Exam question 3 · Norse Tales, Dapplegrim: the youth wins the Princess with…
According to the text, what precise phrase did the King employ to signify his acceptance of the fated outcome?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: phrase · What happens: accord, signify, accept · To what, where: acceptance, fated outcome
This is exam question 3 of lesson 1562 «Norse Tales, Dapplegrim: the youth wins the Princess with two tricks and a second horse» 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 | According | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 text | case |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 1 According | fixed |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 text | det |
| 4 | text | text | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 signify | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 did | punct |
| 6 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 did | obj |
| 7 | precise | precise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 phrase | amod |
| 8 | phrase | phrase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 did | nsubj |
| 9 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 signify | aux |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 employ | det |
| 11 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 employ | compound |
| 12 | employ | employ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 did | obj |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 signify | mark |
| 14 | signify | signify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 acceptance | nmod:poss |
| 16 | acceptance | acceptance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 signify | obj |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 outcome | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 outcome | det |
| 19 | fated | fated | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 outcome | amod |
| 20 | outcome | outcome | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 acceptance | nmod |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 14 signify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accord | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | signify | past · do-support | phrase's acceptance of the fated outcome | accord the text | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot acceptance=Theme | ||||
| 3 | accept | phrase | the fated outcome | nom acceptance «cognition transitive»: poss=agent 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
So what must be, must
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So | so | ADV | _ | 2 what | advmod |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 be | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 2 what | cop |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 what | punct |
| 6 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 2 what | aux |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | must · infinitive | tree rules |
Option 2
Let the wedding proceed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 wedding | det |
| 3 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Let | obj |
| 4 | proceed | proceed | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Let | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | imperative | you not said here | the wedding | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | proceed | infinitive | the wedding not said here | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Such is the custom here
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 custom | amod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 custom | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 custom | det |
| 4 | custom | custom | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 custom | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the Such custom | here | tree rules |
Option 4
Fortune favours the bold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 favours | nsubj |
| 2 | favours | favour | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 bold | det |
| 4 | bold | bold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 favours | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | favour | present | Fortune | the bold | tree rules |
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