Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales from many lands, The Simpleton, the Simpleton…

What was the eventual response of the monarch upon witnessing the armed host beneath his window?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: monarch · What happens: be, witness · To what, where: eventual response, armed host

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1723 «Fairy Tales from many lands, The Simpleton, the Simpleton beats the King's impossible tasks and wins the Princess» 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	PRON	PronType=Int	5 response	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 response	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 response	det
4	eventual	eventual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 response	amod
5	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 monarch	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 monarch	det
8	monarch	monarch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 response	nmod
9	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	10 witnessing	mark
10	witnessing	witness	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 monarch	acl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 host	det
12	armed	armed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 host	amod
13	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 witnessing	obj
14	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	16 window	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 window	nmod:poss
16	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 host	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 response	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the eventual response				of the monarch	tree rules
2	witness	gerund	the monarch not said here	the armed host				beneath his window	vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent host=Beneficiary

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

He fled 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 fled	nsubj
2	fled	flee	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 fled	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flee	past	He	the palace					vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme palace=Initial_Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He acknowledged his own powerlessness

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 acknowledged	nsubj
2	acknowledged	acknowledge	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	5 powerlessness	nmod:poss
4	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 powerlessness	amod
5	powerlessness	powerlessness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 acknowledged	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	acknowledge	past	He	his own powerlessness					vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent powerlessness=Topic

Option 3

He sent the Simpleton a letter

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 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Simpleton	det
4	Simpleton	Simpleton	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 letter	det
6	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	He	a letter	the Simpleton				vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent simpleton=Destination letter=Theme

Option 4

He ordered the army to march

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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 army	det
4	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ordered	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 march	mark
6	march	march	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 ordered	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order	past	He	the army					vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent army=Recipient clause=Topic
2	march not said to happen	to-infinitive	the army not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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