Exam question 3 · pg3282, Rosald and Geirald, part 21: Rosald slays the gian…

In the context of the passage, what does the term "tourney" most appropriately signify?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: passage, most · What happens: do, signify · To what, where: term

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1220 «pg3282, Rosald and Geirald, part 21: Rosald slays the giant, then fights the tourney in Geirald's clothes, and the queen grows suspicious» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 context	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 context	det
3	context	context	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 passage	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 passage	det
6	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 context	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 does	punct
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 does	nsubj
9	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 passage	acl:relcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 term	det
11	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 does	obj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 tourney	punct
13	tourney	tourney	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 term	appos
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 tourney	punct
15	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	17 signify	nsubj
16	appropriately	appropriately	ADV	_	17 signify	advmod
17	signify	signify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 term	acl:relcl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 context	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	the passage	the term					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent term=Eventuality
2	signify	infinitive	most	the term not said here				appropriately property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot term=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

A royal court where knights swore their oaths to the king

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 court	det
2	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 court	amod
3	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swore	nsubj
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	6 swore	advmod
5	knights	knight	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 swore	nsubj
6	swore	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 oaths	nmod:poss
8	oaths	oath	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 swore	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 king	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 king	det
11	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swore	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swear	past	a royal court	knights's oaths				to the king	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent oath=Eventuality

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A contest in which knights rode against one another on horseback

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 contest	det
2	contest	contest	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rode	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 which	case
4	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	5 knights	det
5	knights	knight	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 rode	nsubj
6	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	against	against	ADP	_	8 one	case
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 rode	obl
9	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	8 one	fixed
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 horseback	case
11	horseback	horseback	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rode	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	past	a contest			horseback		against one	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

A jousting match

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 match	det
2	jousting	jousting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 match	amod
3	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 4

A feast in which knights gathered to eat and drink together

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 feast	det
2	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gathered	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 which	case
4	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	5 knights	det
5	knights	knight	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 gathered	nsubj
6	gathered	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 eat	mark
8	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 gathered	xcomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 drink	cc
10	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 eat	conj
11	together	together	ADV	_	10 drink	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	gather	past	a feast		vn deduce-97.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	eat	to-infinitive	a feast not said here		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	drink	infinitive	a feast not said here	together property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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