Exam question 3 · Crimson Fairy Book, The Flying Ship, part 46: the Simpleto…

Pursuant to the King's decree, what qualification was required of the aspirant to his daughter's hand?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: King · What happens: require, decree · To what, where: decree

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1722 «Crimson Fairy Book, The Flying Ship, part 46: the Simpleton gathers strange companions for his ship» 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	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	_	6 decree	advmod
2	to	to	ADP	_	6 decree	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 King	det
4	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 decree	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 King	case
6	decree	decree	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 required	punct
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 required	nsubj:pass
9	qualification	qualification	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 required	nsubj:pass
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 required	aux:pass
11	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 decree	acl:relcl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 aspirant	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 aspirant	det
14	aspirant	aspirant	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 required	obl
15	to	to	ADP	_	19 hand	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 daughter	nmod:poss
17	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 hand	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 daughter	case
19	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 required	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 decree	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	past · passive		the King's decree				of the aspirant; to King's daughter's hand	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition
2	decree		the King						nom decree «communication intransitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice

Construction of a vessel capable of aerial flight, proven before the court at the royal palace

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Construction	construction	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 capable	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 vessel	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 vessel	det
4	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Construction	nmod
5	capable	capable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 flight	case
7	aerial	aerial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 flight	amod
8	flight	flight	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 capable	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 proven	punct
10	proven	prove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 capable	conj
11	before	before	ADP	_	13 court	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 court	det
13	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 proven	obl
14	at	at	ADP	_	17 palace	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 palace	det
16	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 palace	amod
17	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 court	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	participle					before the court at the royal palace		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	construct			a vessel					nom construction «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Construction of a vessel capable of aerial flight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Construction	construction	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 capable	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 vessel	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 vessel	det
4	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Construction	nmod
5	capable	capable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 flight	case
7	aerial	aerial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 flight	amod
8	flight	flight	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 capable	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	construct			a vessel					nom construction «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

Construction of a carriage capable of rapid travel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Construction	construction	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 capable	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 carriage	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 carriage	det
4	carriage	carriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Construction	nmod
5	capable	capable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 travel	case
7	rapid	rapid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 travel	amod
8	travel	travel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 capable	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	construct			a carriage					nom construction «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Possession of noble lineage together with the construction of a vessel that might survive a voyage across the sea and back again

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Possession	possession	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 construction	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 lineage	case
3	noble	noble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lineage	amod
4	lineage	lineage	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Possession	nmod
5	together	together	ADV	_	8 construction	advmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 construction	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 construction	det
8	construction	construction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 vessel	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 vessel	det
11	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 construction	nmod
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 survive	nsubj
13	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 survive	aux
14	survive	survive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 construction	acl:relcl
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 voyage	det
16	voyage	voyage	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 survive	obj
17	across	across	ADP	_	19 sea	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 sea	det
19	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 survive	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 back	cc
21	back	back	ADV	_	19 sea	conj
22	again	again	ADV	_	14 survive	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	survive	might	the construction of a vessel	a voyage	the sea	again	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme voyage=Circumstance
2	possess			noble lineage			nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient
3	construct			a vessel			nom construction «act transitive»: of=patient

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