Exam question 1 · Book of Tales, Ian the Fisher's Son: the princess saves th…

With reference to the passage, what did the princess declare from the platform?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: princess · What happens: declare · To what, where: platform

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1303 «Book of Tales, Ian the Fisher's Son: the princess saves the true winner and chooses him» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 declare	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 declare	punct
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 declare	obj
8	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 declare	aux
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 princess	det
10	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 declare	nsubj
11	declare	declare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 platform	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 platform	det
14	platform	platform	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 declare	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 declare	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	declare speech: other	past · do-support	the princess			the platform		with reference to the passage	vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Attribute

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

That the sentenced man had won and should go free at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 won	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 man	det
3	sentenced	sentence	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 man	amod
4	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 won	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 won	aux
6	won	win	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 go	cc
8	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 go	aux
9	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 won	conj
10	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 go	xcomp
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 once	case
12	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	9 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	sentence	participle			tree rules
2	win	past · perfect	That		vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	go	should	That not said here	free property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at once=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

That the condemned man was the true victor, so the gallows must be torn down and the whole court must apologize

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 victor	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 man	det
3	condemned	condemn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 man	amod
4	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 victor	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 victor	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 victor	det
7	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 victor	amod
8	victor	victor	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 torn	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	15 torn	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 gallows	det
12	gallows	gallows	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 torn	nsubj:pass
13	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 torn	aux
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 torn	aux:pass
15	torn	tear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 victor	parataxis
16	down	down	ADP	_	15 torn	compound:prt
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 apologize	cc
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 court	det
19	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 court	amod
20	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 apologize	nsubj
21	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 apologize	aux
22	apologize	apologize	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 torn	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	condemn	participle			vn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	That	the true victor	tree rules
3	tear down	must · passive		the gallows	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
4	apologize speech: apologize	must	the whole court		tree rules

Option 3

That he was innocent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 innocent	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 innocent	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 innocent	cop
4	innocent	innocent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	That					innocent property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

That the condemned man was the true victor and must be released

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 victor	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 man	det
3	condemned	condemn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 man	amod
4	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 victor	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 victor	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 victor	det
7	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 victor	amod
8	victor	victor	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 released	cc
10	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 released	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 released	aux:pass
12	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 victor	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	condemn	participle			vn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	That	the true victor	tree rules
3	release	must · passive	That not said here		vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»

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