Exam question 2 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and Katar, part 31: the pri…

Subsequent to the court-house disclosure, what public consequence befell the six princes?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: public consequence · What happens: befall · To what, where: house disclosure

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1847 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and Katar, part 31: the prince proves he is the husband, then reveals he is the King's son» 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	Subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	7 disclosure	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 disclosure	det
4	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 house	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 court	punct
6	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 disclosure	compound
7	disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Subsequent	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 befell	punct
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 befell	obj
10	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 consequence	amod
11	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 befell	nsubj
12	befell	befall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 disclosure	acl:relcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 princes	det
14	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 princes	nummod
15	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 befell	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Subsequent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	befall	past	public consequence	the house disclosure					tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

Public shame when their coats were removed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 shame	amod
2	shame	shame	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 removed	advmod
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 coats	nmod:poss
5	coats	coat	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 removed	nsubj:pass
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 removed	aux:pass
7	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 shame	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	past · passive		their coats					vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

They were exiled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 exiled	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 exiled	aux:pass
3	exiled	exile	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exile	past · passive		They					vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

They lost their titles and all their land

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lost	nsubj
2	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 titles	nmod:poss
4	titles	title	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lost	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 all	cc
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 land	det:predet
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 land	nmod:poss
8	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lost	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past	They	their titles					tree rules
2	title		their = they						nom title «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

They were fined heavy gold coins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fined	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 fined	aux:pass
3	fined	fine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 coins	amod
5	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 coins	compound
6	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fined	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fine	past · passive		They					vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP NP.asset»: subject=Recipient coin=Asset

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