Exam question 3 · Popular Tales from the Norse, Prince Lindorm, part 54: the…

What precaution did the young king adopt during his absence in the war?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: precaution, king · What happens: adopt, absent · To what, where: war

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1665 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Prince Lindorm, part 54: the maiden breaks the lindorm's spell and the prince is freed» 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	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	2 precaution	det
2	precaution	precaution	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 adopt	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 adopt	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
5	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 king	amod
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 adopt	nsubj
7	adopt	adopt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	during	during	ADP	_	10 absence	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 absence	nmod:poss
10	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 adopt	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 war	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 war	det
13	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 adopt	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 adopt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	adopt	past · do-support	what precaution			the war	during king's absence		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	absent		king						nom absence «state transitive»: poss=agent

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

He locked the palace

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 locked	nsubj
2	locked	lock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 palace	det
4	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 locked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lock	past	He	the palace					vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Patient

Option 2

He ordered his knights to watch her

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 ordered	nsubj
2	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 knights	nmod:poss
4	knights	knight	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 ordered	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 watch	mark
6	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 ordered	xcomp
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 watch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order	past	He		his knights				vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent knight=Recipient clause=Topic
2	watch not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	her = she					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 3

He posted soldiers at every gate

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 posted	nsubj
2	posted	post	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 posted	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 gate	case
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 gate	det
6	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 posted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	post	past	He	soldiers		every gate			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soldier=Theme

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

He directed his servants to guard his queen carefully

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 directed	nsubj
2	directed	direct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 servants	nmod:poss
4	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 directed	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 guard	mark
6	guard	guard	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 directed	advcl
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 queen	nmod:poss
8	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 guard	obj
9	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	6 guard	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	direct	past	He	his servants					vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent servant=Eventuality
2	guard	to-infinitive	He not said here		his queen			carefully property	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Beneficiary

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