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Exam question 3 · Tales of the Punjab, Why the Fish Laughed, part 1: the que…

By what means did the vizier's son proceed upon his journey?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: son · What happens: mean, proceed, journey

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1849 «Tales of the Punjab, Why the Fish Laughed, part 1: the queen's fish laughs and the vizier's son sets off» 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

marknsubjadvclauxdetnmod:posscasensubjcasenmod:possoblpunctrootBySCONJwhatPRONmeansVERBdidAUXtheDETvizierNOUN'sPARTsonNOUNproceedVERBuponADPhisPRONjourneyNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BybySCONJ_3 meansmark
2whatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 meansnsubj
3meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 proceedadvcl
4diddoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 proceedaux
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 vizierdet
6viziervizierNOUNNumber=Sing8 sonnmod:poss
7's'sPART_6 viziercase
8sonsonNOUNNumber=Sing9 proceednsubj
9proceedproceedVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
10uponuponADP_12 journeycase
11hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs12 journeynmod:poss
12journeyjourneyNOUNNumber=Sing9 proceedobl
13??PUNCT_9 proceedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2proceedpast · do-supportthe vizier's sonupon son's journeyvn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent
3journeysonnom journey «act 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

Along whichever road his father had once warned him against taking

casedetoblnmod:possnsubjacl:relcladvmodobjmarkadvclrootAlongADPwhicheverDETroadNOUNhisPRONfatherNOUNhadVERBonceADVwarnedVERBhimPRONagainstSCONJtakingVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AlongalongADP_3 roadcase
2whicheverwhicheverDETPronType=Rel3 roaddet
3roadroadNOUNNumber=Sing8 warnedobl
4hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs5 fathernmod:poss
5fatherfatherNOUNNumber=Sing6 hadnsubj
6hadhaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 roadacl:relcl
7onceonceADVNumForm=Word NumType=Mult8 warnedadvmod
8warnedwarnVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
9himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 warnedobj
10againstagainstSCONJ_11 takingmark
11takingtakeVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part8 warnedadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1havepasthis fatherwhichever road not said herevn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Patient
2warn speech: warnpastfatheralong whichever road; once propertyvn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
3takegerundvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Whithersoever Kismat might lead him

nsubjflatauxobjrootWhithersoeverPROPNKismatPROPNmightAUXleadVERBhimPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhithersoeverWhithersoeverPROPNNumber=Sing4 leadnsubj
2KismatKismatPROPNNumber=Sing1 Whithersoeverflat
3mightmightAUXVerbForm=Fin4 leadaux
4leadleadVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 leadobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1leadmightWhithersoeverhim = hevn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3

Along the river road

casedetcompoundrootAlongADPtheDETriverNOUNroadNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AlongalongADP_4 roadcase
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 roaddet
3riverriverNOUNNumber=Sing4 roadcompound
4roadroadNOUNNumber=Singrootroot

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Straight to the palace gate where the king was waiting for news

advmodcasedetcompoundadvmoddetnsubjauxacl:relclcaseoblrootStraightADVtoADPtheDETpalaceNOUNgateNOUNwhereADVtheDETkingNOUNwasAUXwaitingVERBforADPnewsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1StraightstraightADV_5 gateadvmod
2totoADP_5 gatecase
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 gatedet
4palacepalaceNOUNNumber=Sing5 gatecompound
5gategateNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
6wherewhereADVPronType=Rel10 waitingadvmod
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 kingdet
8kingkingNOUNNumber=Sing10 waitingnsubj
9wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 waitingaux
10waitingwaitVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part5 gateacl:relcl
11forforADP_12 newscase
12newsnewsNOUNNumber=Sing10 waitingobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1waitpast · progressivethe kingfor newsvn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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