Exam question 1 · pg641, Iliane and Sunlight, part 59: the princess steals t…

Which of the following best describes the means by which the princess secured the emperor's stud of mares?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: the, princess · What happens: follow, describe, mean, secure · To what, where: stud · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1808 «pg641, Iliane and Sunlight, part 59: the princess steals the emperor's stud of mares» 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	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 means	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 means	nsubj
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 secured	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 princess	det
12	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 secured	nsubj
13	secured	secure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 means	ccomp
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 emperor	det
15	emperor	emperor	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 stud	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 emperor	case
17	stud	stud	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 secured	obj
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 mares	case
19	mares	mare	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 stud	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the not said here		of the best	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent which=Theme
3	mean	present	the			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	secure	past	the princess	the emperor's stud of mares		vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition stud=Theme

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

She obtained them by stratagem and brute force after the genius had been slain in a long, bloody fight across the plains

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 obtained	nsubj
2	obtained	obtain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 obtained	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 stratagem	case
5	stratagem	stratagem	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 obtained	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 force	cc
7	brute	brute	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 force	amod
8	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stratagem	conj
9	after	after	SCONJ	_	14 slain	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 genius	det
11	genius	genius	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 slain	nsubj:pass
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 slain	aux
13	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	14 slain	aux:pass
14	slain	slay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 obtained	advcl
15	in	in	ADP	_	20 fight	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 fight	det
17	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 fight	amod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 long	punct
19	bloody	bloody	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 fight	amod
20	fight	fight	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 slain	obl
21	across	across	ADP	_	23 plains	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 plains	det
23	plains	plain	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 fight	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obtain	past	She	them = they				by stratagem and brute force	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	slay	past · perfect · passive		the genius		a long bloody fight across the plains			vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

She got them by cunning and fighting, once the genius was dead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 got	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 cunning	case
5	cunning	cunning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 fighting	cc
7	fighting	fighting	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cunning	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 dead	punct
9	once	once	SCONJ	_	13 dead	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 genius	det
11	genius	genius	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 dead	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 dead	cop
13	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 got	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	She	them = they				by cunning and fighting	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus
2	is	past	the genius					dead property	tree rules

Option 3

She obtained them by stratagem and force, after the death of the genius and his entire guard at the tower

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 obtained	nsubj
2	obtained	obtain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 obtained	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 stratagem	case
5	stratagem	stratagem	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 obtained	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 force	cc
7	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stratagem	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 death	punct
9	after	after	ADP	_	11 death	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 death	det
11	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 obtained	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 genius	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 genius	det
14	genius	genius	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 death	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 guard	cc
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 guard	nmod:poss
17	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 guard	amod
18	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 genius	conj
19	at	at	ADP	_	21 tower	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 tower	det
21	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 obtained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obtain	past	She	them = they		the tower	after the death of the genius and his entire guard	by stratagem and force	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	die		the genius and his entire guard						nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She obtained them by stratagem and force, after the death of the genius

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 obtained	nsubj
2	obtained	obtain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 obtained	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 stratagem	case
5	stratagem	stratagem	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 obtained	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 force	cc
7	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stratagem	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 death	punct
9	after	after	ADP	_	11 death	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 death	det
11	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 obtained	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 genius	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 genius	det
14	genius	genius	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 death	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obtain	past	She	them = they			after the death of the genius	by stratagem and force	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	die		the genius						nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent

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