Exam question 1 · Tales of the Punjab, Nur Mahomed and the Princess, part 56…

Which instruction did the king give concerning the delivery of the sealed packet?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: instruction, king · What happens: do, give, concern, seal, deliver · To what, where: delivery, sealed packet

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1255 «Tales of the Punjab, Nur Mahomed and the Princess, part 56: the princess swaps a letter and a wedding is ordered» 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 instruction	det
2	instruction	instruction	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	5 king	det
5	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	nsubj
6	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	ccomp
7	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 give	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 delivery	det
9	delivery	delivery	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 concerning	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 packet	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 packet	det
12	sealed	seal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 packet	amod
13	packet	packet	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 delivery	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past	which instruction		tree rules
2	give	present	the king		tree rules
3	concern	gerund	the king not said here	the delivery of the sealed packet	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus delivery=Experiencer
4	seal	participle			vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
5	deliver			the sealed packet	nom delivery «act 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

To carry it in secret to the court physician

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 carry	mark
2	carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 carry	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 secret	case
5	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carry	obl
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 physician	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 physician	det
8	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 physician	compound
9	physician	physician	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	to-infinitive		it		secret		to the court physician	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to physician=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

To deliver it personally and only to the governor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 deliver	mark
2	deliver	deliver	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 deliver	obj
4	personally	personally	ADV	_	2 deliver	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 governor	cc
6	only	only	ADV	_	9 governor	advmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 governor	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 governor	det
9	governor	governor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 personally	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deliver	to-infinitive		it				personally property	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

To deliver it to the governor's steward first and let him pass it on later

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 deliver	mark
2	deliver	deliver	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 deliver	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	8 steward	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 governor	det
6	governor	governor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 steward	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 governor	case
8	steward	steward	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 deliver	obl
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 deliver	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 let	cc
11	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 deliver	conj
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 let	obj
13	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 let	xcomp
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 pass	obj
15	on	on	ADP	_	13 pass	compound:prt
16	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	13 pass	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	deliver	to-infinitive		it	the governor's steward	first property	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to steward=Destination
2	let	infinitive		him = he			tree rules
3	pass on	infinitive	him = he not said here	steward		late property	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

To leave it with any official at the gate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 leave	mark
2	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 leave	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 any	case
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	2 leave	obl
6	official	official	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 any	fixed
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 gate	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gate	det
9	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	to-infinitive		it		the gate		with any	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme at gate=Location

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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