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	5 learn	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boy	det
3	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 learn	nsubj
4	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 learn	aux
5	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 cook	mark
7	cook	cook	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 learn	xcomp
8	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	7 cook	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	could	the boy						vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	cook	to-infinitive	the boy not said here					quickly property	vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

In order that the boy might grow fat enough to serve as the main dish at a feast for the water-demons

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 order	case
2	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 grow	obl
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 grow	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boy	det
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 grow	nsubj
6	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 grow	aux
7	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	fat	fat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 grow	xcomp
9	enough	enough	ADV	_	7 grow	advmod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 serve	mark
11	serve	serve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 grow	advcl
12	as	as	ADP	_	15 dish	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 dish	det
14	main	main	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 dish	amod
15	dish	dish	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 serve	obl
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 feast	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 feast	det
18	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 dish	nmod
19	for	for	ADP	_	23 demons	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 demons	det
21	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 demons	compound
22	-	-	PUNCT	_	21 water	punct
23	demons	demon	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 feast	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	might	the boy			order		enough, fat property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in order=Location
2	serve	to-infinitive	the boy not said here					as the main dish at a feast for the water demons	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as dish=Attribute

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