Exam question 2 · Yellow Fairy Book, The Turkey-maiden, part 36: the Fairy s…

Which of the following accurately records the sentence the King pronounced upon the Queen when he first confronted her?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: King · What happens: follow, record, pronounce, confront · To what, where: sentence, her

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1539 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Turkey-maiden, part 36: the Fairy saves the Queen and finds Delicia as a turkey-maiden» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 records	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 records	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 records	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 records	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 records	advmod
6	records	record	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sentence	det
8	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 records	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 King	det
10	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 pronounced	nsubj
11	pronounced	pronounce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 sentence	acl:relcl
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 Queen	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Queen	det
14	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 pronounced	obl
15	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	18 confronted	advmod
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 confronted	nsubj
17	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	18 confronted	advmod
18	confronted	confront	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 pronounced	advcl
19	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 confronted	obj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 records	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	record	present		the sentence	accurately property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentence=Theme
3	pronounce	past	the King	the sentence not said here	upon the Queen	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentence=Theme
4	confront	past	King	her = she	first property	vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

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

You shall be hung, as I always told you you should

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 hung	nsubj
2	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 hung	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 hung	aux:pass
4	hung	hang	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 told	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 told	mark
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 told	nsubj
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 told	advmod
9	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hung	conj
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 told	iobj
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 should	nsubj
12	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 told	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	shall · passive		You					vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	tell speech: assert	past	I		you			always property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

You shall be hung at dawn, as I always told you you should, and no one shall stop it

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 hung	nsubj
2	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 hung	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 hung	aux:pass
4	hung	hang	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 dawn	case
6	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hung	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 told	punct
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 told	mark
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 told	nsubj
10	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	11 told	advmod
11	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hung	conj
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 told	iobj
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 should	nsubj
14	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 told	ccomp
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 stop	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 stop	cc
17	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	18 one	det
18	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 stop	nsubj
19	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 stop	aux
20	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 hung	conj
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 stop	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	hang	shall · passive		You		dawn		vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	tell speech: assert	past	I		you		always property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient
3	stop	shall	no one	it				vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality

Option 3

You shall be hung, as I always told you you should, and the whole court will see it

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 hung	nsubj
2	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 hung	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 hung	aux:pass
4	hung	hang	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 told	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 told	mark
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 told	nsubj
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 told	advmod
9	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hung	conj
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 told	iobj
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 should	nsubj
12	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 told	ccomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 see	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 see	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 court	det
16	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 court	amod
17	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 see	nsubj
18	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 see	aux
19	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 hung	conj
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	hang	shall · passive		You			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	tell speech: assert	past	I		you	always property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient
3	see	future	the whole court	it			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 4

You shall be exiled, as I always warned you would

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 exiled	nsubj
2	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 exiled	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 exiled	aux:pass
4	exiled	exile	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 warned	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 warned	mark
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 warned	nsubj
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 warned	advmod
9	warned	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 exiled	conj
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 would	nsubj
11	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 warned	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exile	shall · passive		You					vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	warn speech: warn	past	I					always property	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent

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