Exam question 4 · Tales of the Punjab, Nur Mahomed and the Princess, part 56…
How did the governor respond upon receiving the king's instruction?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king · What happens: do, receive, instruct · To what, where: governor respond, instruction
This is exam question 4 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 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 did | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 respond | det |
| 4 | governor | governor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 respond | compound |
| 5 | respond | respond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 did | obj |
| 6 | upon | upon | SCONJ | _ | 7 receiving | mark |
| 7 | receiving | receive | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 did | advcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 king | det |
| 9 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 instruction | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 king | case |
| 11 | instruction | instruction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 receiving | obj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the governor respond | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respond=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | receive | gerund | the king's instruction | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent instruction=Theme | |||||
| 3 | instruct | the king | nom instruction «communication 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 agreed to the wedding at once but insisted that the king himself must attend the ceremony personally
The tree, 18 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 agreed | nsubj |
| 2 | agreed | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 wedding | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 wedding | det |
| 5 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 agreed | obl |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 once | case |
| 7 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 2 agreed | obl |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 insisted | cc |
| 9 | insisted | insist | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 agreed | conj |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 15 attend | mark |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 king | det |
| 12 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 attend | nsubj |
| 13 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 12 king | nmod:unmarked |
| 14 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 attend | aux |
| 15 | attend | attend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 insisted | advcl |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 ceremony | det |
| 17 | ceremony | ceremony | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 attend | obj |
| 18 | personally | personally | ADV | _ | 15 attend | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | past | He | to the wedding | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | insist speech: other | past | He not said here | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | attend | must | the king king | the ceremony | personally property | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ceremony=Goal |
Option 2
He demanded written proof from the king first
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 demanded | nsubj |
| 2 | demanded | demand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 proof | amod |
| 4 | proof | proof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 demanded | obj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 king | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 king | det |
| 7 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 demanded | obl |
| 8 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 2 demanded | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | demand speech: request | past | He | written proof | from the king; first property | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Theme proof=Precondition from king=Source | |||
| 2 | write | participle | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
He ordered the marriage to proceed that evening and sent guards to watch the gates all night
The tree, 17 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 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 marriage | det |
| 4 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ordered | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 proceed | mark |
| 6 | proceed | proceed | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 ordered | xcomp |
| 7 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 evening | det |
| 8 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 proceed | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 sent | cc |
| 10 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 ordered | conj |
| 11 | guards | guard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 sent | obj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 watch | mark |
| 13 | watch | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 sent | advcl |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 gates | det |
| 15 | gates | gate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 watch | obj |
| 16 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 17 night | det |
| 17 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 watch | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | order | past | He | the marriage | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent marriage=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | proceed not said to happen | to-infinitive | the marriage not said here | evening | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | send | past | He not said here | guards | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guard=Theme | ||||
| 4 | watch | to-infinitive | He not said here | the gates | night | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
He ordered the marriage to proceed that evening
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 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 marriage | det |
| 4 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ordered | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 proceed | mark |
| 6 | proceed | proceed | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 ordered | xcomp |
| 7 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 evening | det |
| 8 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 proceed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | order | past | He | the marriage | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent marriage=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | proceed not said to happen | to-infinitive | the marriage not said here | evening | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent |
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