Exam question 3 · Tales of the Punjab, Nur Mahomed and the Princess, part 56…

Which instruction in the altered letter directed that the marriage take place?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: instruction, marriage · What happens: alter, direct, take · To what, where: place

This is exam question 3 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	7 directed	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 letter	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 letter	det
5	altered	alter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 letter	amod
6	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 instruction	nmod
7	directed	direct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 take	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 marriage	det
10	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 take	nsubj
11	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 directed	ccomp
12	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 take	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 directed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	alter	participle			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	direct	past	which instruction in the altered letter		tree rules
3	take	infinitive	the marriage	place	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme

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

Keep the marriage secret for a year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 secret	det
3	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 secret	compound
4	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 year	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 year	det
7	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	the marriage secret			year		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Let the governor decide the date of the wedding later when convenient

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 governor	det
3	governor	governor	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Let	obj
4	decide	decide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Let	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 date	det
6	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 decide	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 wedding	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wedding	det
9	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 date	nmod
10	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	12 convenient	advmod
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 convenient	advmod
12	convenient	convenient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 decide	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	the governor					tree rules
2	decide	infinitive	the governor not said here	the date of the wedding					vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent date=Topic

Option 3

Delay the wedding until spring comes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Delay	delay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wedding	det
3	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Delay	obj
4	until	until	SCONJ	_	6 comes	mark
5	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 comes	nsubj
6	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Delay	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	delay	imperative	you not said here	the wedding					vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent wedding=Source
2	come	present	spring						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Marry the messenger openly at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Marry	marry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 messenger	det
3	messenger	messenger	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Marry	obj
4	openly	openly	ADV	_	1 Marry	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 once	case
6	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 Marry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	marry	imperative	you not said here	the messenger				openly property	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent messenger=Patient

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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