Exam question 4 · Perrault's Fairy Tales, Little Thumb: Little Thumb tricks…

What was the specific object of the King's commission to the young messenger?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: specific object

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1469 «Perrault's Fairy Tales, Little Thumb: Little Thumb tricks the Ogre, steals his boots and gold, and grows rich» 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 object	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 object	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 object	det
4	specific	specific	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 object	amod
5	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 commission	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 King	det
8	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 commission	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 King	case
10	commission	commission	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 object	nmod
11	to	to	ADP	_	14 messenger	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 messenger	det
13	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 messenger	amod
14	messenger	messenger	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 commission	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 object	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the specific object				of the King's commission to the young messenger	tree rules

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 bring back reports on the enemy's distant army

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 bring	mark
2	bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	2 bring	advmod
4	reports	report	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bring	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	10 army	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 enemy	det
7	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 army	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 enemy	case
9	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 army	amod
10	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring back	to-infinitive		reports		the enemy's distant army			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent report=Theme on army=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The conveyance of intelligence concerning a distant battle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 conveyance	det
2	conveyance	conveyance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 intelligence	case
4	intelligence	intelligence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conveyance	nmod
5	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 conveyance	acl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 battle	det
7	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 battle	amod
8	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 concerning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	concern	gerund	the conveyance of intelligence not said here	a distant battle					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus battle=Experiencer
2	convey			intelligence					nom conveyance «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The delivery of a secret message concerning a distant battle and its outcome to the royal council

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 delivery	det
2	delivery	delivery	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 message	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 message	det
5	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 message	amod
6	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 delivery	nmod
7	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 message	acl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 battle	det
9	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 battle	amod
10	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 concerning	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 outcome	cc
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 outcome	nmod:poss
13	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 battle	conj
14	to	to	ADP	_	17 council	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 council	det
16	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 council	amod
17	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 concerning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	concern	gerund	a secret message not said here	a distant battle and message's outcome				to the royal council	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus battle=Experiencer
2	deliver			a secret message					nom delivery «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The conveyance of detailed intelligence regarding a distant battle and the enemy's strength

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 conveyance	det
2	conveyance	conveyance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 intelligence	case
4	detailed	detailed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 intelligence	amod
5	intelligence	intelligence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conveyance	nmod
6	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 battle	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 battle	det
8	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 battle	amod
9	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conveyance	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 strength	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 enemy	det
12	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 strength	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 enemy	case
14	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 battle	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regard	gerund							vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	convey			detailed intelligence				regard a distant battle and the enemy's strength	nom conveyance «communication transitive»: of=patient regard=obl

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