Exam question 2 · Fairy Book, The Red Knight: the prince proves his deeds an…

What procedure did the princess employ to expose the false claimant?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: procedure · What happens: do, expose · To what, where: princess employ, false claimant

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1230 «Fairy Book, The Red Knight: the prince proves his deeds and the wicked knight is hanged» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 did	obj
2	procedure	procedure	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 employ	det
5	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 employ	compound
6	employ	employ	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 expose	mark
8	expose	expose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 employ	acl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 claimant	det
10	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 claimant	amod
11	claimant	claimant	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 expose	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	procedure	the princess employ					tree rules
2	expose	to-infinitive	procedure not said here	the false claimant					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot claimant=Topic

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 dismissed the guests from the feast hall

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 dismissed	nsubj
2	dismissed	dismiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 guests	det
4	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 dismissed	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 hall	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hall	det
7	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hall	compound
8	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dismissed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dismiss	past	She	the guests		the feast hall			vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent guest=Theme from hall=Source

Option 2

She ordered the sword to be tested by the nobles

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 ordered	nsubj
2	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sword	det
4	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ordered	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	7 tested	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 tested	aux:pass
7	tested	test	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 ordered	xcomp
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 nobles	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 nobles	det
10	nobles	noble	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 tested	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order	past	She	the sword					vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent sword=Recipient clause=Topic
2	test not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive	the nobles						vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

She summoned the royal physician to examine the knight

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 summoned	nsubj
2	summoned	summon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 physician	det
4	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 physician	amod
5	physician	physician	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 summoned	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 examine	mark
7	examine	examine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 summoned	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 knight	det
9	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 examine	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	summon	past	She	the royal physician					vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent physician=Recipient
2	examine	to-infinitive	She not said here	the knight					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knight=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She commanded him to transform repeatedly before the assembled guests

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 commanded	nsubj
2	commanded	command	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 commanded	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 transform	mark
5	transform	transform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 commanded	xcomp
6	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	_	5 transform	advmod
7	before	before	ADP	_	10 guests	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 guests	det
9	assembled	assemble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 guests	amod
10	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 transform	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	command	past	She	him = he			vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	transform not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here		before the assembled guests	repeatedly property	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	assemble	participle					vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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