Exam question 3 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and Katar, part 31: the pri…

Which person was omitted from the invitation to the grand feast, and for what reason?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: omit · To what, where: person, invitation

This is exam question 3 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 omitted	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 omitted	aux:pass
4	omitted	omit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 invitation	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 invitation	det
7	invitation	invitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 omitted	obl
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 feast	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 feast	det
10	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 feast	amod
11	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 invitation	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 what	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 what	cc
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 what	case
15	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 omitted	parataxis
16	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 what	nsubj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 omitted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	omit	past · passive		which person				from the invitation to the grand feast goal	vn exclude-107.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme from invitation=Goal

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 gardener's daughter, because the prince was angry with her and had forgotten all about her

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gardener	det
2	gardener	gardener	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 daughter	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 gardener	case
4	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 angry	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 angry	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 angry	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 prince	det
8	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 angry	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 angry	cop
10	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 her	case
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 angry	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 forgotten	cc
14	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 forgotten	aux
15	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 angry	conj
16	all	all	ADV	_	15 forgotten	advmod
17	about	about	ADP	_	18 her	case
18	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 forgotten	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the gardener's daughter					with gardener; angry property	tree rules
2	forget	past · perfect	the gardener's daughter not said here					about gardener; all property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The gardener's daughter, because no one had thought of her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gardener	det
2	gardener	gardener	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 daughter	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 gardener	case
4	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 thought	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 thought	mark
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 one	det
8	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 thought	nsubj:pass
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 thought	aux
10	thought	think	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 daughter	acl:relcl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 her	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 thought	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past · perfect · passive	the gardener's daughter not said here	no one					vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme her=Attribute

Option 3

The gardener's daughter, because no one had thought of her when the list of guests was written out

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gardener	det
2	gardener	gardener	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 daughter	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 gardener	case
4	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 written	nsubj:pass
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 thought	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 thought	mark
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 one	det
8	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 thought	nsubj:pass
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 thought	aux
10	thought	think	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 daughter	acl:relcl
11	of	of	ADP	_	15 list	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 list	nmod:poss
13	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	15 list	advmod
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 list	det
15	list	list	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 thought	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 guests	case
17	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 list	nmod
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 written	aux:pass
19	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
20	out	out	ADP	_	19 written	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past · perfect · passive	the gardener's daughter not said here	no one	of gardener's list of guests	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	write out	past · passive		the gardener's daughter		vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	list		gardener	guests		nom list «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 4

The gardener's cousin, because the letter was lost in the post

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gardener	det
2	gardener	gardener	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cousin	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 gardener	case
4	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 lost	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 lost	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 letter	det
8	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lost	nsubj:pass
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 lost	aux:pass
10	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 cousin	acl:relcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 post	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 post	det
13	post	post	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past · passive	the gardener's cousin not said here	the letter		the post			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

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