Exam question 3 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Son of Seven Queens, part 1: the K…

What was the fate of the seven Queens immediately after the King returned from the ravine?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fate · What happens: be, return, fate · To what, where: ravine, seven Queens

This is exam question 3 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fate	det
4	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 returned	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 Queens	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Queens	det
7	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 Queens	nummod
8	Queens	Queen	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 fate	nmod
9	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	13 returned	advmod
10	after	after	SCONJ	_	13 returned	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 King	det
12	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 returned	nsubj
13	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 What	acl:relcl
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 ravine	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 ravine	det
16	ravine	ravine	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 returned	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past					tree rules
2	return	past	the fate of the seven Queens		the ravine	immediately property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from ravine=Initial_Location
3	fate			the seven Queens			nom fate «event 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 · ← Mova's choice

They were freed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 freed	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 freed	aux:pass
3	freed	free	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	free	past · passive		They					vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source

Option 2

They were given to the new bride as slaves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 bride	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bride	det
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bride	amod
7	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	obl
8	as	as	ADP	_	9 slaves	case
9	slaves	slave	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 given	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past · passive		They	the new bride			as slaves	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to bride=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They were blinded and confined in a noisome dungeon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 blinded	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 blinded	aux:pass
3	blinded	blind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 confined	cc
5	confined	confine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 blinded	conj
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 dungeon	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 dungeon	det
8	noisome	noisome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 dungeon	amod
9	dungeon	dungeon	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 confined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blind	past · passive		They					tree rules
2	confine	participle				a noisome dungeon			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in dungeon=Destination

Option 4

They were banished to a distant island home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 banished	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 banished	aux:pass
3	banished	banish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 island	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 island	det
6	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 island	amod
7	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 banished	obl
8	home	home	ADV	_	7 island	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	banish	past · passive		They		a distant island			vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to island=Destination

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