Exam question 4 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Vizier's Son, part…
Indicate the reason the prince consented to remain in the robbers' house for the night.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: indicate, consent, remain · To what, where: reason, prince, house
This is exam question 4 of lesson 1852 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Vizier's Son, part 36: the prince falls for a fairy's reflection, and the friends escape the robbers» 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 | Indicate | indicate | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 reason | det |
| 3 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Indicate | obj |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 prince | det |
| 5 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reason | appos |
| 6 | consented | consent | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 prince | acl |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 remain | mark |
| 8 | remain | remain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 consented | xcomp |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 house | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 robbers | det |
| 11 | robbers | robber | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 house | nmod:poss |
| 12 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 11 robbers | case |
| 13 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 remain | obl |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 night | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 night | det |
| 16 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 house | nmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Indicate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | indicate | imperative | you not said here | the reason | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot reason=Topic | ||||
| 2 | consent | participle | the prince not said here | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | remain | to-infinitive | the robbers's house for the night | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location |
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 fatigued, so he deferred to his companion's whim and agreed to remain in the robbers' house for the night
The tree, 23 words
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 fatigued | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 fatigued | aux:pass |
| 3 | fatigued | fatigue | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 deferred | punct |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 deferred | advmod |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 deferred | nsubj |
| 7 | deferred | defer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 fatigued | parataxis |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 whim | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 companion | nmod:poss |
| 10 | companion | companion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 whim | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 companion | case |
| 12 | whim | whim | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 deferred | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 agreed | cc |
| 14 | agreed | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 deferred | conj |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 remain | mark |
| 16 | remain | remain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 agreed | xcomp |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 house | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 robbers | det |
| 19 | robbers | robber | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 house | nmod:poss |
| 20 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 19 robbers | case |
| 21 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 remain | obl |
| 22 | for | for | ADP | _ | 24 night | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 night | det |
| 24 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 remain | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fatigue | past · passive | He | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | defer | past | he | to his companion's whim | vn acquiesce-95.1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to whim=Pivot | ||||
| 3 | agree speech: agree | past | he not said here | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | remain not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | the robbers's house | night | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location |
Option 2
He was curious and wanted to see the robbers' prize
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 curious | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 curious | cop |
| 3 | curious | curious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 wanted | cc |
| 5 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 curious | conj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 see | mark |
| 7 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 wanted | xcomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 robbers | det |
| 9 | robbers | robber | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 prize | nmod:poss |
| 10 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 9 robbers | case |
| 11 | prize | prize | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 see | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | He | curious property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | want | past | He not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | see not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | the robbers's prize | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prize=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
He was fatigued and deferred to his companion's whim
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 fatigued | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 fatigued | aux:pass |
| 3 | fatigued | fatigue | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 deferred | cc |
| 5 | deferred | defer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 fatigued | conj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 whim | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 companion | nmod:poss |
| 8 | companion | companion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 whim | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 companion | case |
| 10 | whim | whim | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 deferred | obl:agent |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fatigue | past · passive | He | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | defer | participle | vn acquiesce-95.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
He was hungry and wanted to trust the robbers' house
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 hungry | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hungry | cop |
| 3 | hungry | hungry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 wanted | cc |
| 5 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hungry | conj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 trust | mark |
| 7 | trust | trust | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 wanted | xcomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 robbers | det |
| 9 | robbers | robber | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 house | nmod:poss |
| 10 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 9 robbers | case |
| 11 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 trust | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | He | hungry property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | want | past | He not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | trust not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | the robbers's house | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme |
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