Exam question 4 · Fairy Book, The Old Woman and the Prince: a condemned yout…

Select the sentence that correctly records the king's final judgment in the hall of justice.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, sentence, king · What happens: select, record, judge · To what, where: sentence, final judgment, hall

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sentence	det
3	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 records	nsubj
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	6 records	advmod
6	records	record	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sentence	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 king	det
8	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 judgment	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 king	case
10	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 judgment	amod
11	judgment	judgment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 records	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 hall	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 hall	det
14	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 records	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 justice	case
16	justice	justice	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 hall	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the sentence			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentence=Theme
2	record	present	the sentence	the king's final judgment	the hall of justice	correctly property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent judgment=Theme in hall=Destination
3	judge		the king				nom judgment «cognition 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 declared the young man his son and ordered the court to honour the queen's judgment as final

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 declared	nsubj
2	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 declared	obj
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 son	nmod:poss
7	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 declared	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 ordered	cc
9	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 declared	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 court	det
11	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ordered	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 honour	mark
13	honour	honour	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 ordered	xcomp
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 queen	det
15	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 judgment	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 queen	case
17	judgment	judgment	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 honour	obj
18	as	as	ADP	_	19 final	case
19	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 honour	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	declare speech: other	past	He	the young man		vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent man=Theme son=Attribute
2	order	past	He not said here	the court		vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent court=Recipient clause=Topic
3	honour not said to happen	to-infinitive	the court not said here	the queen's judgment	as final	tree rules
4	judge		the queen			nom judgment «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

He declared the young man his true son, dismissed the court with a long speech about mercy and justice, and commanded all those present to acknowledge him as king after his death without exception

The tree, 34 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 declared	nsubj
2	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 declared	obj
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 son	nmod:poss
7	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 son	amod
8	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 declared	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 dismissed	punct
10	dismissed	dismiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 declared	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 court	det
12	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dismissed	obj
13	with	with	ADP	_	16 speech	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 speech	det
15	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 speech	amod
16	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dismissed	obl
17	about	about	ADP	_	18 mercy	case
18	mercy	mercy	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 speech	nmod
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 justice	cc
20	justice	justice	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 mercy	conj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 commanded	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 commanded	cc
23	commanded	command	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 declared	conj
24	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	26 present	det:predet
25	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	26 present	det
26	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 commanded	obj
27	to	to	PART	_	28 acknowledge	mark
28	acknowledge	acknowledge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 commanded	advcl
29	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 acknowledge	obj
30	as	as	ADP	_	31 king	case
31	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 acknowledge	obl
32	after	after	ADP	_	34 death	case
33	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	34 death	nmod:poss
34	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 acknowledge	obl
35	without	without	ADP	_	36 exception	case
36	exception	exception	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 acknowledge	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	declare speech: other	past	He	the young man			vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent man=Theme son=Attribute
2	dismiss	past	He not said here	the court		with a long speech about mercy and justice	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent court=Theme
3	command	past	He not said here	all present			vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent present=Eventuality
4	acknowledge	to-infinitive	He not said here	man	after king's death	as king; without exception	vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic
5	die		king				nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He declared the young man his true son and commanded all present to acknowledge him as king after his death

The tree, 20 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 declared	nsubj
2	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 declared	obj
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 son	nmod:poss
7	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 son	amod
8	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 declared	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 commanded	cc
10	commanded	command	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 declared	conj
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 present	det
12	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 commanded	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 acknowledge	mark
14	acknowledge	acknowledge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 commanded	advcl
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 acknowledge	obj
16	as	as	ADP	_	17 king	case
17	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 acknowledge	obl
18	after	after	ADP	_	20 death	case
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 death	nmod:poss
20	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 acknowledge	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	declare speech: other	past	He	the young man			vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent man=Theme son=Attribute
2	command	past	He not said here	all present			vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent present=Eventuality
3	acknowledge	to-infinitive	He not said here	man	after king's death	as king	vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic
4	die		king				nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

He declared the young man his true son and commanded the court to obey him as king after his death

The tree, 20 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 declared	nsubj
2	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 declared	obj
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 son	nmod:poss
7	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 son	amod
8	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 declared	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 commanded	cc
10	commanded	command	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 declared	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 court	det
12	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 commanded	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 obey	mark
14	obey	obey	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 commanded	xcomp
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 obey	obj
16	as	as	ADP	_	17 king	case
17	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 obey	obl
18	after	after	ADP	_	20 death	case
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 death	nmod:poss
20	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 obey	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	declare speech: other	past	He	the young man			vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent man=Theme son=Attribute
2	command	past	He not said here	the court			vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent court=Recipient clause=Topic
3	obey not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	man	after king's death	as king	vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
4	die		king				nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent

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