Exam question 2 · Ocean of Story, Gangazara and Harisarman, part 16: Gangaza…

Which action did the king undertake after receiving the accusation from the tiger king?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action · What happens: undertake, receive · To what, where: accusation

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1832 «Ocean of Story, Gangazara and Harisarman, part 16: Gangazara is revived, the king repents, and Harisarman gets a magic name» 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 undertake	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 undertake	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 king	det
5	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 undertake	nsubj
6	undertake	undertake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	after	after	SCONJ	_	8 receiving	mark
8	receiving	receive	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 undertake	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 accusation	det
10	accusation	accusation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 receiving	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	14 king	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 king	det
13	tiger	tiger	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 king	compound
14	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 receiving	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 undertake	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undertake	past · do-support	which action						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	receive	gerund	which action not said here	the accusation				from the tiger king	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent accusation=Theme from king=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 · ← Mova's choice

He cursed the goldsmith and wept

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 cursed	nsubj
2	cursed	curse	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 cursed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 wept	cc
6	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cursed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	curse	past	He	the goldsmith					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goldsmith=Theme
2	weep	past	He not said here						vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He cursed himself, wept, repented and begged pardons from the tigers

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 cursed	nsubj
2	cursed	curse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 cursed	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 wept	punct
5	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cursed	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 repented	punct
7	repented	repent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 pardons	amod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 begged	cc
9	begged	beg	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 repented	conj
10	pardons	pardon	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wept	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 tigers	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 tigers	det
13	tigers	tiger	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	curse	past	He	himself = he		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme
2	weep	past	He not said here	repented pardons	from the tigers	vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent pardon=Theme
3	repent	participle				tree rules
4	beg speech: request	participle				vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He repented, promised to rule justly and gave gifts to every temple in the kingdom

The tree, 15 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 repented	nsubj
2	repented	repent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 promised	punct
4	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 repented	conj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 rule	mark
6	rule	rule	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 promised	xcomp
7	justly	justly	ADV	_	6 rule	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 gave	cc
9	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 repented	conj
10	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 gave	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 temple	case
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 temple	det
13	temple	temple	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gave	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 kingdom	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 kingdom	det
16	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	repent	past	He					tree rules
2	promise speech: promise	past	He not said here					vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	rule not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here				justly property	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	give	past	He not said here	gifts	every temple	the kingdom		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent gift=Theme to temple=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He repented and promised to rule justly

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 repented	nsubj
2	repented	repent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 promised	cc
4	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 repented	conj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 rule	mark
6	rule	rule	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 promised	xcomp
7	justly	justly	ADV	_	6 rule	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	repent	past	He		tree rules
2	promise speech: promise	past	He not said here		vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	rule not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	justly property	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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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