Exam question 1 · West Highland Tales, The Steed of Bells, part 13: the thre…

With reference to the passage, which command did the youngest prince place upon the Queen following his victory at cards?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, follow · To what, where: youngest prince place, victory, cards

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1516 «West Highland Tales, The Steed of Bells, part 13: the three princes set out with the Thief of Sloan to reach the Knight's castle» 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	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 did	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 command	punct
7	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	8 command	det
8	command	command	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 passage	conj
9	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 place	det
11	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	13 place	amod
12	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 place	compound
13	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 did	obj
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 Queen	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Queen	det
16	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 place	nmod
17	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 did	advcl
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 victory	nmod:poss
19	victory	victory	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 following	obj
20	at	at	ADP	_	21 cards	case
21	cards	card	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 following	obl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the youngest prince place				with reference to the passage and which command; upon the Queen	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Eventuality
2	follow	gerund		his victory		cards			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent victory=Theme at card=Trajectory

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

That she stand on the tower

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 stand	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 stand	nsubj
3	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 tower	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tower	det
6	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stand	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	infinitive	That			the tower			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on tower=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

That she stand on the highest tower with sheaf corn and cold water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 stand	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 stand	nsubj
3	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 tower	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tower	det
6	highest	high	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 tower	amod
7	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stand	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 corn	case
9	sheaf	sheaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 corn	compound
10	corn	corn	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tower	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 water	cc
12	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 water	amod
13	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 corn	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	infinitive	That			the highest tower with sheaf corn and cold water			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on tower=Location

Option 3

That she sit at the gate with sheaf corn and a sack of silver coins

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 sit	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sit	nsubj
3	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 gate	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gate	det
6	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sit	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 corn	case
8	sheaf	sheaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 corn	compound
9	corn	corn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sit	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 sack	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 sack	det
12	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 corn	conj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 coins	case
14	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 coins	compound
15	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 sack	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	infinitive	That			the gate		with sheaf corn and a sack of silver coins	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at gate=Location

Option 4

That she stand on the highest wall with cold water and bread for days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 stand	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 stand	nsubj
3	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 wall	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wall	det
6	highest	high	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 wall	amod
7	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stand	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 water	case
9	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 water	amod
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stand	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 bread	cc
12	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 water	conj
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 days	case
14	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stand	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	infinitive	That			the highest wall	day	with cold water and bread	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on wall=Location

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