Exam question 3 · Old Indian Legends, The Warlike Seven, part 1: Manstin fin…

For what purpose did the Fish address the assembled village?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: purpose, Fish · What happens: do, address, assemble · To what, where: assembled village

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1275 «Old Indian Legends, The Warlike Seven, part 1: Manstin finds his eyes again, then seven friends set out to make war and the first warriors drop away» 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	For	for	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Fish	det
6	Fish	Fish	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 address	nsubj
7	address	address	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 village	det
9	assembled	assemble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 village	amod
10	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 address	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past	purpose		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	address	present	the Fish	the assembled village	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent village=Destination
3	assemble	participle			vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=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

To declare that they had come to make war upon the village and take all its women.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 declare	mark
2	declare	declare	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 come	mark
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 come	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 come	aux
6	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 declare	ccomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 make	mark
8	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 come	advcl
9	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 make	obj
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 village	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 village	det
12	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 make	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 take	cc
14	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 make	conj
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 women	det:predet
16	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 women	nmod:poss
17	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 take	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 declare	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	declare speech: other	to-infinitive					vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	come	past · perfect	they				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	make	to-infinitive	they not said here	war		upon the village	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset war=Product
4	take	infinitive	they not said here		village's women		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument woman=Destination

Option 2

To declare, in their strange tongue, that they had travelled far to make war on everyone present.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 declare	mark
2	declare	declare	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 tongue	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 tongue	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 tongue	nmod:poss
6	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tongue	amod
7	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 declare	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 travelled	punct
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 travelled	mark
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 travelled	nsubj
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 travelled	aux
12	travelled	travell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 declare	advcl
13	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 travelled	advmod
14	to	to	PART	_	15 make	mark
15	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 travelled	advcl
16	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 make	obj
17	on	on	ADP	_	19 present	case
18	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	19 present	compound
19	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 make	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 declare	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	declare speech: other	to-infinitive			their strange tongue		vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	travell	past · perfect	they			far property	tree rules
3	make	to-infinitive	they not said here	war	everyone present		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset war=Product

Option 3

To announce that they wanted a feast.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 announce	mark
2	announce	announce	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 wanted	mark
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wanted	nsubj
5	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 announce	advcl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 feast	det
7	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wanted	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 announce	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	announce speech: other	to-infinitive							vn order-58.3 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	want	past	they	a feast					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot feast=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To declare that they had come to make war.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 declare	mark
2	declare	declare	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 come	mark
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 come	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 come	aux
6	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 declare	ccomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 make	mark
8	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 come	advcl
9	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 make	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 declare	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	declare speech: other	to-infinitive			vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	come	past · perfect	they		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	make	to-infinitive	they not said here	war	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset war=Product

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