Exam question 3 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Son of Seven Queens, part 22: the…

Determine the reason the Jogi consented to surrender his cow and what ultimately became of its milk.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Jogi · What happens: determine, consent, surrender, become · To what, where: reason, cow

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1838 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Son of Seven Queens, part 22: the lad wins the Jogi's cow and goes off to marry, but shoots pigeons on the way» 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	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Jogi	det
5	Jogi	Jogi	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 consented	nsubj
6	consented	consent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 reason	acl:relcl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 surrender	mark
8	surrender	surrender	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 consented	xcomp
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 cow	nmod:poss
10	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 surrender	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 became	cc
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 became	obj
13	ultimately	ultimately	ADV	_	14 became	advmod
14	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 consented	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 milk	case
16	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 milk	nmod:poss
17	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 became	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the reason		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	consent	past	the Jogi	the reason not said here		tree rules
3	surrender	to-infinitive	the Jogi not said here	Jogi's cow		vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent cow=Theme
4	become	past	the Jogi not said here		of reason's milk; ultimately property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Patient what=Result

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 loved his cow; the milk was poured away

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 loved	nsubj
2	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 cow	nmod:poss
4	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 loved	obj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 poured	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 milk	det
7	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 poured	nsubj:pass
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 poured	aux:pass
9	poured	pour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 loved	conj
10	away	away	ADV	_	9 poured	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	past	He	his cow					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cow=Stimulus
2	pour away	past · passive		the milk				away property	vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

He feared the hag's curse; the milk fed the poor

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 feared	nsubj
2	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hag	det
4	hag	hag	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 curse	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 hag	case
6	curse	curse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feared	obj
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 fed	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 milk	det
9	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fed	nsubj
10	fed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 feared	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 poor	det
12	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 fed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	fear	past	He	the hag's curse	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer curse=Stimulus
2	feed	past	the milk	the poor	vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poor=Recipient
3	curse		the hag		nom curse «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

He feared King Indra's command and was afraid of the lad's bow, and the milk made the seven Queens rich by sale to the sweet-makers

The tree, 28 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 feared	nsubj
2	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Indra	compound
4	Indra	Indra	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 command	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Indra	case
6	command	command	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feared	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 afraid	cc
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 afraid	cop
9	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 feared	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	14 bow	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 lad	det
12	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 bow	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 lad	case
14	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 afraid	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 made	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 made	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 milk	det
18	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 made	nsubj
19	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 feared	conj
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 Queens	det
21	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	22 Queens	nummod
22	Queens	Queen	PROPN	Number=Plur	19 made	obj
23	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 made	xcomp
24	by	by	ADP	_	25 sale	case
25	sale	sale	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 made	obl
26	to	to	ADP	_	30 makers	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 makers	det
28	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 makers	amod
29	-	-	PUNCT	_	28 sweet	punct
30	makers	maker	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fear	past	He	King Indra's command		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer command=Stimulus
2	is	past	He not said here		of the lad's bow; afraid property	tree rules
3	make	past	the milk	the seven Queens	by sale; to the sweet makers; rich property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material queen=Product
4	command		King Indra			nom command «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He feared King Indra's command and the milk made the seven Queens rich by sale

The tree, 16 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 feared	nsubj
2	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Indra	compound
4	Indra	Indra	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 command	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Indra	case
6	command	command	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feared	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 made	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 milk	det
9	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 made	nsubj
10	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 feared	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Queens	det
12	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 Queens	nummod
13	Queens	Queen	PROPN	Number=Plur	10 made	obj
14	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 made	xcomp
15	by	by	ADP	_	16 sale	case
16	sale	sale	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fear	past	He	King Indra's command		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer command=Stimulus
2	make	past	the milk	the seven Queens	by sale; rich property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material queen=Product
3	command		King Indra			nom command «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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