Exam question 3 · pg641, Halfman, part 62: the ogre's kin burn, the ogress f…

Which of the following accurately states the judgement delivered by the presiding magistrate upon the conduct of the protagonist?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, state, deliver, preside, conduct · To what, where: judgement, protagonist

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1811 «pg641, Halfman, part 62: the ogre's kin burn, the ogress falls, and a son is promised away» 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 states	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 states	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 states	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 states	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 states	advmod
6	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 judgement	det
8	judgement	judgement	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 states	obj
9	delivered	deliver	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 judgement	acl
10	by	by	ADP	_	13 magistrate	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 magistrate	det
12	presiding	preside	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 magistrate	amod
13	magistrate	magistrate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 delivered	obl
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 conduct	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 conduct	det
16	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 magistrate	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 protagonist	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 protagonist	det
19	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 conduct	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present	the judgement	accurately property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent judgement=Topic
3	deliver	participle	the judgement not said here	by the presiding magistrate upon the conduct of the protagonist	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	preside	gerund			tree rules
5	conduct		the protagonist		nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient

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

He declared that the protagonist must leave the household

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 declared	nsubj
2	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 leave	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 protagonist	det
5	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 leave	nsubj
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 leave	aux
7	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 declared	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 household	det
9	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 leave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	declare speech: other	past	He						vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	leave	must	the protagonist	the household					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent household=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He declared that the protagonist had acted well

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 declared	nsubj
2	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 acted	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 protagonist	det
5	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 acted	nsubj:pass
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 acted	aux
7	acted	act	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 declared	ccomp
8	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 acted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	declare speech: other	past	He						vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	act	past · perfect · passive		the protagonist				well property	vn act-114-1-1 «NP V PP.predicate»: subject=Eventuality

Option 3

He declared that the protagonist had acted wrongly

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 declared	nsubj
2	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 acted	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 protagonist	det
5	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 acted	nsubj:pass
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 acted	aux
7	acted	act	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 declared	ccomp
8	wrongly	wrongly	ADV	_	7 acted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	declare speech: other	past	He						vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	act	past · perfect · passive		the protagonist				wrongly property	vn act-114-1-1 «NP V PP.predicate»: subject=Eventuality

Option 4

He declared that the brothers had acted rightly

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 declared	nsubj
2	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 acted	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 brothers	det
5	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 acted	nsubj:pass
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 acted	aux
7	acted	act	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 declared	ccomp
8	rightly	rightly	ADV	_	7 acted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	declare speech: other	past	He						vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	act	past · perfect · passive		the brothers				rightly property	vn act-114-1-1 «NP V PP.predicate»: subject=Eventuality

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