Exam question 1 · Swaheli Tales, The Ring and the Casket, part 2: the snakes…

What did the king's son do when he recognised his wife?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king · What happens: do, recognise · To what, where: son, wife

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1311 «Swaheli Tales, The Ring and the Casket, part 2: the snakes' gifts, a palace built in a moment, and the king's visit» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 son	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 king	case
6	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
7	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 recognised	aux
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 recognised	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 recognised	nsubj
10	recognised	recognise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 did	conj
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 wife	nmod:poss
12	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 recognised	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the king's son					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Eventuality
2	recognise	present · do-support	king	king's wife					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wife=Stimulus

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 ran off to find help

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 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 ran	compound:prt
4	to	to	PART	_	5 find	mark
5	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 ran	advcl
6	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run off	past	He						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	find	to-infinitive	He not said here	help					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent help=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He sprang forward and declared that the woman was his wife

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 sprang	nsubj
2	sprang	spring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	forward	forward	ADV	_	2 sprang	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 declared	cc
5	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sprang	conj
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 wife	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 woman	det
8	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wife	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 wife	cop
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 wife	nmod:poss
11	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 declared	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	spring	past	He		forward property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	declare speech: other	past	He not said here			vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
3	is a	past	the woman	his wife		tree rules

Option 3

He sprang forward and claimed the king had lied to him about her

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 sprang	nsubj
2	sprang	spring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	forward	forward	ADV	_	2 sprang	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 claimed	cc
5	claimed	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sprang	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 king	det
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lied	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 lied	aux
9	lied	lie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 claimed	ccomp
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 him	case
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 lied	obl
12	about	about	ADP	_	13 her	case
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 lied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	spring	past	He		forward property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	claim speech: other	past	He not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	lie	past · perfect	the king	him = he	about her = she	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about she=Location

Option 4

He stepped back and told the court she was a stranger to him

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 stepped	nsubj
2	stepped	step	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	2 stepped	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 told	cc
5	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stepped	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 court	det
7	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 told	iobj
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 stranger	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 stranger	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 stranger	det
11	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 told	ccomp
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 him	case
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 stranger	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	step back	past	He			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	past	He not said here		the court	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent court=Recipient
3	is a	past	she	a stranger	him = he	tree rules

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