Exam question 4 · Gutenberg 3282, The Sister of the Sun, part 38: the boy st…

Which of the following statements regarding the king's reaction is most accurate?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king · What happens: follow, regard, be, react · To what, where: reaction

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1237 «Gutenberg 3282, The Sister of the Sun, part 38: the boy steals a golden hen, but keeps going back into the palace, and the fox rescues the princess from the giants» 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	13 accurate	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 accurate	obl
6	regarding	regard	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 accurate	csubj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 king	det
8	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reaction	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 king	case
10	reaction	reaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 regarding	obj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 accurate	cop
12	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	13 accurate	advmod
13	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 accurate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	regard	gerund		the king's reaction		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reaction=Theme
3	is	present			of the following statements; accurate property	tree rules
4	react		the king			nom reaction «process 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 · ✓ the right answer

He conditionally doubts the boy's account and threatens punishment

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 doubts	nsubj
2	conditionally	conditionally	ADV	_	3 doubts	advmod
3	doubts	doubt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boy	det
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 account	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 boy	case
7	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 doubts	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 threatens	cc
9	threatens	threaten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 doubts	conj
10	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 threatens	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	doubt	present	He	the boy's account	conditionally property	vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent account=Theme
2	threaten	present	He not said here	punishment		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus punishment=Experiencer
3	account		the boy			nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

He accepts the boy's tale and offers a reward

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 accepts	nsubj
2	accepts	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 boy	det
4	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tale	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 boy	case
6	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accepts	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 offers	cc
8	offers	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 accepts	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 reward	det
10	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 offers	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	accept	present	He	the boy's tale	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tale=Theme
2	offer	present	He not said here	a reward	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent reward=Theme
3	tell		the boy		nom tale «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He laughs at the boy and then sends soldiers to the fox's den

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 laughs	nsubj
2	laughs	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 boy	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boy	det
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 laughs	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sends	cc
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 sends	advmod
8	sends	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 laughs	conj
9	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sends	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	14 den	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fox	det
12	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 den	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 fox	case
14	den	den	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sends	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	present	He					at the boy	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	send	present	He not said here	soldiers		the fox's den	then		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent soldier=Theme to den=Destination

Option 4

He completely disbelieves the boy's account, orders the giants arrested, and has the boy locked in a tower for a year

The tree, 22 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	3 disbelieves	nsubj
2	completely	completely	ADV	_	3 disbelieves	advmod
3	disbelieves	disbelieve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boy	det
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 account	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 boy	case
7	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disbelieves	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 orders	punct
9	orders	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 disbelieves	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 giants	det
11	giants	giant	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 arrested	nsubj
12	arrested	arrest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 orders	ccomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 has	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 has	cc
15	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 disbelieves	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 boy	det
17	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 has	obj
18	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 boy	acl
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 tower	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 tower	det
21	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 locked	obl
22	for	for	ADP	_	24 year	case
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 year	det
24	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 tower	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	disbelieve	present	He	the boy's account		completely property	tree rules
2	order	present	He not said here				vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	arrest	past	the giants				vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	have	present	He not said here	the boy			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Patient
5	lock	participle		the boy not said here	a tower for a year		vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
6	account		the boy				nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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