Exam question 3 · Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu, part 1: the prince breaks…

What action did the monarch refrain from taking against the transgressor at the well?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action · What happens: do, take · To what, where: monarch refrain, well

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1840 «Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu, part 1: the prince breaks the pitchers at the well» 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	3 did	obj
2	action	action	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 refrain	det
5	monarch	monarch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 refrain	compound
6	refrain	refrain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
7	from	from	SCONJ	_	8 taking	mark
8	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 did	advcl
9	against	against	ADP	_	11 transgressor	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 transgressor	det
11	transgressor	transgressor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 taking	obl
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 well	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 well	det
14	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 taking	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	action	the monarch refrain					tree rules
2	take	gerund	action not said here			the well		against the transgressor	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent against transgressor=Destination

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 gave him a gift of gold

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 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	iobj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 gift	det
5	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 gold	case
7	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gift	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	he	a gift of gold	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient gift=Theme
2	gift			gold					nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

he sent him to the prison

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 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sent	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 prison	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 prison	det
6	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	he	him = he		the prison			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to prison=Destination

Option 3

he refrained from arresting him at the well

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 refrained	nsubj
2	refrained	refrain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	SCONJ	_	4 arresting	mark
4	arresting	arrest	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 refrained	advcl
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 arresting	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 well	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 well	det
8	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 arresting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refrain	past	he						vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	arrest	gerund	he not said here	him = he		the well			vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

he refrained from arrest

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 refrained	nsubj
2	refrained	refrain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 arrest	case
4	arrest	arrest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 refrained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refrain	past	he			arrest			vn refrain-69 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent from arrest=Eventuality

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