Exam question 4 · Lang Fairy Tales, The Knights of the Fish, part 1: a magic…

What was the knight's response upon learning of the enchanted castle?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: response · What happens: be, enchant

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1262 «Lang Fairy Tales, The Knights of the Fish, part 1: a magic fish gives a poor cobbler two sons who go looking for adventure» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 knight	det
4	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 response	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 knight	case
6	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 learning	case
8	learning	learning	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 response	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 castle	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 castle	det
11	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 castle	amod
12	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 learning	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the knight's response upon learning of the enchanted castle						tree rules
2	enchant	participle							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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 resolved to approach the castle the following morning

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 resolved	nsubj
2	resolved	resolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 approach	mark
4	approach	approach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 resolved	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 castle	det
6	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 approach	obj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 morning	det
8	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 morning	amod
9	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 approach	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	resolve	past	He			tree rules
2	approach	to-infinitive	He not said here	the castle	morning	vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent castle=Theme
3	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

He was determined to ride to the enchanted castle at once, that very night, and face whatever awaited him inside its walls alone

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	3 determined	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 determined	cop
3	determined	determined	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 ride	mark
5	ride	ride	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 determined	xcomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 castle	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 castle	det
8	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 castle	amod
9	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ride	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 once	case
11	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 ride	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 night	punct
13	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 night	det
14	very	very	ADV	_	15 night	advmod
15	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ride	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 awaited	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 awaited	cc
18	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 awaited	nsubj
19	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 awaited	nsubj
20	awaited	await	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 determined	conj
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 awaited	obj
22	inside	inside	ADP	_	24 walls	case
23	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 walls	nmod:poss
24	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 awaited	obl
25	alone	alone	ADV	_	20 awaited	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He				determined property	tree rules
2	ride	to-infinitive	He not said here		the enchanted castle	night		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to castle=Trajectory
3	enchant	participle						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	await	past	face	him = he	face's walls		alone property	tree rules

Option 3

Hearing the warnings, he resolved to set off immediately for the enchanted castle, ignoring the advice of all the villagers who begged him to stay away

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hearing	hear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 resolved	advcl
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 warnings	det
3	warnings	warning	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hearing	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Hearing	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 resolved	nsubj
6	resolved	resolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 set	mark
8	set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 resolved	xcomp
9	off	off	ADP	_	8 set	compound:prt
10	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	8 set	advmod
11	for	for	ADP	_	14 castle	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 castle	det
13	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 castle	amod
14	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 set	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 ignoring	punct
16	ignoring	ignore	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 resolved	advcl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 advice	det
18	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 ignoring	obj
19	of	of	ADP	_	22 villagers	case
20	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	22 villagers	det:predet
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 villagers	det
22	villagers	villager	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 advice	nmod
23	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	24 begged	nsubj
24	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 villagers	acl:relcl
25	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 begged	obj
26	to	to	PART	_	27 stay	mark
27	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 begged	xcomp
28	away	away	ADV	_	27 stay	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	hear	gerund	he not said here	the warnings			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer warning=Stimulus
2	resolve	past	he				tree rules
3	set off	to-infinitive	he not said here			for the enchanted castle; immediately property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	enchant	participle					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
5	ignore	gerund	he not said here	the advice of all villagers			vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=Theme
6	beg speech: request	past	all villagers		him = he		vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
7	stay away not said to happen	to-infinitive	all villagers not said here			away property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He intended to ride to the castle with a troop of men

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 intended	nsubj
2	intended	intend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 ride	mark
4	ride	ride	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 intended	xcomp
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 castle	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 castle	det
7	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ride	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 troop	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 troop	det
10	troop	troop	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ride	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 men	case
12	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 troop	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	intend	past	He						vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	ride not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here			the castle		with a troop of men	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to castle=Trajectory

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