Exam question 2 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Seven Princesses, part 6: the pome…
Which of the following states the reason the Raja gave for abandoning his daughters in the jungle?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Raja · What happens: follow, state, give, abandon · To what, where: reason, daughters, jungle
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1822 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Seven Princesses, part 6: the pomelo tree is cut down, the girls are left in the jungle, and Balna is turned into a dog» 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 | 5 states | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 5 states | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 states | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 states | nsubj |
| 5 | states | state | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 reason | det |
| 7 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 states | obj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Raja | det |
| 9 | Raja | Raja | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 gave | nsubj |
| 10 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 reason | acl:relcl |
| 11 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 12 abandoning | mark |
| 12 | abandoning | abandon | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 gave | advcl |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 daughters | nmod:poss |
| 14 | daughters | daughter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 abandoning | obj |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 jungle | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 jungle | det |
| 17 | jungle | jungle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 abandoning | obl |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 states | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | state speech: other | present | the reason | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent reason=Topic | |||||
| 3 | give | past | the Raja | the reason not said here | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | ||||
| 4 | abandon | gerund | the Raja not said here | Raja's daughters | the jungle | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme daughter=Source |
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 · ✓ the right answer
He feared his wife's cruelty
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 feared | nsubj |
| 2 | feared | fear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 wife | nmod:poss |
| 4 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cruelty | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 wife | case |
| 6 | cruelty | cruelty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 feared | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fear | past | He | his wife's cruelty | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cruelty=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
He feared his wife's cruelty and her wicked plan to kill them
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 feared | nsubj |
| 2 | feared | fear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 wife | nmod:poss |
| 4 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cruelty | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 wife | case |
| 6 | cruelty | cruelty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 feared | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 plan | cc |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 plan | nmod:poss |
| 9 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 plan | amod |
| 10 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cruelty | conj |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 kill | mark |
| 12 | kill | kill | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 plan | acl |
| 13 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 kill | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fear | past | He | his wife's cruelty and wife's wicked plan | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cruelty=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | kill | to-infinitive | He not said here | cruelty | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ||||
| 3 | plan | wife | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
He had been ordered by the Ranee's servants to take them away quietly
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 | 4 ordered | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 ordered | aux |
| 3 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 ordered | aux:pass |
| 4 | ordered | order | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 servants | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Ranee | det |
| 7 | Ranee | Ranee | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 servants | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 Ranee | case |
| 9 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 ordered | obl |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 take | mark |
| 11 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 ordered | advcl |
| 12 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 take | obj |
| 13 | away | away | ADV | _ | 11 take | advmod |
| 14 | quietly | quietly | ADV | _ | 11 take | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | order | past · perfect · passive | the Ranee's servants | He | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | take away | to-infinitive | the Ranee's servants not said here | servants = servant | away, quietly property | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
Option 4
He was afraid of the Ranee
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 | 3 afraid | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 afraid | cop |
| 3 | afraid | afraid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Ranee | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Ranee | det |
| 6 | Ranee | Ranee | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 afraid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | He | of the Ranee; afraid property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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