Exam question 3 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Princess of Rahmatabad, part 7: th…

Which of the following describes the manner in which the jogi dispatched his pupils to the river?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: jogi · What happens: follow, describe, dispatch · To what, where: manner, pupils

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1282 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Princess of Rahmatabad, part 7: the chest in the river and the prince who opened it» 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	7 manner	det
7	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 dispatched	obl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 jogi	det
11	jogi	jogi	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 dispatched	nsubj
12	dispatched	dispatch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 manner	acl:relcl
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 pupils	nmod:poss
14	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 dispatched	obj
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 river	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 river	det
17	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 dispatched	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the manner			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
3	dispatch	past	the jogi	jogi's pupils	the manner	to the river	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pupil=Theme to river=Destination

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

He told them a dream had shown a boat

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 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 told	iobj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dream	det
5	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shown	nsubj:pass
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 shown	aux
7	shown	show	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 told	ccomp
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 boat	det
9	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shown	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	He		them = they				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
2	show	past · perfect · passive		a dream					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient boat=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He told them a revelation had shown a chest bearing treasure

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 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 told	iobj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 revelation	det
5	revelation	revelation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shown	nsubj:pass
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 shown	aux
7	shown	show	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 told	ccomp
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 treasure	det
9	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bearing	compound
10	bearing	bearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 treasure	compound
11	treasure	treasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shown	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	He		them = they				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
2	show	past · perfect · passive		a revelation					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient treasure=Topic

Option 3

He told them that a holy dream had revealed a chest holding treasure, and sent them off to the river at once

The tree, 22 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 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 told	iobj
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 revealed	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 dream	det
6	holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 dream	amod
7	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 revealed	nsubj:pass
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 revealed	aux
9	revealed	reveal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 told	ccomp
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 chest	det
11	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 revealed	obj
12	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 revealed	advcl
13	treasure	treasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 holding	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 sent	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 sent	cc
16	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 told	conj
17	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 sent	obj
18	off	off	ADP	_	16 sent	compound:prt
19	to	to	ADP	_	21 river	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 river	det
21	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 sent	obl
22	at	at	ADP	_	23 once	case
23	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	16 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	He		them = they		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
2	reveal	past · perfect · passive		a holy dream			tree rules
3	hold	gerund		treasure			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme
4	send off	past	He not said here	them = they		the river	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to river=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He sent them off to find a chest for the king

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 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sent	obj
4	off	off	ADP	_	2 sent	compound:prt
5	to	to	PART	_	6 find	mark
6	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 sent	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 chest	det
8	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 find	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 king	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 king	det
11	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 find	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send off	past	He	them = they					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	find	to-infinitive	He not said here	a chest				for the king	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent chest=Theme for king=Beneficiary

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