Exam question 3 · Indian Fairy Tales, Punchkin, part 7: the Prince learns th…

What reason did the Princess give for requesting a further interval before the solemnisation of the marriage?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: reason, Princess · What happens: do, give, request, solemnise · To what, where: further interval, marriage

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1823 «Indian Fairy Tales, Punchkin, part 7: the Prince learns the Magician's secret and sets out for the parrot» 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	3 did	obj
2	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Princess	det
5	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 give	nsubj
6	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	ccomp
7	for	for	SCONJ	_	8 requesting	mark
8	requesting	request	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 give	advcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 interval	det
10	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 interval	amod
11	interval	interval	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 requesting	obj
12	before	before	ADP	_	14 solemnisation	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 solemnisation	det
14	solemnisation	solemnisation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 requesting	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 marriage	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 marriage	det
17	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 solemnisation	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	do	past	reason			tree rules
2	give	present	the Princess			vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	request	gerund	the Princess not said here	a further interval	before the solemnisation of the marriage	vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent interval=Recipient
4	solemnise			the marriage		nom solemnisation «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

She wished to become acquainted with him and his family before the ceremony

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 wished	nsubj
2	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 become	mark
4	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wished	xcomp
5	acquainted	acquainted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 become	xcomp
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 acquainted	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 family	cc
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 family	nmod:poss
10	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wished	conj
11	before	before	ADP	_	13 ceremony	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 ceremony	det
13	ceremony	ceremony	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	past	She				before the ceremony		vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	become not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here					acquainted property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She wished to become acquainted with him

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 wished	nsubj
2	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 become	mark
4	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wished	xcomp
5	acquainted	acquainted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 become	xcomp
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 acquainted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	past	She						vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	become not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here					acquainted property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 3

She wanted to know him better

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 know	mark
4	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 know	obj
6	better	well	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 know	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	She						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	know not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	him = he				well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She wished to prepare the palace for the wedding

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 wished	nsubj
2	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 prepare	mark
4	prepare	prepare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wished	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 palace	det
6	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prepare	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 wedding	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wedding	det
9	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prepare	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	past	She						vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	prepare not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	the palace				for the wedding	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent palace=Product for wedding=Beneficiary

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