Exam question 4 · Tales of the Punjab, The Brahmani's Advice, part 20: the p…
What reason did the potter give for his alternate laughter and weeping?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: potter · What happens: give
This is exam question 4 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 give | obl |
| 2 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 give | aux |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 potter | det |
| 5 | potter | potter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 give | nsubj |
| 6 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 laughter | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 laughter | nmod:poss |
| 9 | alternate | alternate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 laughter | amod |
| 10 | laughter | laughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 give | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 weeping | cc |
| 12 | weeping | weeping | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 laughter | conj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 give | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past · do-support | the potter | for potter's alternate laughter and weeping | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for laughter=Asset |
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 · ✓ the right answer
The absurdity of a potter's son marrying a princess
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 absurdity | det |
| 2 | absurdity | absurdity | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 son | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 potter | det |
| 5 | potter | potter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 son | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 potter | case |
| 7 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 absurdity | nmod |
| 8 | marrying | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 absurdity | acl |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 princess | det |
| 10 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 marrying | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | marry | gerund | the absurdity of a potter's son not said here | a princess | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient |
Option 2
Because his son had to marry a princess whom no man had survived as husband
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 4 had | mark |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 son | nmod:poss |
| 3 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 had | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 marry | mark |
| 6 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 had | xcomp |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 princess | det |
| 8 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 marry | obj |
| 9 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 survived | obl |
| 10 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 11 man | det |
| 11 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 survived | nsubj |
| 12 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 survived | aux |
| 13 | survived | survive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 princess | acl:relcl |
| 14 | as | as | ADP | _ | 15 husband | case |
| 15 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 survived | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | his son | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | marry | to-infinitive | his son not said here | a princess | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient | ||||
| 3 | survive | past · perfect | no man | a princess | as husband | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
The shame of his son marrying above his caste
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 shame | det |
| 2 | shame | shame | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 son | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 son | nmod:poss |
| 5 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shame | nmod |
| 6 | marrying | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 shame | acl |
| 7 | above | above | ADP | _ | 9 caste | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 caste | nmod:poss |
| 9 | caste | caste | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 marrying | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | marry | gerund | the shame of his son not said here | his caste | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | shame | his son | nom shame «feeling transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4
The joy of a potter's son winning a princess
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 joy | det |
| 2 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 son | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 potter | det |
| 5 | potter | potter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 son | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 potter | case |
| 7 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 joy | nmod |
| 8 | winning | win | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 joy | acl |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 princess | det |
| 10 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 winning | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | gerund | the joy of a potter's son not said here | a princess | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | joy | a potter's son | nom joy «feeling transitive»: of=patient |
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