Exam question 3 · Sicilian Stories, Catherine and Her Destiny, part 30: Cath…

Why did Destiny go to her sister on the mountain?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Destiny · What happens: go · To what, where: mountain

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1641 «Sicilian Stories, Catherine and Her Destiny, part 30: Catherine gets a silken ball from her Destiny's sister» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 go	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 go	aux
3	Destiny	Destiny	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 go	nsubj
4	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 sister	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 sister	nmod:poss
7	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 go	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 mountain	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mountain	det
10	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 go	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past · do-support	Destiny			the mountain		to Destiny's sister	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to sister=Initial_Location

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

To ask that Catherine be granted relief from Destiny's persecution, which had lasted for many years.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 ask	mark
2	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 relief	mark
4	Catherine	Catherine	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 relief	nsubj
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 relief	cop
6	granted	grant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 relief	amod
7	relief	relief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ask	ccomp
8	from	from	ADP	_	11 persecution	case
9	Destiny	Destiny	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 persecution	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Destiny	case
11	persecution	persecution	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 relief	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 lasted	punct
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 lasted	nsubj
14	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 lasted	aux
15	lasted	last	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 persecution	acl:relcl
16	for	for	ADP	_	18 years	case
17	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 years	amod
18	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 lasted	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	grant	participle					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
3	is a	infinitive	Catherine	granted relief	Destiny's persecution		tree rules
4	last	past · perfect	Destiny's persecution			year	vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme
5	persecute		Destiny				nom persecution «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

To ask that Catherine be sent home quickly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 ask	mark
2	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 sent	mark
4	Catherine	Catherine	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 sent	nsubj:pass
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 sent	aux:pass
6	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 ask	ccomp
7	home	home	ADV	_	6 sent	advmod
8	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	6 sent	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive							vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	send	infinitive · passive		Catherine				home, quickly property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

To ask for a cup of water.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 ask	mark
2	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 cup	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cup	det
5	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ask	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 water	case
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cup	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive						for a cup of water	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To ask that Catherine be granted relief.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 ask	mark
2	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 granted	mark
4	Catherine	Catherine	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 granted	nsubj:pass
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 granted	aux:pass
6	granted	grant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 ask	ccomp
7	relief	relief	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 granted	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive							vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	grant	infinitive · passive		Catherine					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal relief=Theme

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