Exam question 4 · Lang fairy book, The Golden Lion: the youngest brother hid…

Which consequence did the king accept once the signal had been observed?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: consequence, king · What happens: do, accept, observe · To what, where: signal

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1651 «Lang fairy book, The Golden Lion: the youngest brother hides in a golden lion, wins the princess by her white sash, and marries her» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 consequence	det
2	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 king	det
5	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 accept	nsubj
6	accept	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	parataxis
7	once	once	SCONJ	_	12 observed	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 signal	det
9	signal	signal	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 observed	nsubj:pass
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 observed	aux
11	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 observed	aux:pass
12	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 accept	advcl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past	which consequence		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	accept	present	the king		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	observe	past · perfect · passive		the signal	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic

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

He conceded the marriage and ordered the feast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 conceded	nsubj
2	conceded	concede	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 marriage	det
4	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conceded	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 ordered	cc
6	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 conceded	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 feast	det
8	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ordered	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	concede	past	He	the marriage					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent marriage=Theme
2	order	past	He not said here	the feast					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feast=Theme

Option 2

He conceded the marriage and ordered the feast to begin at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 conceded	nsubj
2	conceded	concede	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 marriage	det
4	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conceded	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 ordered	cc
6	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 conceded	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 feast	det
8	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ordered	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 begin	mark
10	begin	begin	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 ordered	ccomp
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 once	case
12	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	10 begin	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	concede	past	He	the marriage	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent marriage=Theme
2	order	past	He not said here	the feast	vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent feast=Recipient clause=Topic
3	begin not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He kept the princess for his own bride

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 princess	det
4	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kept	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 bride	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 bride	nmod:poss
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bride	amod
8	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	He	the princess				for his own bride	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme

Option 4

He agreed to the match and called the guests

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 agreed	nsubj
2	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 match	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 match	det
5	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 agreed	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 called	cc
7	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 agreed	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 guests	det
9	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 called	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	past	He					to the match	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	call	past	He not said here		the guests				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent guest=Recipient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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