Exam question 1 · Fairy Book, The Old Woman and the Prince: a condemned yout…

Which of the following describes the young man's situation before his marriage to the old woman?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: man · What happens: follow, describe, marry · To what, where: situation

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1280 «Fairy Book, The Old Woman and the Prince: a condemned youth wins a strange marriage and proves he is the king's true son» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 man	det
7	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 man	amod
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 situation	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 man	case
10	situation	situation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
11	before	before	ADP	_	13 marriage	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 marriage	nmod:poss
13	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obl
14	to	to	ADP	_	17 woman	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 woman	det
16	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 woman	amod
17	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 marriage	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the young man's situation	before man's marriage to the old woman		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent situation=Theme
3	marry		man			to the old woman	nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=agent to=obl

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 was a soldier awaiting pay after a long campaign in the north

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	4 soldier	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 soldier	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 soldier	det
4	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	awaiting	await	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 soldier	acl
6	pay	pay	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 awaiting	obj
7	after	after	ADP	_	10 campaign	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 campaign	det
9	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 campaign	amod
10	campaign	campaign	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 awaiting	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 north	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 north	det
13	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 campaign	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	He	a soldier					tree rules
2	await	gerund	a soldier not said here	pay			after a long campaign in the north		tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He was a condemned prisoner awaiting trial for high treason against the heir

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	5 prisoner	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 prisoner	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 prisoner	det
4	condemned	condemn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 prisoner	amod
5	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	awaiting	await	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 prisoner	acl
7	trial	trial	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 awaiting	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 treason	case
9	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 treason	amod
10	treason	treason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 awaiting	obl
11	against	against	ADP	_	13 heir	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 heir	det
13	heir	heir	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 awaiting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	condemn	participle				vn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	He	a condemned prisoner		tree rules
3	await	gerund	a condemned prisoner not said here	trial	for high treason; against the heir	tree rules

Option 3

He was a servant who had been wrongly accused of theft in the palace

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	4 servant	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 servant	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 servant	det
4	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 accused	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 accused	aux
7	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 accused	aux:pass
8	wrongly	wrongly	ADV	_	9 accused	advmod
9	accused	accuse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 servant	acl:relcl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 theft	case
11	theft	theft	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 accused	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 palace	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 palace	det
14	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 accused	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	He	a servant					tree rules
2	accuse	past · perfect · passive		a servant		the palace		of theft; wrongly property	vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme of theft=Attribute

Option 4

He was a free farmer

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	5 farmer	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 farmer	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 farmer	det
4	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 farmer	amod
5	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	He	a free farmer					tree rules

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