Exam question 1 · Grimm, Trusty John, part 69: the King sees the golden pict…

Which action does Trusty John take in fulfilment of the promise made to the late King?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action, Trusty · What happens: do, take in, make, fulfil · To what, where: fulfilment, promise

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1482 «Grimm, Trusty John, part 69: the King sees the golden picture, and the ship sails off with the Princess» 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	nsubj
3	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Trusty	Trusty	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 take	nsubj
5	John	John	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Trusty	flat
6	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 does	ccomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	6 take	compound:prt
8	fulfilment	fulfilment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 promise	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 promise	det
11	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fulfilment	nmod
12	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 promise	acl
13	to	to	ADP	_	16 King	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 King	det
15	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 King	amod
16	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 made	obl:agent
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	present	which action		tree rules
2	take in	present	Trusty	fulfilment of the promise	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fulfilment=Theme
3	make	participle		the promise not said here	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
4	fulfil			the promise	nom fulfilment «feeling 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

He conceals from the young King what the locked chamber holds

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 conceals	nsubj
2	conceals	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	6 King	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 King	det
5	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 King	amod
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 conceals	obl
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 holds	obj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 chamber	det
9	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 chamber	amod
10	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 holds	nsubj
11	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 conceals	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	conceal	present	He	from the young King	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from king=Beneficiary
2	lock	participle			vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	hold	present	the locked chamber		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He keeps the young King from the gold stores and royal records

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 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 King	det
4	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 King	amod
5	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	9 stores	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 stores	det
8	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stores	compound
9	stores	store	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 keeps	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 records	cc
11	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 records	amod
12	records	record	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 stores	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	He		the young King	the gold stores and royal records			vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer king=Beneficiary from store=Eventuality

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He withholds from the young King the contents of the locked chamber

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 withholds	nsubj
2	withholds	withhold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	6 King	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 King	det
5	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 King	amod
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 withholds	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 contents	det
8	contents	contents	NOUN	Number=Ptan	6 King	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 chamber	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 chamber	det
11	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 chamber	amod
12	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 contents	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	withhold	present	He					from the young King the contents of the locked chamber	tree rules
2	lock	participle							vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 4

He burns the portrait

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 burns	nsubj
2	burns	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 portrait	det
4	portrait	portrait	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 burns	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	present	He	the portrait					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent portrait=Theme

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