Exam question 1 · Old Deccan Days, The Boy with the Moon on his Forehead, pa…

Upon what occasion did the groom convey the matter to the four Queens?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: groom · What happens: convey · To what, where: matter, four Queens

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1845 «Old Deccan Days, The Boy with the Moon on his Forehead, part 29: Katar hides the prince, then the prince becomes a poor servant» 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 convey	obl
3	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 what	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 convey	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 groom	det
6	groom	groom	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 convey	nsubj
7	convey	convey	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 matter	det
9	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 convey	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 Queens	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Queens	det
12	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 Queens	nummod
13	Queens	queen	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 convey	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 convey	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey	past · do-support	the groom	the matter	the four Queens				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent matter=Topic to queen=Recipient

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

When the King left for hunting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 left	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 King	det
3	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 left	nsubj
4	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 hunting	case
6	hunting	hunting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past	the King					for hunting	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for hunting=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Upon the King's departure for his hunting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	5 departure	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 King	det
3	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 departure	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 King	case
5	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 hunting	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 hunting	nmod:poss
8	hunting	hunting	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 departure	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depart		the King					for King's hunting	nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=agent for=obl
2	hunt		King						nom hunting «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Upon the King's departure for his hunting in the forest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	5 departure	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 King	det
3	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 departure	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 King	case
5	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 hunting	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 hunting	nmod:poss
8	hunting	hunting	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 departure	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 forest	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 forest	det
11	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hunting	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depart		the King					for King's hunting in the forest	nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=agent for=obl
2	hunt		King			the forest			nom hunting «act transitive»: poss=agent in=place

Option 4

During the King's hunting trip

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	During	during	ADP	_	6 trip	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 King	det
3	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 trip	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 King	case
5	hunting	hunting	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 trip	compound
6	trip	trip	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trip		the King						nom trip «act transitive»: poss=agent

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