Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, Puss in Boots, part 34: the cat tricks the ki…

What was the principal consequence of the cat's deception at the river?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cat · What happens: be, deceive · To what, where: principal consequence, river

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1447 «Fairy Tales, Puss in Boots, part 34: the cat tricks the king and the ogre» 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	5 consequence	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 consequence	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 consequence	amod
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 deception	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cat	det
8	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 deception	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 cat	case
10	deception	deception	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	nmod
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 river	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 river	det
13	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 deception	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the principal consequence				of the cat's deception at the river	tree rules
2	deceive		the cat			the river			nom deception «communication transitive»: poss=agent at=place

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 king believed the Marquis to be a wealthy nobleman and gave him his daughter

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 believed	nsubj
3	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Marquis	det
5	Marquis	Marquis	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 believed	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	10 nobleman	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 nobleman	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 nobleman	det
9	wealthy	wealthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 nobleman	amod
10	nobleman	nobleman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 believed	xcomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 gave	cc
12	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 believed	conj
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 gave	iobj
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 daughter	nmod:poss
15	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gave	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	believe	past	the king	the Marquis		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer marquis=Stimulus
2	is a	to-infinitive	the king not said here	a wealthy nobleman		tree rules
3	give	past	the king not said here		king's daughter	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient daughter=Theme

Option 2

The king believed the Marquis to be a wealthy nobleman and invited him to dine

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 believed	nsubj
3	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Marquis	det
5	Marquis	Marquis	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 believed	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	10 nobleman	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 nobleman	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 nobleman	det
9	wealthy	wealthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 nobleman	amod
10	nobleman	nobleman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 believed	xcomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 invited	cc
12	invited	invite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 believed	conj
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 invited	obj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 dine	mark
15	dine	dine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 invited	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	believe	past	the king	the Marquis	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer marquis=Stimulus
2	is a	to-infinitive	the king not said here	a wealthy nobleman	tree rules
3	invite	past	the king not said here	king	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
4	dine not said to happen	to-infinitive	king not said here		vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The king thought the Marquis was a rich man of the court

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thought	nsubj
3	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Marquis	det
5	Marquis	Marquis	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 man	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 man	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 man	det
8	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 man	amod
9	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thought	ccomp
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 court	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 court	det
12	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 man	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	the king						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the Marquis	a rich man				of the court	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The king believed the Marquis to be a wealthy nobleman

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 believed	nsubj
3	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Marquis	det
5	Marquis	Marquis	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 believed	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	10 nobleman	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 nobleman	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 nobleman	det
9	wealthy	wealthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 nobleman	amod
10	nobleman	nobleman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 believed	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	past	the king	the Marquis					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer marquis=Stimulus
2	is a	to-infinitive	the king not said here	a wealthy nobleman					tree rules

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