Exam question 4 · Household Stories, Rosemary, part 41: a maiden seeks her l…

Explain why the king consented to postpone the ceremony and banquet.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, king · What happens: explain, consent, postpone · To what, where: ceremony · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1652 «Household Stories, Rosemary, part 41: a maiden seeks her lost husband, helped by the Sun, the Moon and the Wind» 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	Explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 consented	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consented	nsubj
5	consented	consent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Explain	ccomp
6	to	to	PART	_	7 postpone	mark
7	postpone	postpone	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 consented	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ceremony	det
9	ceremony	ceremony	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 postpone	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 banquet	cc
11	banquet	banquet	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ceremony	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	consent	participle	the king		vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	postpone	to-infinitive	the king not said here	the ceremony and banquet	vn delay-53.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ceremony=Eventuality

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

The princess's gown was unfit to be worn in public, and the tailors had no time to mend it

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 princess	det
2	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gown	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 princess	case
4	gown	gown	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 unfit	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 unfit	cop
6	unfit	unfit	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	9 worn	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 worn	aux:pass
9	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 unfit	advcl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 public	case
11	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 worn	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 had	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 had	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 tailors	det
15	tailors	tailor	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 had	nsubj
16	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 unfit	parataxis
17	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	18 time	det
18	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 had	obj
19	to	to	PART	_	20 mend	mark
20	mend	mend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 time	acl
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 mend	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the princess's gown				unfit property	tree rules
2	wear	to-infinitive · passive	the princess's gown not said here		public			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»
3	have	past	the tailors			time		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	mend	to-infinitive	the tailors not said here	gown				tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The princess's gown was unfit to be worn in public

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 princess	det
2	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gown	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 princess	case
4	gown	gown	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 unfit	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 unfit	cop
6	unfit	unfit	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	9 worn	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 worn	aux:pass
9	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 unfit	advcl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 public	case
11	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 worn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the princess's gown					unfit property	tree rules
2	wear	to-infinitive · passive	the princess's gown not said here			public			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»

Option 3

The princess's mantle was lost in the storm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 princess	det
2	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mantle	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 princess	case
4	mantle	mantle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lost	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 lost	aux:pass
6	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 storm	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 storm	det
9	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past · passive		the princess's mantle		the storm			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 4

The wedding guests had all gone home already

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 guests	det
2	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 guests	compound
3	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 gone	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 gone	aux
5	all	all	ADV	_	6 gone	advmod
6	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	home	home	ADV	_	6 gone	advmod
8	already	already	ADV	_	6 gone	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past · perfect	the wedding guests					all, home property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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