Exam question 2 · World Tales, How Geirald The Coward Was Punished, part 1:…

Which of the following accurately identifies the condition imposed by the king upon the two young men before their stay was granted?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: men · What happens: follow, identify, impose, grant, stay · To what, where: condition, stay

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1219 «World Tales, How Geirald The Coward Was Punished, part 1: two friends ride off, Rosald wins the fight, and Geirald takes the glory» 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 identifies	advmod
6	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 condition	det
8	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obj
9	imposed	impose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 condition	acl
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 king	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 king	det
12	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 imposed	obl
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	17 men	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 men	det
15	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 men	nummod
16	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 men	amod
17	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 imposed	obl
18	before	before	SCONJ	_	22 granted	mark
19	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 stay	nmod:poss
20	stay	stay	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 granted	nsubj:pass
21	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 granted	aux:pass
22	granted	grant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 identifies	advcl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	identify	present		the condition	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme
3	impose	participle		the condition not said here	by the king; upon the two young men	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	grant	past · passive		men's stay		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme
5	stay		men = man			nom stay «act intransitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice

more gold coins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 coins	amod
2	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 coins	compound
3	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

the delivery of a second oath of loyalty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 delivery	det
2	delivery	delivery	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 oath	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 oath	det
5	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 oath	amod
6	oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 delivery	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 loyalty	case
8	loyalty	loyalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 oath	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deliver			a second oath of loyalty					nom delivery «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

the presentation of a fresh proof of courage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 presentation	det
2	presentation	presentation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 proof	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 proof	det
5	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 proof	amod
6	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 presentation	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 courage	case
8	courage	courage	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 proof	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	present			a fresh proof of courage					nom presentation «act transitive»: of=patient
2	proof			courage					nom proof «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

the presentation of a fresh proof of courage before the winter's end

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 presentation	det
2	presentation	presentation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 proof	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 proof	det
5	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 proof	amod
6	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 presentation	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 courage	case
8	courage	courage	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 proof	nmod
9	before	before	ADP	_	13 end	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 winter	det
11	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 end	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 winter	case
13	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 proof	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	present			a fresh proof of courage before the winter's end					nom presentation «act transitive»: of=patient
2	proof			courage			before the winter's end		nom proof «cognition transitive»: of=patient before=obl

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