Exam question 4 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Youngest Princess, part 30: the pr…

On what grounds were the prince's claims refused at the palace gate?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: grounds, prince · What happens: be, claim · To what, where: palace gate

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1846 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Youngest Princess, part 30: the prince turns handsome, tricks his brothers-in-law and is refused at the gate» 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	On	on	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
3	grounds	grounds	NOUN	Number=Ptan	9 refused	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 refused	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 prince	det
6	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 claims	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 prince	case
8	claims	claim	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 refused	nsubj
9	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
10	at	at	ADP	_	13 gate	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 gate	det
12	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gate	compound
13	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 refused	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 refused	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	grounds			the palace gate		refuse property	tree rules
2	claim		the prince						nom claim «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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 was judged too poor and common

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	3 judged	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 judged	aux:pass
3	judged	judge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 poor	advmod
5	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 judged	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 common	cc
7	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 poor	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	judge	past · passive		He				poor property	vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: subject=Value

Option 2

His looks were judged plain and poor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 looks	nmod:poss
2	looks	look	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 judged	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 judged	aux:pass
4	judged	judge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 judged	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 poor	cc
7	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 plain	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	judge	past · passive		His looks				plain property	vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: subject=Value

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

His appearance was judged poor and common

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 appearance	nmod:poss
2	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 judged	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 judged	aux:pass
4	judged	judge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 judged	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 common	cc
7	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 poor	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	judge	past · passive		His appearance				poor property	vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: subject=Value

Option 4

His appearance was judged poor and common by the gatekeepers at the palace

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 appearance	nmod:poss
2	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 judged	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 judged	aux:pass
4	judged	judge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 judged	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 common	cc
7	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 poor	conj
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 gatekeepers	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 gatekeepers	det
10	gatekeepers	gatekeeper	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 judged	obl
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 palace	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 palace	det
13	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 judged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	judge	past · passive	the gatekeepers	His appearance		the palace		poor property	vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent subject=Attribute at palace=Value

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