Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, Prince Darling, part 65: Darling kicks his do…

With what purpose does the voice, in replying to the Prince's thoughts, distinguish the ruler's great empire from the exercise of evil desire?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: purpose, Prince · What happens: do, reply, distinguish, think, exercise · To what, where: voice, great empire, evil desire

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1478 «Fairy Tales, Prince Darling, part 65: Darling kicks his dog, is pricked by the ring, and Celia vanishes from her locked room» 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	With	with	SCONJ	_	4 does	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 does	obj
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	nsubj
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 replying	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 voice	det
6	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 does	punct
8	in	in	SCONJ	_	9 replying	mark
9	replying	reply	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
10	to	to	ADP	_	14 thoughts	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Prince	det
12	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 thoughts	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 Prince	case
14	thoughts	thought	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 replying	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 distinguish	punct
16	distinguish	distinguish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 replying	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 ruler	det
18	ruler	ruler	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 empire	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 ruler	case
20	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 empire	amod
21	empire	empire	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 distinguish	obj
22	from	from	ADP	_	24 exercise	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 exercise	det
24	exercise	exercise	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 empire	nmod
25	of	of	ADP	_	27 desire	case
26	evil	evil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 desire	amod
27	desire	desire	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 exercise	nmod
28	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 replying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	present	purpose	the voice		tree rules
2	reply speech: assert	gerund			to the Prince's thoughts	vn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to thought=Theme
3	distinguish	present		the ruler's great empire	from the exercise of evil desire	vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent empire=Theme from exercise=Co-Theme
4	think		the Prince			nom thought «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
5	exercise			evil desire		nom exercise «act 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 · ✓ the right answer

To show that the advantage of power lies in doing good, not in committing whatever evil one desires.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 show	mark
2	show	show	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 advantage	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 advantage	det
5	advantage	advantage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 show	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 lies	case
7	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lies	compound
8	lies	lie	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 advantage	nmod
9	in	in	SCONJ	_	10 doing	mark
10	doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 show	ccomp
11	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 doing	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 committing	punct
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 committing	advmod
14	in	in	SCONJ	_	15 committing	mark
15	committing	commit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 doing	conj
16	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 desires	obj
17	evil	evil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 one	amod
18	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 desires	nsubj
19	desires	desire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 committing	ccomp
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	show	to-infinitive		the advantage of power lies	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent advantage=Recipient clause=Topic
2	do	gerund		good	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality
3	not commit	gerund			tree rules
4	desire	present	evil one	whatever	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot whatever=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

To show that the advantage of power lies in doing good, not in committing whatever evil one desires, and that the Prince must return to his nurse and ask her forgiveness before he can rule.

The tree, 35 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 show	mark
2	show	show	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 advantage	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 advantage	det
5	advantage	advantage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 show	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 lies	case
7	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lies	compound
8	lies	lie	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 advantage	nmod
9	in	in	SCONJ	_	10 doing	mark
10	doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 lies	acl
11	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 doing	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 committing	punct
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 committing	advmod
14	in	in	SCONJ	_	15 committing	mark
15	committing	commit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 doing	conj
16	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 desires	obj
17	evil	evil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 one	amod
18	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 desires	nsubj
19	desires	desire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 committing	ccomp
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 return	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 return	cc
22	that	that	SCONJ	_	26 return	mark
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 Prince	det
24	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 return	nsubj
25	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	26 return	aux
26	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 show	conj
27	to	to	ADP	_	29 nurse	case
28	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	29 nurse	nmod:poss
29	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 return	obl
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 ask	cc
31	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 show	conj
32	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	33 forgiveness	nmod:poss
33	forgiveness	forgiveness	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 ask	obj
34	before	before	SCONJ	_	37 rule	mark
35	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 rule	nsubj
36	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	37 rule	aux
37	rule	rule	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	31 ask	xcomp
38	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	show	to-infinitive		the advantage of power lies		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent advantage=Recipient
2	do	gerund	power lies not said here	good		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality
3	not commit	gerund	power lies not said here			tree rules
4	desire	present	evil one	whatever		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot whatever=Theme
5	return	must	the Prince		to Prince's nurse result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to nurse=Result
6	ask speech: ask	infinitive		her forgiveness		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent forgiveness=Recipient clause=Topic
7	rule not said to happen	can	Prince			vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

To teach that a king's true strength lies in justice, not in indulging every wicked wish he has.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 teach	mark
2	teach	teach	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 lies	mark
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 king	det
5	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 strength	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 king	case
7	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 strength	amod
8	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lies	nsubj
9	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 teach	ccomp
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 justice	case
11	justice	justice	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lies	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 indulging	punct
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 indulging	advmod
14	in	in	SCONJ	_	15 indulging	mark
15	indulging	indulge	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 teach	advcl
16	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	18 wish	det
17	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 wish	amod
18	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 indulging	obj
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 has	nsubj
20	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 wish	acl:relcl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 teach	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	teach speech: other	to-infinitive				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	lie	present	a king's true strength		justice	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in justice=Location
3	not indulge	gerund		every wicked wish		tree rules
4	have	present	strength	every wicked wish not said here		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wish=Patient

Option 4

To show that the advantage of power lies in doing good, not in committing whatever evil one desires, since the ring has warned that every wicked act will bring pain and punishment to the ruler.

The tree, 35 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 show	mark
2	show	show	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 advantage	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 advantage	det
5	advantage	advantage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 show	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 lies	case
7	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lies	compound
8	lies	lie	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 advantage	nmod
9	in	in	SCONJ	_	10 doing	mark
10	doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 show	ccomp
11	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 doing	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 committing	punct
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 committing	advmod
14	in	in	SCONJ	_	15 committing	mark
15	committing	commit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 doing	conj
16	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 committing	obj
17	evil	evil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 one	amod
18	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 desires	nsubj
19	desires	desire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 whatever	acl:relcl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 warned	punct
21	since	since	SCONJ	_	25 warned	mark
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 ring	det
23	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 warned	nsubj
24	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 warned	aux
25	warned	warn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 committing	conj
26	that	that	SCONJ	_	31 bring	mark
27	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	29 act	det
28	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 act	amod
29	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 bring	nsubj
30	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	31 bring	aux
31	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 warned	ccomp
32	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 bring	obj
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 punishment	cc
34	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 pain	conj
35	to	to	ADP	_	37 ruler	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 ruler	det
37	ruler	ruler	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 bring	obl
38	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	show	to-infinitive		the advantage of power lies		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent advantage=Recipient clause=Topic
2	do	gerund		good		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality
3	not commit	gerund		whatever		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=Theme
4	desire	present	evil one			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
5	warn speech: warn	present · perfect	the ring			vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6	bring	future	every wicked act	pain and punishment	the ruler	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pain=Theme to ruler=Destination

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