Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the parents plan to los…

State the method by which the King prevented the Princess from departing before the conclusion of the ceremony.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: King · What happens: prevent, depart, conclude · To what, where: Princess, ceremony

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1467 «Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the parents plan to lose their sons in the forest, and Little Thumb leaves a trail of white pebbles» 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 method	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 method	det
3	method	method	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 prevented	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 King	det
7	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 prevented	nsubj
8	prevented	prevent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 method	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Princess	det
10	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 prevented	obj
11	from	from	SCONJ	_	12 departing	mark
12	departing	depart	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 prevented	advcl
13	before	before	ADP	_	15 conclusion	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 conclusion	det
15	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 departing	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 ceremony	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 ceremony	det
18	ceremony	ceremony	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 conclusion	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 method	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	prevent	past	the King	the Princess		by the State method	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer princess=Theme
2	depart	gerund	the King not said here		before the conclusion of the ceremony		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	conclude			the ceremony			nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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 caused all doors to be shut and bolted

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 caused	nsubj
2	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 doors	det
4	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 caused	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	7 shut	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 shut	cop
7	shut	shut	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 caused	advcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 bolted	cc
9	bolted	bolt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 shut	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cause	past	He	all doors		vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition door=Patient
2	is	to-infinitive	He not said here		shut property	tree rules
3	bolt	participle	He not said here			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

He dispatched a guard to escort her away

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 dispatched	nsubj
2	dispatched	dispatch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 guard	det
4	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dispatched	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 escort	mark
6	escort	escort	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 dispatched	advcl
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 escort	obj
8	away	away	ADV	_	6 escort	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dispatch	past	He	a guard					vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guard=Patient
2	escort away	to-infinitive	He not said here	her = she				away property	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 3

He summoned his chariot to carry her off

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 summoned	nsubj
2	summoned	summon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 chariot	nmod:poss
4	chariot	chariot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 summoned	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 carry	mark
6	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 summoned	advcl
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 carry	obj
8	off	off	ADP	_	6 carry	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	summon	past	He	his chariot					vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chariot=Recipient
2	carry off	to-infinitive	He not said here	her = she					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 4

He commanded the musicians to play louder

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 commanded	nsubj
2	commanded	command	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 musicians	det
4	musicians	musician	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 commanded	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 play	mark
6	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 commanded	advcl
7	louder	loud	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 play	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	command	past	He	the musicians					vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent musician=Eventuality
2	play	to-infinitive	He not said here					loud property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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