Exam question 4 · Perrault, Sleeping Beauty, part 15: the Ogress Queen order…

To whom did the King entrust the government during his absence?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: King · What happens: entrust, absent · To what, where: government

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1428 «Perrault, Sleeping Beauty, part 15: the Ogress Queen orders a tub of serpents for the family» 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	To	to	ADP	_	2 whom	case
2	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	root	root
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 entrust	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 King	det
5	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 entrust	nsubj
6	entrust	entrust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 whom	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 government	det
8	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 entrust	obj
9	during	during	ADP	_	11 absence	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 absence	nmod:poss
11	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 entrust	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 whom	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	entrust	past · do-support	the King	the government			during King's absence		vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent government=Recipient
2	absent		King						nom absence «state 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

To the Queen his mother, who ruled the kingdom while he was away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	ADP	_	3 Queen	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Queen	det
3	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 ruled	obl
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mother	nmod:poss
5	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ruled	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 ruled	punct
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 ruled	nsubj
8	ruled	rule	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 kingdom	det
10	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ruled	obj
11	while	while	SCONJ	_	14 away	mark
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 away	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 away	cop
14	away	away	ADV	_	8 ruled	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rule	past	his mother	the kingdom				to the Queen	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme
2	is	past	he					away property	tree rules

Option 2

To the Queen his mother, who ruled from the palace with the household guard

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	ADP	_	3 Queen	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Queen	det
3	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mother	nmod:poss
5	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Queen	appos
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 ruled	punct
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 ruled	nsubj
8	ruled	rule	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 mother	acl:relcl
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 palace	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 palace	det
11	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ruled	obl
12	with	with	ADP	_	15 guard	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 guard	det
14	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 guard	compound
15	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ruled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rule	past	his mother			the palace		with the household guard	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To the Queen his mother

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	ADP	_	3 Queen	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Queen	det
3	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mother	nmod:poss
5	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Queen	appos

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

To the chancellor and nobles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	ADP	_	3 chancellor	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 chancellor	det
3	chancellor	chancellor	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 nobles	cc
5	nobles	noble	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 chancellor	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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