Exam question 3 · pg641, Iliane and Sunlight, part 59: the princess steals t…

Which object did Sunlight instruct the princess to remove from the emperor's bride-to-be, and for what purpose?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object · What happens: instruct, remove, be · To what, where: princess

This is exam question 3 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 object	det
2	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 instruct	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 instruct	aux
4	Sunlight	Sunlight	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 instruct	nsubj
5	instruct	instruct	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 princess	det
7	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 instruct	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 remove	mark
9	remove	remove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 instruct	xcomp
10	from	from	ADP	_	14 bride	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 emperor	det
12	emperor	emperor	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 bride	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 emperor	case
14	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 remove	obl
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	18 be	punct
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 be	case
17	-	-	PUNCT	_	16 to	punct
18	be	be	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 remove	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 what	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 what	cc
21	for	for	ADP	_	22 what	case
22	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 instruct	obj
23	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 what	nsubj
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 instruct	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	instruct speech: other	past · do-support	which object	the princess		tree rules
2	remove	to-infinitive	which object not said here		from the emperor's bride	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from bride=Source
3	be	infinitive	which object not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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

The betrothal ring from her finger, to be thrown behind them to raise a tower and slow the pursuers down

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ring	det
2	betrothal	betrothal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ring	amod
3	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 thrown	nsubj:pass
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 finger	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 finger	nmod:poss
6	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ring	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 thrown	punct
8	to	to	PART	_	10 thrown	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 thrown	aux:pass
10	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	behind	behind	ADP	_	12 them	case
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 thrown	obl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 raise	mark
14	raise	raise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 thrown	advcl
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 tower	det
16	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 raise	obj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 slow	cc
18	slow	slow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 thrown	conj
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 pursuers	det
20	pursuers	pursuer	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 slow	obj
21	down	down	ADV	_	18 slow	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	throw	to-infinitive · passive	the betrothal ring from her finger	behind them = they	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme behind they=Destination
2	raise	to-infinitive	a tower		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tower=Theme
3	slow down	present	the pursuers	down property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent pursuer=Patient

Option 2

The betrothal ring, to be thrown behind them to raise a great tower of stone

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ring	det
2	betrothal	betrothal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ring	amod
3	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 thrown	punct
5	to	to	PART	_	7 thrown	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 thrown	aux:pass
7	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 ring	acl:relcl
8	behind	behind	ADP	_	9 them	case
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 thrown	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 raise	mark
11	raise	raise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 thrown	advcl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 tower	det
13	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 tower	amod
14	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 raise	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 stone	case
16	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 tower	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	to-infinitive · passive						behind them = they	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: behind they=Destination
2	raise	to-infinitive		a great tower of stone					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tower=Theme

Option 3

Her crown, to be dropped to summon a storm for them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 crown	nmod:poss
2	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dropped	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 crown	punct
4	to	to	PART	_	6 dropped	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 dropped	aux:pass
6	dropped	drop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 summon	mark
8	summon	summon	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 dropped	xcomp
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 storm	det
10	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 summon	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 them	case
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 summon	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	drop	to-infinitive · passive		Her crown		tree rules
2	summon	to-infinitive		a storm	for them = they	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent storm=Recipient
3	crown		Her = she			nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The betrothal ring, to be thrown behind them to raise a tower

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ring	det
2	betrothal	betrothal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ring	amod
3	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 thrown	punct
5	to	to	PART	_	7 thrown	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 thrown	aux:pass
7	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 ring	acl:relcl
8	behind	behind	ADP	_	9 them	case
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 thrown	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 raise	mark
11	raise	raise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 thrown	advcl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 tower	det
13	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 raise	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	to-infinitive · passive						behind them = they	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: behind they=Destination
2	raise	to-infinitive		a tower					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tower=Theme

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