Exam question 3 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Raja's Son and the Princess Labam,…
Specify the prohibition imposed by the monarch upon visitors from foreign territories.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: specify, impose · To what, where: prohibition
This is exam question 3 of lesson 1819 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Raja's Son and the Princess Labam, part 3: magic things carry the prince to the princess» 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 | Specify | specify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 prohibition | det |
| 3 | prohibition | prohibition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Specify | obj |
| 4 | imposed | impose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 prohibition | acl |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 monarch | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 monarch | det |
| 7 | monarch | monarch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 imposed | obl |
| 8 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 9 visitors | case |
| 9 | visitors | visitor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 monarch | nmod |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 territories | case |
| 11 | foreign | foreign | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 territories | amod |
| 12 | territories | territory | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 visitors | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Specify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | specify | imperative | you not said here | the prohibition | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent prohibition=Theme | ||||
| 2 | impose | participle | the prohibition not said here | by the monarch upon visitors from foreign territories | vn enforce-63 «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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Lodging within his realm was forbidden
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lodging | lodge | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 forbidden | csubj:pass |
| 2 | within | within | ADP | _ | 4 realm | case |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 realm | nmod:poss |
| 4 | realm | realm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Lodging | obl |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 forbidden | aux:pass |
| 6 | forbidden | forbid | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lodge | gerund | within his realm | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | forbid | past · passive | Lodging | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING» |
Option 2
Residence within his kingdom was prohibited
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Residence | residence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 prohibited | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | within | within | ADP | _ | 4 kingdom | case |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 kingdom | nmod:poss |
| 4 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Residence | nmod |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 prohibited | aux:pass |
| 6 | prohibited | prohibit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prohibit | past · passive | Residence within his kingdom | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3
Lodging within his realm was forbidden to all foreign-born travellers and merchants alike
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lodging | lodge | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 forbidden | csubj:pass |
| 2 | within | within | ADP | _ | 4 realm | case |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 realm | nmod:poss |
| 4 | realm | realm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Lodging | obl |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 forbidden | aux:pass |
| 6 | forbidden | forbid | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 travellers | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 travellers | det |
| 9 | foreign | foreign | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 born | amod |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 foreign | punct |
| 11 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 travellers | amod |
| 12 | travellers | traveller | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 forbidden | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 merchants | cc |
| 14 | merchants | merchant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 travellers | conj |
| 15 | alike | alike | ADV | _ | 6 forbidden | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lodge | gerund | within his realm | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | forbid | past · passive | Lodging | to all born travellers and merchants; alike property | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING» | ||||
| 3 | bear | participle | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
Lodging within his realm was forbidden, under penalty of imprisonment for any host
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lodging | lodge | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 forbidden | csubj:pass |
| 2 | within | within | ADP | _ | 4 realm | case |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 realm | nmod:poss |
| 4 | realm | realm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Lodging | obl |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 forbidden | aux:pass |
| 6 | forbidden | forbid | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 penalty | punct |
| 8 | under | under | ADP | _ | 9 penalty | case |
| 9 | penalty | penalty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 forbidden | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 imprisonment | case |
| 11 | imprisonment | imprisonment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 penalty | nmod |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 host | case |
| 13 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 14 host | det |
| 14 | host | host | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 forbidden | obl:agent |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lodge | gerund | within his realm | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | forbid | past · passive | any host | penalty of imprisonment | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer |
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