Exam question 3 · pg641, the prince and his beasts, part 8: the prince is ki…

Indicate the cause of the prince's death as recorded in the narrative.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, prince · What happens: indicate, record, cause, die · To what, where: cause, narrative, death

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1757 «pg641, the prince and his beasts, part 8: the prince is killed and a crow brings him back to life» 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	Indicate	indicate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cause	det
3	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Indicate	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 death	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 prince	det
6	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 death	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 prince	case
8	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cause	nmod
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 recorded	mark
10	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Indicate	advcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 narrative	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 narrative	det
13	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 recorded	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Indicate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	indicate	imperative	you not said here	the cause of the prince's death		vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot cause=Topic
2	record	participle	you not said here		the narrative	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in narrative=Destination
3	cause			the prince's death		nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient
4	die		the prince			nom death «event 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

a poisoning by the castle cook

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 poisoning	det
2	poisoning	poisoning	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	6 cook	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cook	det
5	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cook	compound
6	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 poisoning	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	poison		the castle cook						nom poisoning «state transitive»: by=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

a murder by the coachman and footman

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 murder	det
2	murder	murder	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 coachman	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 coachman	det
5	coachman	coachman	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 murder	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 footman	cc
7	footman	footman	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 coachman	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	murder		the coachman and footman						nom murder «act transitive»: by=agent

Option 3

a murder by the coachman and footman on the forest road

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 murder	det
2	murder	murder	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 coachman	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 coachman	det
5	coachman	coachman	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 murder	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 footman	cc
7	footman	footman	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 coachman	conj
8	on	on	ADP	_	11 road	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 road	det
10	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 road	compound
11	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 footman	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	murder		the coachman and footman on the forest road						nom murder «act transitive»: by=agent

Option 4

an ambush arranged by the coachman and the footman

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 ambush	det
2	ambush	ambush	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	arranged	arrange	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 ambush	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 coachman	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 coachman	det
6	coachman	coachman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 arranged	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 footman	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 footman	det
9	footman	footman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 coachman	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrange	participle		a ambush not said here				by the coachman and the footman	vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by coachman=Destination

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