Exam question 4 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and Katar, part 31: the pri…

What declaration did the prince make to the King at the close of the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: declaration · What happens: make · To what, where: close

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	2 declaration	det
2	declaration	declaration	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 make	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 make	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 prince	det
5	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 make	nsubj
6	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 King	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 King	det
9	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 make	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 close	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 close	det
12	close	close	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 make	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 narrative	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 narrative	det
15	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 close	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past · do-support	what declaration			the close of the narrative		to the King	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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

That he was the King's son, the baby once left in a box, and the gardener's daughter was his mother

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 son	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 son	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 son	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 King	det
5	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 son	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 King	case
7	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 baby	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 baby	det
10	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 son	appos
11	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	12 left	advmod
12	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 baby	acl:relcl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 box	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 box	det
15	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 left	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 mother	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 mother	cc
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 gardener	det
19	gardener	gardener	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 daughter	nmod:poss
20	's	's	PART	_	19 gardener	case
21	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 mother	nsubj
22	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 mother	cop
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 mother	nmod:poss
24	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 son	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	That	the King's son and gardener's mother		tree rules
2	leave	past	the baby not said here		in a box result; once property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in box=Result
3	is a	past	the gardener's daughter	gardener's mother		tree rules

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

That he was the King's son and the gardener's daughter was his mother

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 son	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 son	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 son	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 King	det
5	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 son	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 King	case
7	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 daughter	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 gardener	det
10	gardener	gardener	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 daughter	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 gardener	case
12	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 son	conj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 mother	cop
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 mother	nmod:poss
15	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 son	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	That	the King's son and the gardener's daughter and gardener's mother					tree rules
2	is a	past	That not said here	gardener's mother					tree rules

Option 3

That he was a prince from a far kingdom and she was his mother

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 prince	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 prince	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 prince	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 prince	det
5	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	9 kingdom	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 kingdom	det
8	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 kingdom	amod
9	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 prince	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 mother	cc
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 mother	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 mother	cop
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 mother	nmod:poss
14	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 prince	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	That	a prince and his mother		a far kingdom			tree rules
2	is a	past	she	his mother					tree rules

Option 4

That he was the King's son and had come back to reclaim the throne, and the gardener's daughter was his mother

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 son	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 son	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 son	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 King	det
5	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 son	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 King	case
7	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 come	cc
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 come	aux
10	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 son	conj
11	back	back	ADV	_	10 come	advmod
12	to	to	PART	_	13 reclaim	mark
13	reclaim	reclaim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 come	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 throne	det
15	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 reclaim	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 mother	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 mother	cc
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 gardener	det
19	gardener	gardener	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 daughter	nmod:poss
20	's	's	PART	_	19 gardener	case
21	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 mother	nsubj
22	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 mother	cop
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 mother	nmod:poss
24	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 son	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	past	That	the King's son and gardener's mother	tree rules
2	come back	past · perfect	That not said here		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	reclaim	to-infinitive	That not said here	the throne	vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent throne=Theme
4	is a	past	the gardener's daughter	gardener's mother	tree rules

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