Exam question 4 · pg641, Iliane and Sunlight, part 59: the princess steals t…

What was the principal reason the princess was able to recover the mares without being observed by their keeper?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: keeper · What happens: be, recover, observe · To what, where: mares

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 able	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 able	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reason	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reason	amod
5	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 able	nsubj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 princess	det
7	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 able	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 able	cop
9	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	to	to	PART	_	11 recover	mark
11	recover	recover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 able	xcomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 mares	det
13	mares	mare	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 recover	obj
14	without	without	SCONJ	_	16 observed	mark
15	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 observed	aux:pass
16	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 recover	advcl
17	by	by	ADP	_	19 keeper	case
18	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 keeper	nmod:poss
19	keeper	keeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 observed	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 able	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past			able property	tree rules
2	recover	to-infinitive		the mares		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mare=Theme
3	observe	gerund · passive	mares's keeper			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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

She sneaked in at night while the keeper slept

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 sneaked	nsubj
2	sneaked	sneak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	2 sneaked	compound:prt
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 night	case
5	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sneaked	obl
6	while	while	SCONJ	_	9 slept	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 keeper	det
8	keeper	keeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 slept	nsubj
9	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sneaked	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sneak in	past	She				night		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sleep	past	the keeper						vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

She used a disguise

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 used	nsubj
2	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 disguise	det
4	disguise	disguise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 used	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	She	a disguise					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent disguise=Patient

Option 3

She bribed the keeper with a golden ring

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 bribed	nsubj
2	bribed	bribe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 keeper	det
4	keeper	keeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bribed	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 ring	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 ring	det
7	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 ring	amod
8	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bribed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bribe	past	She	the keeper				with a golden ring	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent keeper=Patient

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

She concealed herself in a tree on Sunlight's advice

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 concealed	nsubj
2	concealed	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 concealed	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 tree	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tree	det
6	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 concealed	obl
7	on	on	ADP	_	10 advice	case
8	Sunlight	Sunlight	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 advice	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Sunlight	case
10	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 concealed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	past	She	herself = she		a tree		on Sunlight's advice	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent herself=Patient in tree=Location

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