Exam question 4 · Fairy Book, Mannikin, part 29: a mocked Ambassador, a war,…

Which decision did Mannikin reach at the close of the passage concerning the Ice Mountain?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: decision, passage · What happens: reach, concern · To what, where: close, Ice Mountain

This is exam question 4 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 decision	det
2	decision	decision	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reach	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 reach	aux
4	Mannikin	Mannikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 reach	nsubj
5	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 close	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 close	det
8	close	close	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reach	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 passage	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 passage	det
11	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 close	nmod
12	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 passage	acl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Mountain	det
14	Ice	Ice	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Mountain	compound
15	Mountain	Mountain	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 concerning	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 reach	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reach	past · do-support	which decision			the close of the passage			vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	concern	gerund	the passage not said here	the Ice Mountain					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus mountain=Experiencer

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

He decided to wait for spring

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	2 decided	nsubj
2	decided	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 wait	mark
4	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 decided	xcomp
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 spring	case
6	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wait	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	past	He						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	wait not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here				spring		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

He chose to try the climb despite the peril

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	2 chose	nsubj
2	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 try	mark
4	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 chose	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 climb	det
6	climb	climb	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 try	obj
7	despite	despite	ADP	_	9 peril	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 peril	det
9	peril	peril	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 try	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	past	He						tree rules
2	try	to-infinitive	He not said here	the climb				despite the peril	vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent climb=Eventuality

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He decided to send the spaniels instead

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	2 decided	nsubj
2	decided	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 send	mark
4	send	send	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 decided	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 spaniels	det
6	spaniels	spaniel	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 send	obj
7	instead	instead	ADV	_	4 send	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	past	He						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	send not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the spaniels				instead property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spaniel=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He resolved to attempt the undertaking despite the danger

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	2 resolved	nsubj
2	resolved	resolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 attempt	mark
4	attempt	attempt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 resolved	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 undertaking	det
6	undertaking	undertaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 attempt	obj
7	despite	despite	ADP	_	9 danger	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 danger	det
9	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 attempt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	resolve	past	He						tree rules
2	attempt	to-infinitive	He not said here	the undertaking				despite the danger	vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent undertaking=Eventuality

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