Exam question 1 · Fairy Book, Mannikin, part 29: a mocked Ambassador, a war,…

Which event in the passage most directly leads to the declaration of war against Farda-Kinbras?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: event · What happens: lead, declare · To what, where: war

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1892 «Fairy Book, Mannikin, part 29: a mocked Ambassador, a war, and Brandatimor defeated» 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 event	det
2	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 leads	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 event	nmod
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 directly	advmod
7	directly	directly	ADV	_	8 leads	advmod
8	leads	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 declaration	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 declaration	det
11	declaration	declaration	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 leads	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 war	case
13	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 declaration	nmod
14	against	against	ADP	_	15 Farda	case
15	Farda	Farda	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 war	nmod
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	17 Kinbras	punct
17	Kinbras	Kinbras	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Farda	conj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 leads	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	present	which event in the passage					to the declaration of war against Farda and Kinbras; directly property	vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to declaration=Patient
2	declare			war against Farda and Kinbras					nom declaration «communication transitive»: of=patient

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 death of the Farda-Kinbras general

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 death	det
2	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	8 general	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 general	det
5	Farda	Farda	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Kinbras	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 Farda	punct
7	Kinbras	Kinbras	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 general	compound
8	general	general	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 death	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die		the Kinbras general						nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent

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

The King's refusal to receive the Ambassador

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 King	det
2	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 refusal	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 King	case
4	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 receive	mark
6	receive	receive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 refusal	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Ambassador	det
8	Ambassador	Ambassador	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 receive	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	to-infinitive		the Ambassador					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ambassador=Theme
2	refuse		the King						nom refusal «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

The Ambassador's splendid parade through the city streets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Ambassador	det
2	Ambassador	Ambassador	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 parade	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Ambassador	case
4	splendid	splendid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 parade	amod
5	parade	parade	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	through	through	ADP	_	9 streets	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 streets	det
8	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 streets	compound
9	streets	street	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 parade	nmod

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

Option 4

The Ambassador's flight from the capital

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Ambassador	det
2	Ambassador	Ambassador	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 flight	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Ambassador	case
4	flight	flight	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 capital	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 capital	det
7	capital	capital	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flight	nmod

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

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