Exam question 1 · Fairy Book, The Two Brothers, part 38: a false slave steal…

Upon whose report did the king grant the princess's hand to the slave?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king · What happens: do, grant · To what, where: hand, slave

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1649 «Fairy Book, The Two Brothers, part 38: a false slave steals the credit, then a brother rescues the other from a witch» 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 report	case
2	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	3 report	nmod:poss
3	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 grant	nsubj
7	grant	grant	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 princess	det
9	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hand	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 princess	case
11	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 grant	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 slave	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 slave	det
14	slave	slave	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 grant	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past						upon report	tree rules
2	grant	present	the king	the princess's hand				to the slave goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent hand=Theme to slave=Goal

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

Upon the false testimony of the grieving princess

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	4 testimony	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 testimony	det
3	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 testimony	amod
4	testimony	testimony	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 princess	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 princess	det
7	grieving	grieve	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 princess	amod
8	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 testimony	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grieve	gerund							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	testify		the grieving princess						nom testimony «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

On his word alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	3 word	case
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 word	nmod:poss
3	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	alone	alone	ADV	_	3 word	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	word		his = he						nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Upon the slave's sworn claim of a second battle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	6 claim	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 slave	det
3	slave	slave	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 claim	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 slave	case
5	sworn	swear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 claim	amod
6	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 battle	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 battle	det
9	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 battle	amod
10	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 claim	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swear	participle							vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	claim		the slave	a second battle					nom claim «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Upon the slave's false report of the serpent's death

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	6 report	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 slave	det
3	slave	slave	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 report	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 slave	case
5	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 report	amod
6	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	11 death	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 serpent	det
9	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 death	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 serpent	case
11	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 report	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	report		the slave	the serpent's death					nom report «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient
2	die		the serpent						nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent

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