Exam question 3 · Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu: Rasalu outwits Sarkap at…

To what end did the kitten keep watch at the window?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: end · What happens: do, keep · To what, where: kitten, watch, window

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1842 «Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu: Rasalu outwits Sarkap at chaupur and wins Kokilan» 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	To	to	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 keep	obl
3	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kitten	det
6	kitten	kitten	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 keep	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 window	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 window	det
11	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 keep	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	end	the kitten					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kitten=Eventuality
2	keep	present		watch		the window			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent watch=Theme at window=Location

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

To warn the sleeping king

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 warn	mark
2	warn	warn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 king	det
4	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 king	compound
5	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 warn	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	to-infinitive			the sleeping king				vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

To frighten off the rat Dhol Raja from the chaupur board

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 frighten	mark
2	frighten	frighten	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 frighten	compound:prt
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rat	det
5	rat	rat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 frighten	obj
6	Dhol	Dhol	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 rat	appos
7	Raja	Raja	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Dhol	flat
8	from	from	ADP	_	11 board	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 board	det
10	chaupur	chaupur	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 board	compound
11	board	board	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 frighten	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	frighten off	to-infinitive		the rat		the chaupur board			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus rat=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To deter the rat Dhol Raja

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 deter	mark
2	deter	deter	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rat	det
4	rat	rat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 deter	obj
5	Dhol	Dhol	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 rat	appos
6	Raja	Raja	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Dhol	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deter	to-infinitive		the rat					vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer rat=Eventuality

Option 4

To deter the rat Dhol Raja and keep the kittens safe from the kiln

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 deter	mark
2	deter	deter	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rat	det
4	rat	rat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 deter	obj
5	Dhol	Dhol	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 rat	appos
6	Raja	Raja	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Dhol	flat
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 keep	cc
8	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 deter	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 kittens	det
10	kittens	kitten	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 keep	obj
11	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 keep	xcomp
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 kiln	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 kiln	det
14	kiln	kiln	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deter	to-infinitive		the rat					vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer rat=Eventuality
2	keep	infinitive			the kittens	the kiln		safe property	vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer kitten=Beneficiary from kiln=Eventuality

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