Exam question 1 · Violet Fairy Book, Wali Dâd, part 58: gifts pile up, the o…

Which course of action does the king recommend to his daughter in reply to the gifts?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: course · What happens: recommend · To what, where: daughter, reply

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1257 «Violet Fairy Book, Wali Dâd, part 58: gifts pile up, the old man tries to drown himself, and two Peris appear» 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 course	det
2	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 recommend	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 action	case
4	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 course	nmod
5	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 recommend	aux
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 king	det
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 recommend	nsubj
8	recommend	recommend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 daughter	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 daughter	nmod:poss
11	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 recommend	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 reply	case
13	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 recommend	obl
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 gifts	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 gifts	det
16	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 reply	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 recommend	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recommend	present · do-support	which course of action		king's daughter	reply to the gifts			vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to daughter=Recipient

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 · ✓ the right answer

He advises her to return a present so magnificent that the giver will be ashamed to send anything further

The tree, 19 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 advises	nsubj
2	advises	advise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 advises	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 return	mark
5	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 advises	xcomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 present	det
7	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 return	obj
8	so	so	ADV	_	9 magnificent	advmod
9	magnificent	magnificent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 return	advcl
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 ashamed	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 giver	det
12	giver	giver	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 ashamed	nsubj
13	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 ashamed	aux
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 ashamed	cop
15	ashamed	ashamed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 magnificent	advcl
16	to	to	PART	_	17 send	mark
17	send	send	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 ashamed	xcomp
18	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	17 send	obj
19	further	further	ADV	_	17 send	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	advise speech: other	present	He	her = she		vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
2	return not said to happen	to-infinitive	her = she not said here	a present		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent present=Theme
3	is	future	the giver		ashamed property	tree rules
4	send	to-infinitive	the giver not said here	anything	further property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme

Option 2

He advises her to return a present so generous that the sender will be too embarrassed to reply

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 advises	nsubj
2	advises	advise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 advises	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 return	mark
5	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 advises	xcomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 present	det
7	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 return	obj
8	so	so	ADV	_	9 generous	advmod
9	generous	generous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 return	advcl
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 embarrassed	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sender	det
12	sender	sender	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 embarrassed	nsubj
13	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 embarrassed	aux
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 embarrassed	cop
15	too	too	ADV	_	16 embarrassed	advmod
16	embarrassed	embarrassed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 generous	advcl
17	to	to	PART	_	18 reply	mark
18	reply	reply	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 embarrassed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	advise speech: other	present	He	her = she		vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
2	return not said to happen	to-infinitive	her = she not said here	a present		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent present=Theme
3	is	future	the sender		embarrassed property	tree rules
4	reply speech: assert	to-infinitive	the sender not said here			vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He tells her to send back a gift so costly that the prince will be ashamed to write again

The tree, 19 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 tells	nsubj
2	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tells	iobj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 send	mark
5	send	send	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tells	xcomp
6	back	back	ADV	_	5 send	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 gift	det
8	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 send	obj
9	so	so	ADV	_	10 costly	advmod
10	costly	costly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 send	advcl
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 ashamed	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 prince	det
13	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 ashamed	nsubj
14	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 ashamed	aux
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 ashamed	cop
16	ashamed	ashamed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 costly	advcl
17	to	to	PART	_	18 write	mark
18	write	write	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 ashamed	xcomp
19	again	again	ADV	_	18 write	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	He		her = she			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
2	send back not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	a gift				vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Theme
3	is	future	the prince				ashamed property	tree rules
4	write	to-infinitive	the prince not said here			again		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He tells her to send back silver

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 tells	nsubj
2	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tells	iobj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 send	mark
5	send	send	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tells	xcomp
6	back	back	ADV	_	5 send	advmod
7	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 send	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	He		her = she				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
2	send back not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	silver					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent silver=Theme

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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