Exam question 4 · Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu: Rasalu outwits Sarkap at…

What undertaking did the King give at the conclusion of the game?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: King · What happens: undertake, do, give, conclude · To what, where: conclusion, game

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 did	obj
2	undertaking	undertake	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 King	det
5	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 give	nsubj
6	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	ccomp
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 conclusion	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 conclusion	det
9	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 game	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 game	det
12	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 conclusion	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	undertake	gerund				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	do	past				tree rules
3	give	present	the King		the conclusion of the game	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent at conclusion=Asset
4	conclude			the game		nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

To rule the land with mercy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 rule	mark
2	rule	rule	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 land	det
4	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rule	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 mercy	case
6	mercy	mercy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rule	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rule	to-infinitive		the land				with mercy	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme

Option 2

To give up all his gold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 give	mark
2	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 give	compound:prt
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 gold	det:predet
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 gold	nmod:poss
6	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give up	to-infinitive		his gold					vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Source

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To forswear wagering another man's head

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 forswear	mark
2	forswear	forswear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
3	wagering	wager	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 forswear	csubj
4	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	5 man	det
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 head	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 man	case
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wagering	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forswear	to-infinitive	wagering						tree rules
2	wager	gerund		another man's head					vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent head=Recipient

Option 4

To quit gambling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 quit	mark
2	quit	quit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	gambling	gambling	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 quit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	quit	to-infinitive		gambling					vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gambling=Source

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