Exam question 1 · pg3282, Geirald and Rosald: Geirald hides under his bed an…

Explain the basis upon which the queen determined that Rosald had slain the robber band.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, queen, Rosald · What happens: explain, determine, slay · To what, where: basis, robber band

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1221 «pg3282, Geirald and Rosald: Geirald hides under his bed and Rosald wins the queen» 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	Explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 basis	det
3	basis	basis	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obj
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 determined	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 queen	det
7	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 determined	nsubj
8	determined	determine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 basis	acl:relcl
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 slain	mark
10	Rosald	Rosald	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 slain	nsubj
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 slain	aux
12	slain	slay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 determined	ccomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 band	det
14	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 band	compound
15	band	band	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 slain	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the basis		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent basis=Topic
2	determine	past	the queen		upon the basis	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	slay	past · perfect	Rosald	the robber band		vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent band=Patient

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

She saw the robbers' gold hidden under his cloak

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 robbers	det
4	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 gold	nmod:poss
5	'	's	PART	_	4 robbers	case
6	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obj
7	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 gold	acl
8	under	under	ADP	_	10 cloak	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 cloak	nmod:poss
10	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	She	the robbers's gold					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gold=Stimulus
2	hide	participle		the robbers's gold not said here		his cloak			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under cloak=Location

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

She recognised her father's ring on his right hand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 recognised	nsubj
2	recognised	recognise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 father	nmod:poss
4	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ring	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 father	case
6	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 recognised	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	10 hand	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 hand	nmod:poss
9	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hand	amod
10	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 recognised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recognise	past	She	her father's ring		his right hand			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ring=Stimulus

Option 3

Because the robber band confessed the truth in front of the whole court during the trial

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 confessed	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 band	det
3	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 band	compound
4	band	band	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 confessed	nsubj
5	confessed	confess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 truth	det
7	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 confessed	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 front	case
9	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 confessed	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 court	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 court	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 court	amod
13	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 front	nmod
14	during	during	ADP	_	16 trial	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 trial	det
16	trial	trial	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 confessed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confess	past	the robber band	the truth		front of the whole court	during the trial		vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truth=Topic

Option 4

She recognised the ring worn by the robber leader Hankur on his left hand after the battle

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 recognised	nsubj
2	recognised	recognise	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 recognised	obj
5	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 ring	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 leader	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 leader	det
8	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 leader	compound
9	leader	leader	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 worn	obl
10	Hankur	Hankur	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 leader	appos
11	on	on	ADP	_	14 hand	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 hand	nmod:poss
13	left	left	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 hand	amod
14	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 recognised	obl
15	after	after	ADP	_	17 battle	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 battle	det
17	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 recognised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recognise	past	She	the ring		Hankur's left hand	after the battle		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ring=Stimulus
2	wear	participle		the ring not said here				by the robber leader	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent

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