Exam question 3 · Indian Fairy Tales, Gangazara, part 15: the goldsmith betr…
What did the king of Ujjaini request of Gangazara after the death of his daughter?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: daughter · What happens: do, request, die · To what, where: king, Gangazara
This is exam question 3 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 did | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 king | det |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 did | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 request | case |
| 6 | Ujjaini | Ujjaini | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 request | compound |
| 7 | request | request | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 king | nmod |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Gangazara | case |
| 9 | Gangazara | Gangazara | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 request | nmod |
| 10 | after | after | ADP | _ | 12 death | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 death | det |
| 12 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 did | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 daughter | case |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 15 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 death | nmod |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the king of Ujjaini request of Gangazara | after the death of Gangazara's daughter | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | request | Gangazara | nom request «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 3 | die | Gangazara's daughter | nom death «event intransitive»: of=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 · ✓ the right answer
That he revive her and the others
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 revive | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 revive | nsubj |
| 3 | revive | revive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 revive | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 others | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 others | det |
| 7 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 her | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | revive | infinitive | That | her = she | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
Option 2
That he revive her and the others, and then leave the kingdom forever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 revive | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 revive | nsubj |
| 3 | revive | revive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 revive | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 others | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 others | det |
| 7 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 her | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 leave | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 leave | cc |
| 10 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 leave | advmod |
| 11 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 revive | conj |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 kingdom | det |
| 13 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 leave | obj |
| 14 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 11 leave | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | revive | infinitive | That | her = she | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient | ||||
| 2 | leave | infinitive | That not said here | the kingdom | then | forever property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme |
Option 3
That he cure the others quickly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 cure | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 cure | nsubj |
| 3 | cure | cure | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 others | det |
| 5 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 cure | obj |
| 6 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 3 cure | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cure | infinitive | That | the others | quickly property | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer other=Source |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
That he revive her, the others, and all the animals killed by the serpents
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 revive | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 revive | nsubj |
| 3 | revive | revive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 revive | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 others | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 others | det |
| 7 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 revive | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 animals | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 animals | cc |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 animals | det:predet |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 animals | det |
| 12 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 revive | parataxis |
| 13 | killed | kill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 animals | acl |
| 14 | by | by | ADP | _ | 16 serpents | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 serpents | det |
| 16 | serpents | serpent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 killed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | revive | infinitive | That | her = she | the others obl | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient | |||
| 2 | kill | participle | all animals not said here | by the serpents | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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