Exam question 2 · Indian Fairy Tales, Loving Laili, part 13: Laili revives t…

With reference to the passage, identify the reason King Dantal gave for confining Majnun and Laili within the palace grounds.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, King · What happens: identify, give, confine · To what, where: reason, Majnun

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1829 «Indian Fairy Tales, Loving Laili, part 13: Laili revives the wicked Raja, and the couple escape to King Dantal's palace» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 identify	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 reference	punct
7	identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 reason	det
9	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 identify	obj
10	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 gave	nsubj
11	Dantal	Dantal	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 King	flat
12	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 reason	acl:relcl
13	for	for	SCONJ	_	14 confining	mark
14	confining	confine	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 gave	advcl
15	Majnun	Majnun	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 confining	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 Laili	cc
17	Laili	Laili	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Majnun	conj
18	within	within	ADP	_	21 grounds	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 grounds	det
20	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 grounds	compound
21	grounds	grounds	NOUN	Number=Ptan	14 confining	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the reason	with reference to the passage	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	give	past	King	the reason not said here		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
3	confine	gerund	King not said here	Majnun and Laili	within the palace grounds	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent majnun=Theme

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 feared that a rival might kill his son and also steal the kingdom's treasury and horses

The tree, 18 words

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	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 kill	mark
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 rival	det
5	rival	rival	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kill	nsubj
6	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 kill	aux
7	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 feared	ccomp
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 son	nmod:poss
9	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kill	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 steal	cc
11	also	also	ADV	_	12 steal	advmod
12	steal	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin	2 feared	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 kingdom	det
14	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 treasury	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 kingdom	case
16	treasury	treasury	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 steal	obj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 horses	cc
18	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 treasury	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	fear	past	He		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	kill	might	a rival	rival's son	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme
3	steal	present	He not said here	the kingdom's treasury and horses	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location treasury=Theme

Option 2

He was jealous of Laili

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 jealous	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 jealous	cop
3	jealous	jealous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 Laili	case
5	Laili	Laili	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 jealous	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					of Laili; jealous property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He feared that a rival might kill his son to take Laili

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	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 kill	mark
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 rival	det
5	rival	rival	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kill	nsubj
6	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 kill	aux
7	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 feared	ccomp
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 son	nmod:poss
9	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kill	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 take	mark
11	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 kill	advcl
12	Laili	Laili	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	fear	past	He			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	kill	might	a rival	rival's son		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme
3	take	to-infinitive	a rival not said here		Laili	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument laili=Destination

Option 4

He worried the Raja would return soon

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 worried	nsubj
2	worried	worry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Raja	det
4	Raja	Raja	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 return	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 return	aux
6	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 worried	ccomp
7	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 return	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	worry	past	He						vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	return	would	the Raja					soon property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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