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

In the context of the present extract, which individual is responsible for the substitution of the second potsherd, and what is the stated purpose of its message?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: individual, substitution, second potsherd · What happens: be, state, substitute · To what, where: stated purpose

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1839 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Son of Seven Queens: the lad comes back to life, and the wicked witch is punished» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 context	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 context	det
3	context	context	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 extract	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 extract	det
6	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 extract	amod
7	extract	extract	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 context	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 responsible	punct
9	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	10 individual	det
10	individual	individual	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 responsible	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 responsible	cop
12	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 extract	parataxis
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 substitution	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 substitution	det
15	substitution	substitution	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 responsible	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	19 potsherd	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 potsherd	det
18	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	19 potsherd	amod
19	potsherd	potsherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 substitution	nmod
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 purpose	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 purpose	cc
22	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	26 purpose	nsubj
23	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 purpose	cop
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 purpose	det
25	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	26 purpose	amod
26	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 substitution	conj
27	of	of	ADP	_	29 message	case
28	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	29 message	nmod:poss
29	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 purpose	nmod
30	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 context	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	which individual		for the substitution of the second potsherd and the stated purpose; responsible property	tree rules
2	state speech: other	participle				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	the substitution of the second potsherd and the stated purpose	the stated purpose	of individual's message	tree rules
4	substitute		the second potsherd			nom substitution «event intransitive»: of=agent

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 right answer

The Princess, the message being to instruct that the lad be given all that he requires

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Princess	det
2	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 instruct	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 message	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 message	det
5	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 instruct	nsubj
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 instruct	cop
7	to	to	PART	_	8 instruct	mark
8	instruct	instruct	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 given	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 lad	det
11	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 given	nsubj:pass
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 given	aux:pass
13	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 instruct	advcl
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 given	obl
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 requires	mark
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 requires	nsubj
17	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 given	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	gerund	the Princess		instruct property	tree rules
2	give	infinitive · passive		the lad	all obl	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	require	present	he			vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The Princess, the message being to instruct that the lad be given all that he requires and sent home at once with a horse and gold

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Princess	det
2	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 instruct	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 message	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 message	det
5	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 instruct	nsubj
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 instruct	cop
7	to	to	PART	_	8 instruct	mark
8	instruct	instruct	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 given	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 lad	det
11	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 given	nsubj:pass
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 given	aux:pass
13	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 instruct	advcl
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 given	obl
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 requires	mark
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 requires	nsubj
17	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 given	advcl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 sent	cc
19	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 requires	ccomp
20	home	home	ADV	_	19 sent	advmod
21	at	at	ADP	_	22 once	case
22	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	19 sent	obl
23	with	with	ADP	_	25 horse	case
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 horse	det
25	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 sent	obl
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 gold	cc
27	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 horse	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	gerund	the Princess		instruct property	tree rules
2	give	infinitive · passive		the lad	all obl	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	require	present	he			vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition
4	send	past	he not said here		with a horse and gold; home property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The King's chief guard, the message being to order that the lad be sent back home

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 King	det
2	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 guard	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 King	case
4	chief	chief	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 guard	amod
5	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 order	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 message	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 message	det
8	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 order	obl
9	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 order	cop
10	to	to	PART	_	11 order	mark
11	order	order	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 sent	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 lad	det
14	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 sent	nsubj:pass
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 sent	aux:pass
16	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 order	ccomp
17	back	back	ADV	_	16 sent	advmod
18	home	home	ADV	_	16 sent	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund	the King's chief guard					the message obl; order property	tree rules
2	send back	infinitive · passive		the lad				home property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

The old hag, the message being to instruct that the lad be fed and kept hidden away

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 hag	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hag	amod
3	hag	hag	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 instruct	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 hag	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 message	det
6	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 instruct	nsubj
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 instruct	cop
8	to	to	PART	_	9 instruct	mark
9	instruct	instruct	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 fed	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 lad	det
12	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 fed	nsubj:pass
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 fed	aux:pass
14	fed	feed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 instruct	parataxis
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 kept	cc
16	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 fed	conj
17	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 kept	xcomp
18	away	away	ADV	_	17 hidden	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	gerund	the old hag		instruct property	tree rules
2	feed	infinitive · passive		the lad		vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient
3	keep	participle				tree rules
4	hide away	participle			away property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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