Exam question 3 · Indian Fairy Tales, How the Raja's Son won the Princess La…

Upon what occasion did the tiger solicit the prince's assistance?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: occasion, you, prince · What happens: do, solicit, assist · To what, where: tiger, assistance

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1818 «Indian Fairy Tales, How the Raja's Son won the Princess Labam, part 1: the prince disobeys his mother and sets out to find Labam» 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 solicit	obl
3	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tiger	det
6	tiger	tiger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	solicit	solicit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 prince	det
9	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 assistance	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 prince	case
11	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 solicit	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 solicit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past	occasion	the tiger	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tiger=Eventuality
2	solicit	imperative	you not said here	the prince's assistance	tree rules
3	assist		the prince		nom assistance «act transitive»: poss=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

Upon the lodging of a sharp thorn in his foot during the hunt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 lodging	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lodging	det
3	lodging	lodging	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 thorn	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 thorn	det
6	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 thorn	amod
7	thorn	thorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lodging	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 foot	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 foot	nmod:poss
10	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 thorn	nmod
11	during	during	ADP	_	13 hunt	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 hunt	det
13	hunt	hunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lodging	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

After a hunter had shot an arrow into his leg near the tank

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	SCONJ	_	5 shot	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 hunter	det
3	hunter	hunter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shot	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 shot	aux
5	shot	shoot	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 arrow	det
7	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shot	obj
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 leg	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 leg	nmod:poss
10	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shot	obl
11	near	near	ADP	_	13 tank	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 tank	det
13	tank	tank	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shot	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shoot	past · perfect · passive		a hunter		his leg		near the tank	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination arrow=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Upon the lodging of a thorn in his foot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 lodging	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lodging	det
3	lodging	lodging	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 thorn	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 thorn	det
6	thorn	thorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lodging	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 foot	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 foot	nmod:poss
9	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thorn	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

After he had eaten a large meal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	SCONJ	_	4 eaten	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 eaten	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 eaten	aux
4	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 meal	det
6	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 meal	amod
7	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 eaten	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past · perfect	he	a large meal					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meal=Patient

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