Exam question 1 · Tales from the Fjeld, King Lindorm, part 55: the forged le…
By what means did the stepmother authenticate the spurious communication addressed to the monarch?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: stepmother · What happens: mean, authenticate, address · To what, where: spurious communication
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1666 «Tales from the Fjeld, King Lindorm, part 55: the forged letters and the flight to the hut» 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 | By | by | ADP | _ | 2 what | case |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 authenticate | obl |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 what | acl:relcl |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 authenticate | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 stepmother | det |
| 6 | stepmother | stepmother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 authenticate | nsubj |
| 7 | authenticate | authenticate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 communication | det |
| 9 | spurious | spurious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 communication | amod |
| 10 | communication | communication | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 authenticate | obj |
| 11 | addressed | address | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 communication | acl |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 monarch | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 monarch | det |
| 14 | monarch | monarch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 addressed | obl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 authenticate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | authenticate | past · do-support | the stepmother | the spurious communication | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | address | participle | the spurious communication not said here | to the monarch | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice
By his signet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | ADP | _ | 3 signet | case |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 signet | nmod:poss |
| 3 | signet | signet | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
With the queen's seal, resembling the king's
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | With | with | ADP | _ | 5 seal | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 queen | det |
| 3 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 seal | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 queen | case |
| 5 | seal | seal | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 resembling | punct |
| 7 | resembling | resemble | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 seal | acl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 king | det |
| 9 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 resembling | obj |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 king | case |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | resemble | gerund | the queen's seal not said here | the king | tree rules |
Option 3
With the chancellor's wax seal, imitating the court
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | With | with | ADP | _ | 6 seal | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 chancellor | det |
| 3 | chancellor | chancellor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 seal | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 chancellor | case |
| 5 | wax | wax | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 seal | compound |
| 6 | seal | seal | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 imitating | punct |
| 8 | imitating | imitate | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 seal | acl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 court | det |
| 10 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 imitating | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | imitate | gerund | the chancellor's wax seal not said here | the court | vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent court=Theme |
Option 4
By a copied signet ring of the royal household
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | ADP | _ | 5 ring | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 ring | det |
| 3 | copied | copy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 ring | amod |
| 4 | signet | signet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ring | compound |
| 5 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 household | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 household | det |
| 8 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 household | amod |
| 9 | household | household | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ring | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | copy | participle | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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