Exam question 2 · Gutenberg 641, The Maiden with the Wooden Helmet, part 48:…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the eldest son's reaction upon observing the young woman at the garden stream?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: eldest son · What happens: follow, characteris, observe, react · To what, where: reaction, young woman, garden stream

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1797 «Gutenberg 641, The Maiden with the Wooden Helmet, part 48: a dying mother hides her daughter's beauty, and a rich young man wants to marry the girl in the helmet» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 son	det
10	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	11 son	amod
11	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 reaction	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 son	case
13	reaction	reaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
14	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	15 observing	mark
15	observing	observe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 characterises	advcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 woman	det
17	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 woman	amod
18	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 observing	obj
19	at	at	ADP	_	22 stream	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 stream	det
21	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 stream	compound
22	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 observing	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the eldest son's reaction		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	observe	gerund		the young woman	the garden stream		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent woman=Topic
4	react		the eldest son				nom reaction «process 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

He decided to leave town

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 decided	nsubj
2	decided	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 leave	mark
4	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 decided	xcomp
5	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 leave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	past	He						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	leave not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	town					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent town=Theme

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

He resolved that no other man should be her husband

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 resolved	nsubj
2	resolved	resolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 husband	mark
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 man	det
5	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 man	amod
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 husband	nsubj
7	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 husband	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 husband	cop
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 husband	nmod:poss
10	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 resolved	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	resolve	past	He						tree rules
2	is a	should	no other man	her husband					tree rules

Option 3

He vowed to pursue her through the whole village

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 vowed	nsubj
2	vowed	vow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 pursue	mark
4	pursue	pursue	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 vowed	xcomp
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 pursue	obj
6	through	through	ADP	_	9 village	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 village	det
8	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 village	amod
9	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pursue	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	vow	past	He						tree rules
2	pursue not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	her = she		the whole village			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme through village=Trajectory

Option 4

He decided to ask his family for permission to wed

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 decided	nsubj
2	decided	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 ask	mark
4	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 decided	xcomp
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 family	nmod:poss
6	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ask	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 permission	case
8	permission	permission	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ask	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 wed	mark
10	wed	wed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 ask	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	decide	past	He			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	ask speech: ask not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	his family	for permission	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent family=Recipient
3	wed	to-infinitive	He not said here			vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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