Exam question 1 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Son of Seven Queens, part 1: the K…

Which command did the King disregard when he proceeded northward in pursuit of the white hind?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: command · What happens: do, proceed, pursue · To what, where: King disregard, pursuit, white hind

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1837 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Son of Seven Queens, part 1: the King chases a white hind and is tricked into blinding his seven Queens» 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 command	det
2	command	command	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 disregard	det
5	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 disregard	compound
6	disregard	disregard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 proceeded	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 proceeded	nsubj
9	proceeded	proceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 did	advcl
10	northward	northward	ADV	_	9 proceeded	advmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 pursuit	case
12	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 proceeded	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 hind	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 hind	det
15	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 hind	amod
16	hind	hind	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pursuit	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	past	which command	the King disregard			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent disregard=Eventuality
2	proceed	past	command		pursuit of the white hind	northward property	vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent
3	pursue			the white hind			nom pursuit «act transitive»: of=patient

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 instruction of his seven Queens not to hunt towards the north, which he had sworn to obey before the whole court and his family

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 instruction	det
2	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hunt	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 Queens	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 Queens	nmod:poss
5	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 Queens	nummod
6	Queens	queen	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 instruction	nmod
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 hunt	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 hunt	mark
9	hunt	hunt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	towards	towards	ADP	_	12 north	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 north	det
12	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hunt	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 sworn	punct
14	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 sworn	nsubj:pass
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 sworn	nsubj
16	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 sworn	aux
17	sworn	swear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 hunt	conj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 obey	mark
19	obey	obey	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 sworn	xcomp
20	before	before	ADP	_	23 court	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 court	det
22	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 court	amod
23	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 obey	obl
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 family	cc
25	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 family	nmod:poss
26	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 court	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	not hunt	to-infinitive	the instruction of instruction's seven Queens			towards the north	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	swear	past · perfect · passive					tree rules
3	obey	to-infinitive			before the whole court and instruction's family		vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	instruct			instruction's seven Queens			nom instruction «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The instruction of his seven Queens not to hunt towards the north

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 instruction	det
2	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hunt	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 Queens	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 Queens	nmod:poss
5	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 Queens	nummod
6	Queens	queen	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 instruction	nmod
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 hunt	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 hunt	mark
9	hunt	hunt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	towards	towards	ADP	_	12 north	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 north	det
12	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hunt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not hunt	to-infinitive	the instruction of instruction's seven Queens					towards the north	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	instruct			instruction's seven Queens					nom instruction «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The request of his courtiers to hunt only in the southern forest lands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 request	det
2	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 courtiers	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 courtiers	nmod:poss
5	courtiers	courtier	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 request	nmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 hunt	mark
7	hunt	hunt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 courtiers	acl
8	only	only	ADV	_	13 lands	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	13 lands	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 lands	det
11	southern	southern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 lands	amod
12	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 lands	compound
13	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 hunt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt	to-infinitive		the southern forest lands					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme
2	request			his courtiers					nom request «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The solemn instruction of his seven Queens and the fakir together not to hunt towards the north at any time of the year

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 instruction	det
2	solemn	solemn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 instruction	amod
3	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 hunt	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 Queens	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 Queens	nmod:poss
6	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 Queens	nummod
7	Queens	queen	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 instruction	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 fakir	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fakir	det
10	fakir	fakir	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 Queens	conj
11	together	together	ADV	_	10 fakir	advmod
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 hunt	advmod
13	to	to	PART	_	14 hunt	mark
14	hunt	hunt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
15	towards	towards	ADP	_	17 north	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 north	det
17	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 hunt	obl
18	at	at	ADP	_	20 time	case
19	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	20 time	det
20	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 hunt	obl
21	of	of	ADP	_	23 year	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 year	det
23	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 time	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not hunt	to-infinitive	the solemn instruction of instruction's seven Queens and the fakir				time	towards the north	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	instruct			instruction's seven Queens and the fakir					nom instruction «communication transitive»: of=patient

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