Exam question 1 · Household Tales, The Travels of Tom Thumb, part 27: the Fr…

Which response did the King make to his daughter's distress?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: response, daughter · What happens: do, distress · To what, where: King make

This is exam question 1 of lesson 124 «Household Tales, The Travels of Tom Thumb, part 27: the Frog becomes a Prince, Henry's bands break, and Tom Thumb ends up in a cow» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 response	det
2	response	response	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 make	det
5	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 make	compound
6	make	make	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	11 distress	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 daughter	nmod:poss
9	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 distress	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 daughter	case
11	distress	distress	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	which response	the King make				to response's daughter's distress	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent make=Eventuality
2	distress		response's daughter						nom distress «feeling transitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice

He ordered her to apologise to the servants of the court

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 ordered	nsubj
2	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ordered	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 apologise	mark
5	apologise	apologise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 ordered	xcomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 servants	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 servants	det
8	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 apologise	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 court	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 court	det
11	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 servants	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order	past	He		her = she				vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
2	apologise speech: apologize not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here					to the servants of the court	tree rules

Option 2

He praised her for her courage and then ordered the frog be fed a feast of flies and cakes in the great hall

The tree, 23 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 praised	nsubj
2	praised	praise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 praised	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 courage	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 courage	nmod:poss
6	courage	courage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 praised	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 ordered	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 ordered	advmod
9	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 fed	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 frog	det
11	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ordered	obj
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 fed	aux:pass
13	fed	feed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 praised	parataxis
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 feast	det
15	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fed	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 flies	case
17	flies	fly	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 feast	nmod
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 cakes	cc
19	cakes	cake	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 flies	conj
20	in	in	ADP	_	23 hall	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 hall	det
22	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 hall	amod
23	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	praise	past	He	her = she				for her courage	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent she=Theme for courage=Attribute
2	order	past			the frog		then		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frog=Theme
3	feed	infinitive · passive		a feast of flies and cakes		the great hall			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: feast=Value in hall=Location

Option 3

He banished the Frog from the palace grounds and forbade her from ever leaving her chamber again without a guard

The tree, 20 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 banished	nsubj
2	banished	banish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Frog	det
4	Frog	Frog	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 banished	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 grounds	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 grounds	det
7	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 grounds	compound
8	grounds	grounds	NOUN	Number=Ptan	2 banished	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 forbade	cc
10	forbade	forbid	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 banished	conj
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 forbade	obj
12	from	from	SCONJ	_	14 leaving	mark
13	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	14 leaving	advmod
14	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 forbade	advcl
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 chamber	nmod:poss
16	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 leaving	obj
17	again	again	ADV	_	14 leaving	advmod
18	without	without	ADP	_	20 guard	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 guard	det
20	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 leaving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	banish	past	He	the Frog	the palace grounds			vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent frog=Theme from grounds=Source
2	forbid	past	He not said here	Frog				vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer she=Theme
3	leave	gerund	He not said here	Frog's chamber		ever; again	without a guard	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chamber=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He rebuked her for disregarding the Frog, who had assisted her

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 rebuked	nsubj
2	rebuked	rebuke	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rebuked	obj
4	for	for	SCONJ	_	5 disregarding	mark
5	disregarding	disregard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 rebuked	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Frog	det
7	Frog	Frog	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 disregarding	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 assisted	punct
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 assisted	nsubj
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 assisted	aux
11	assisted	assist	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 Frog	acl:relcl
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 assisted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	rebuke	past	He	her = she		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
2	disregard	gerund	He not said here	the Frog		vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frog=Theme
3	assist	past · perfect	the Frog		Frog	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary

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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