Exam question 3 · Tales of the Punjab, Raja Rasalu, part 25: a mocking princ…

Which of the following most accurately describes the outcome of the sixty-nine maidens' second demand upon the prince?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: maidens · What happens: follow, describe, demand · To what, where: outcome

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1841 «Tales of the Punjab, Raja Rasalu, part 25: a mocking prince, a talking corpse, a clever cricket» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 describes	advmod
7	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 outcome	det
9	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describes	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	18 demand	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 demand	det
12	sixty	sixty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 nine	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 sixty	punct
14	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 demand	nsubj
15	maidens	maiden	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 demand	nmod:poss
16	'	's	PART	_	15 maidens	case
17	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	18 demand	amod
18	demand	demand	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 outcome	nmod
19	upon	upon	ADP	_	21 prince	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 prince	det
21	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 demand	nmod
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the outcome of maidens's second demand upon the prince	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent outcome=Theme
3	demand		maidens		upon the prince	nom demand «communication transitive»: poss=agent upon=obl

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

It results in all seventy maidens being thrown from the swing into the sand, and the prince laughing at them

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 results	nsubj
2	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 thrown	nsubj:pass
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 maidens	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 maidens	det
5	seventy	seventy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 maidens	amod
6	maidens	maiden	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 results	nmod
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 thrown	aux:pass
8	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 swing	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 swing	det
11	swing	swing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 thrown	obl
12	into	into	ADP	_	14 sand	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sand	det
14	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 thrown	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 prince	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 prince	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 prince	det
18	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 thrown	parataxis
19	laughing	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 prince	acl
20	at	at	ADP	_	21 them	case
21	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 laughing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	result		It		all seventy maidens		tree rules
2	throw	gerund · passive		results	the swing	into the sand	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: subject=Theme from swing=Initial_Location into sand=Destination
3	laugh	gerund	the prince not said here			at results = result	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It results in the seventy maidens being thrown from the swing, after which the youngest alone is left standing unharmed

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 results	nsubj
2	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 thrown	nsubj:pass
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 maidens	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 maidens	det
5	seventy	seventy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 maidens	amod
6	maidens	maiden	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 results	nmod
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 thrown	aux:pass
8	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 swing	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 swing	det
11	swing	swing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 thrown	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 left	punct
13	after	after	ADP	_	14 which	case
14	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 left	obl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 youngest	det
16	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	19 left	nsubj:pass
17	alone	alone	ADV	_	16 youngest	advmod
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 left	aux:pass
19	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 thrown	conj
20	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	19 left	xcomp
21	unharmed	unharmed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 standing	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	result		It		the seventy maidens		tree rules
2	throw	gerund · passive		results	the swing		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: subject=Theme from swing=Initial_Location
3	leave	present · passive		the youngest			tree rules
4	stand	gerund	the youngest not said here			unharmed property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It results in the seventy maidens being thrown from the swing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 results	nsubj
2	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 thrown	nsubj:pass
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 maidens	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 maidens	det
5	seventy	seventy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 maidens	amod
6	maidens	maiden	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 results	nmod
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 thrown	aux:pass
8	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 swing	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 swing	det
11	swing	swing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 thrown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	result		It			the seventy maidens			tree rules
2	throw	gerund · passive		results		the swing			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: subject=Theme from swing=Initial_Location

Option 4

It causes the youngest maiden to be cast down first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 causes	nsubj
2	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 maiden	det
4	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 maiden	amod
5	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 causes	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	8 cast	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 cast	aux:pass
8	cast	cast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 maiden	acl
9	down	down	ADP	_	8 cast	compound:prt
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 causes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present	It	the youngest maiden				first property	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition maiden=Patient
2	cast down	to-infinitive · passive		the youngest maiden not said here					vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»

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