Exam question 3 · Project Gutenberg 641, The Boys with the Golden Stars, par…

By what means does the emperor first claim Laptitza as his bride?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: mean, do · To what, where: emperor first claim · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1801 «Project Gutenberg 641, The Boys with the Golden Stars, part 1: an emperor hears three sisters' boasts and carries off Laptitza» 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	By	by	SCONJ	_	3 means	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 claim	det
6	emperor	emperor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 claim	compound
7	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 claim	amod
8	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
9	Laptitza	Laptitza	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 claim	appos
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 bride	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 bride	nmod:poss
12	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	present		the emperor first claim				as Laptitza's bride	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=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

By lifting her onto his horse and riding away with her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 lifting	mark
2	lifting	lift	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 lifting	obj
4	onto	onto	ADP	_	6 horse	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 horse	nmod:poss
6	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lifting	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 riding	cc
8	riding	riding	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 horse	conj
9	away	away	ADV	_	2 lifting	advmod
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 her	case
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lifting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	gerund		her = she				onto his horse and riding; with her = she; away property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent her=Theme onto horse=Destination

Option 2

By sending gold to her house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 sending	mark
2	sending	send	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sending	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 house	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 house	nmod:poss
6	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sending	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	gerund		gold		her house			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent gold=Theme to house=Destination

Option 3

By asking her father for her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 asking	mark
2	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 father	nmod:poss
4	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asking	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 her	case
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 asking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	gerund			her father			for her = she	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent father=Recipient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

By lifting her onto his horse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 lifting	mark
2	lifting	lift	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 lifting	obj
4	onto	onto	ADP	_	6 horse	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 horse	nmod:poss
6	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lifting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	gerund		her = she				onto his horse	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent her=Theme onto horse=Destination

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