Exam question 4 · Grimm, Trusty John, part 69: the King sees the golden pict…

What warning is conveyed to Trusty John by the ravens, and how does it bear upon the outcome?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Trusty, warning · What happens: convey, bear · To what, where: warning

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 conveyed	obj
2	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 conveyed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 conveyed	aux:pass
4	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 Trusty	case
6	Trusty	Trusty	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 conveyed	obl:agent
7	John	John	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Trusty	flat
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 ravens	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ravens	det
10	ravens	raven	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 conveyed	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 bear	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 bear	cc
13	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	16 bear	advmod
14	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 bear	aux
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 bear	nsubj
16	bear	bear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 conveyed	conj
17	upon	upon	ADP	_	19 outcome	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 outcome	det
19	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 bear	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 conveyed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey	present · passive	Trusty	warning				by the ravens	tree rules
2	bear	present · do-support	warning					upon the outcome	vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

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 horse will carry the King off unless someone intervenes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 horse	det
2	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carry	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 carry	aux
4	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 King	det
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 carry	obj
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 King	compound:prt
8	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	10 intervenes	mark
9	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 intervenes	nsubj
10	intervenes	intervene	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 carry	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	future	the horse	the King					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme
2	intervene a condition, not said to happen	present	someone						tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A chestnut horse will abduct the King unless it is shot dead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 horse	det
2	chestnut	chestnut	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 horse	compound
3	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 abduct	nsubj
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 abduct	aux
5	abduct	abduct	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 King	det
7	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 abduct	obj
8	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	11 shot	mark
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 shot	nsubj:pass
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 shot	aux:pass
11	shot	shoot	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 abduct	advcl
12	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 shot	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abduct	future	a chestnut horse	the King					vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme
2	shoot a condition, not said to happen	present · passive		horse				dead property	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

A chestnut horse will gallop the young King into the sky unless someone shoots it dead with a pistol at once

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 horse	det
2	chestnut	chestnut	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 horse	compound
3	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gallop	nsubj
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 gallop	aux
5	gallop	gallop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 King	det
7	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 King	amod
8	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 gallop	obj
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 sky	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sky	det
11	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gallop	obl
12	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	14 shoots	mark
13	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	14 shoots	nsubj
14	shoots	shoot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 gallop	advcl
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 shoots	obj
16	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 shoots	xcomp
17	with	with	ADP	_	19 pistol	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 pistol	det
19	pistol	pistol	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 shoots	obl
20	at	at	ADP	_	21 once	case
21	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	14 shoots	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gallop	future	a chestnut horse	the young King		the sky			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent king=Theme into sky=Trajectory
2	shoot a condition, not said to happen	present	someone	horse				with a pistol; dead property	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme at once=Destination

Option 4

A grey horse will attack the Princess before the wedding

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 horse	det
2	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 horse	amod
3	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 attack	nsubj
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 attack	aux
5	attack	attack	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Princess	det
7	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 attack	obj
8	before	before	ADP	_	10 wedding	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wedding	det
10	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 attack	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attack	future	a grey horse	the Princess			before the wedding		vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient

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