Exam question 1 · Indian Fairy Tales, Gangazara, part 15: the goldsmith betr…

Which action did the prince take immediately upon receiving the crown from the goldsmith?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action · What happens: take, receive · To what, where: crown

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1831 «Indian Fairy Tales, Gangazara, part 15: the goldsmith betrays Gangazara, and the animal kings try to save him from the dungeon» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 take	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 prince	det
5	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	nsubj
6	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	6 take	advmod
8	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	9 receiving	mark
9	receiving	receive	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 take	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 crown	det
11	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 receiving	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 goldsmith	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 goldsmith	det
14	goldsmith	goldsmith	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 receiving	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 take	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past · do-support	which action					immediately property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	receive	gerund	which action not said here	the crown				from the goldsmith	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent crown=Theme from goldsmith=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

He hanged the goldsmith in the square

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 hanged	nsubj
2	hanged	hange	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 goldsmith	det
4	goldsmith	goldsmith	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hanged	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 square	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 square	det
7	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hanged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hange	past	He	the goldsmith		the square			tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He ordered his guards to release Gangazara from the dungeon and bring him to the throne room

The tree, 17 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 ordered	nsubj
2	ordered	order	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 guards	nmod:poss
4	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 ordered	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 release	mark
6	release	release	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 ordered	xcomp
7	Gangazara	Gangazara	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 release	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 dungeon	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dungeon	det
10	dungeon	dungeon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 release	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 bring	cc
12	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 release	conj
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 bring	obj
14	to	to	ADP	_	17 room	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 room	det
16	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 room	compound
17	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	order	past	He	his guards		vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent guard=Recipient clause=Topic
2	release not said to happen	to-infinitive	his guards not said here	Gangazara	the dungeon	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer gangazara=Source
3	bring	infinitive	his guards not said here	Gangazara	the throne room	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to room=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He conferred half the kingdom upon Manikkasari

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 conferred	nsubj
2	conferred	confer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	5 kingdom	det:predet
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 kingdom	det
5	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conferred	obj
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 Manikkasari	case
7	Manikkasari	Manikkasari	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 conferred	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confer	past	He	half kingdom				upon Manikkasari	tree rules

Option 4

He immediately conferred half the kingdom upon Manikkasari and his entire family

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 conferred	nsubj
2	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	3 conferred	advmod
3	conferred	confer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	6 kingdom	det:predet
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kingdom	det
6	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conferred	obj
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 Manikkasari	case
8	Manikkasari	Manikkasari	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 conferred	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 family	cc
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 family	nmod:poss
11	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 family	amod
12	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Manikkasari	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confer	past	He	half kingdom				upon Manikkasari and his entire family; immediately property	tree rules

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