Exam question 4 · Slavonic Fairy Tales, Ferko, part 17: blinded and crippled…

Which assertion best summarises the bee's undertaking to Ferko before the palace task?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: assertion, bee · What happens: summarise, undertake · To what, where: bee, Ferko

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1693 «Slavonic Fairy Tales, Ferko, part 17: blinded and crippled Ferko heals himself and wins the King's test» 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 assertion	det
2	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 summarises	nsubj
3	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	2 assertion	advmod
4	summarises	summarise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bee	det
6	bee	bee	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 summarises	obj
7	's	's	PART	_	6 bee	case
8	undertaking	undertake	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 bee	acl
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 Ferko	case
10	Ferko	Ferko	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 undertaking	obl
11	before	before	ADP	_	14 task	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 task	det
13	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 task	compound
14	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 undertaking	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 summarises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	summarise	present	which assertion	the bee					tree rules
2	undertake	gerund	the bee not said here		Ferko		before the palace task		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=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

She told him the palace would be finished before noon the next day and he should rest

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 told	iobj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 palace	det
5	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 finished	nsubj:pass
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 finished	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 finished	aux:pass
8	finished	finish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 told	ccomp
9	before	before	ADP	_	10 noon	case
10	noon	noon	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 finished	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 day	det
12	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 day	amod
13	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 finished	obl:unmarked
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 rest	cc
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 rest	nsubj
16	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 rest	aux
17	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 told	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	She		him = he		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	finish	would · passive		the palace		day; noon	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality
3	rest	should	he				vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

She promised a palace by dawn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 promised	nsubj
2	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 palace	det
4	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 promised	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 dawn	case
6	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 promised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	past	She	a palace			dawn		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent palace=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She assured him that a palace would be built before the sun set the following night

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 assured	nsubj
2	assured	assure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 assured	iobj
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 built	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 palace	det
6	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 built	nsubj:pass
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 built	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 built	aux:pass
9	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 assured	ccomp
10	before	before	SCONJ	_	13 set	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sun	det
12	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 set	nsubj
13	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 built	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 night	det
15	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 night	amod
16	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 set	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	assure	past	She		him = he		vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	build	would · passive		a palace			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
3	set	past	the sun			night	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

She swore to help him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 swore	nsubj
2	swore	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 help	mark
4	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 swore	xcomp
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 help	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swear	past	She						vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	help	to-infinitive	She not said here		him = he				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary

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