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

How did the brother's situation oblige him to remain at his post?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: situation · What happens: be, oblige, remain · To what, where: him, post

This is exam question 2 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	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 situation	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 How	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 brother	det
4	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 situation	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 brother	case
6	situation	situation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 oblige	nsubj
7	oblige	oblige	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 oblige	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 remain	mark
10	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 oblige	advcl
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 post	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 post	nmod:poss
13	post	post	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 remain	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 oblige	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past				how property	tree rules
2	oblige	present	the brother's situation	him = he			vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
3	remain	to-infinitive	the brother's situation not said here		situation's post		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at post=Location

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 · ✓ the right answer

He would have been seized by the royal guards had he deserted

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 seized	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 seized	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 seized	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 seized	aux:pass
5	seized	seize	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 deserted	advcl
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 guards	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 guards	det
8	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 guards	amod
9	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 seized	obl
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 deserted	aux
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 deserted	nsubj
12	deserted	desert	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seize	would · perfect · passive	the royal guards	He					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	desert	past · perfect	he						vn leave-51.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

He had sworn an oath that the guards would enforce on his family

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	3 sworn	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sworn	aux
3	sworn	swear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 oath	det
5	oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sworn	obj
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 enforce	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 guards	det
8	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 enforce	nsubj
9	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 enforce	aux
10	enforce	enforce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sworn	advcl
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 family	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 family	nmod:poss
13	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 enforce	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swear	past · perfect	He	a oath					vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent oath=Eventuality
2	enforce	would	the guards			his family			vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He would have been seized by the royal guards had he deserted his post during the tale

The tree, 17 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	5 seized	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 seized	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 seized	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 seized	aux:pass
5	seized	seize	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 guards	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 guards	det
8	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 guards	amod
9	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 seized	obl
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 deserted	aux
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 deserted	nsubj
12	deserted	desert	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 seized	conj
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 post	nmod:poss
14	post	post	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 deserted	obj
15	during	during	ADP	_	17 tale	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 tale	det
17	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 deserted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seize	would · perfect · passive	the royal guards	He					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	desert	past	he	his post			during the tale		vn leave-51.2-1 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme post=Source

Option 4

He would have been seized by the royal guards and executed had he deserted his post at the gate

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	5 seized	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 seized	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 seized	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 seized	aux:pass
5	seized	seize	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 guards	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 guards	det
8	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 guards	amod
9	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 seized	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 executed	cc
11	executed	execute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 seized	conj
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 deserted	aux
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 deserted	nsubj
14	deserted	desert	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 executed	ccomp
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 post	nmod:poss
16	post	post	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 deserted	obj
17	at	at	ADP	_	19 gate	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 gate	det
19	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 deserted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	seize	would · perfect · passive	the royal guards	He		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	execute	past	the royal guards not said here			tree rules
3	desert	past	he	his post	the gate	vn leave-51.2-1 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme post=Source

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