Exam question 3 · pg3282, Geirald and Rosald: Geirald hides under his bed an…

State the outcome for Geirald following the surrender of the royal reward.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Geirald · What happens: state, follow, surrender · To what, where: outcome, surrender, royal reward

This is exam question 3 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 outcome	det
3	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	for	for	SCONJ	_	6 following	mark
5	Geirald	Geirald	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 following	nsubj
6	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 State	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 surrender	det
8	surrender	surrender	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 following	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 reward	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 reward	det
11	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 reward	amod
12	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 surrender	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the outcome	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent outcome=Topic
2	follow	gerund	Geirald	the surrender of the royal reward	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent surrender=Theme
3	surrender			the royal reward	nom surrender «feeling transitive»: of=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

After losing all, he returned to the castle and begged for alms along with the other poor people

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	SCONJ	_	2 losing	mark
2	losing	lose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 returned	advcl
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 losing	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 losing	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 returned	nsubj
6	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 castle	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 castle	det
9	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 returned	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 begged	cc
11	begged	beg	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 castle	conj
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 alms	case
13	alms	alm	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 begged	obl
14	along	along	ADP	_	19 people	case
15	with	with	ADP	_	19 people	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 people	det
17	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 people	amod
18	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 people	amod
19	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 returned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	lose	gerund	he not said here	all			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Eventuality
2	return	past	he		the castle	along the other poor people	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to castle=Initial_Location along people=Destination
3	beg speech: request	participle	he not said here			for alms	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for alm=Topic

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He later returned as a knight seeking 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	3 returned	nsubj
2	later	later	ADV	_	3 returned	advmod
3	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 knight	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 knight	det
6	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 returned	obl
7	seeking	seek	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 knight	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 queen	det
9	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 seeking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	past	He					as a knight; later property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	seek	gerund	a knight not said here	the queen					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Theme

Option 3

He returned years later, a broke beggar who begged the queen for food at her palace gate

The tree, 17 words

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 returned	nsubj
2	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 later	obl:unmarked
4	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 returned	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 beggar	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 beggar	det
7	broke	broke	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 beggar	amod
8	beggar	beggar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 returned	obl
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 begged	nsubj
10	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 beggar	acl:relcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 queen	det
12	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 begged	obj
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 food	case
14	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 begged	obl
15	at	at	ADP	_	18 gate	case
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 gate	nmod:poss
17	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 gate	compound
18	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 begged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	past	He	a broke beggar				late property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	beg speech: request	past	a broke beggar		the queen	her palace gate		for food	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent queen=Recipient for food=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He later returned as a beggar seeking alms

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	3 returned	nsubj
2	later	later	ADV	_	3 returned	advmod
3	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 beggar	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 beggar	det
6	beggar	beggar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 returned	obl
7	seeking	seek	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 returned	advcl
8	alms	alm	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 seeking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	past	He					as a beggar; later property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	seek	gerund	He not said here	alms					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alm=Theme

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