Exam question 2 · Tales of the Punjab, The Brahmani's Advice, part 20: the p…
On what grounds did the monarch condemn the jogi to execution?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: monarch · What happens: condemn · To what, where: jogi
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1836 «Tales of the Punjab, The Brahmani's Advice, part 20: the prince buys wisdom, outwits a host, and wins a throne» 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 | On | on | SCONJ | _ | 4 did | mark |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 did | obj |
| 3 | grounds | grounds | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 4 did | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 condemn | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 monarch | det |
| 6 | monarch | monarch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 condemn | nsubj |
| 7 | condemn | condemn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 jogi | det |
| 9 | jogi | jogi | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 condemn | obj |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 execution | case |
| 11 | execution | execution | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 condemn | obl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 condemn | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | condemn | past · do-support | the monarch | the jogi | to execution | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jogi=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
His clothes were stained with royal blood
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 clothes | nmod:poss |
| 2 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 4 stained | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 stained | aux:pass |
| 4 | stained | stain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 blood | case |
| 6 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 blood | amod |
| 7 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stained | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stain | past · passive | His clothes | with royal blood | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with blood=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The queen's pearl rosary was found beside his place
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 queen | det |
| 2 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rosary | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 queen | case |
| 4 | pearl | pearl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rosary | compound |
| 5 | rosary | rosary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 found | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 found | aux:pass |
| 7 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | beside | beside | ADP | _ | 10 place | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 place | nmod:poss |
| 10 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 found | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past · passive | the queen's pearl rosary | his place | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
Option 3
The queen's pearl rosary was found hidden under his robe in the palace
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 queen | det |
| 2 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rosary | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 queen | case |
| 4 | pearl | pearl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rosary | compound |
| 5 | rosary | rosary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 found | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 found | aux:pass |
| 7 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | hidden | hidden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 found | xcomp |
| 9 | under | under | ADP | _ | 11 robe | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 robe | nmod:poss |
| 11 | robe | robe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 found | obl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 palace | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 palace | det |
| 14 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 robe | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past · passive | the queen's pearl rosary | his robe in the palace | hidden property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
Option 4
A guard swore he saw him take the queen's pearl rosary
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 guard | det |
| 2 | guard | guard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 swore | nsubj |
| 3 | swore | swear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 saw | nsubj |
| 5 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 swore | ccomp |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 saw | obj |
| 7 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 swore | xcomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 queen | det |
| 9 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 rosary | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 queen | case |
| 11 | pearl | pearl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 rosary | compound |
| 12 | rosary | rosary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 take | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swear | past | a guard | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | see | past | guard | him = he | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | take | infinitive | a guard not said here | the queen's pearl rosary | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rosary=Theme |
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