Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, Rosimond, part 32: Rosimond brings home the r…
What was the fate of Bramintho, as recorded at the close of the passage?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be, record · To what, where: fate, close
This is exam question 4 of lesson 1895 «Fairy Tales, Rosimond, part 32: Rosimond brings home the real Prince and returns the ring to the Fairy» 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 | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 fate | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 fate | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 fate | det |
| 4 | fate | fate | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Bramintho | case |
| 6 | Bramintho | Bramintho | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 fate | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 recorded | punct |
| 8 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 9 recorded | mark |
| 9 | recorded | record | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 fate | acl |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 close | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 close | det |
| 12 | close | close | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 recorded | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 passage | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 passage | det |
| 15 | passage | passage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 close | nmod |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 fate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the fate | of Bramintho | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | record | participle | the fate not said here | the close of the passage | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer
he was seized and pardon refused
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 seized | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 seized | aux:pass |
| 3 | seized | seize | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 refused | cc |
| 5 | pardon | pardon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 refused | nsubj |
| 6 | refused | refuse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 seized | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seize | past · passive | he | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | refuse | past | pardon | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
he was seized by the guards and pardon was refused after a long trial in the Great Hall
The tree, 18 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 seized | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 seized | aux:pass |
| 3 | seized | seize | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 guards | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 guards | det |
| 6 | guards | guard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 seized | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 refused | cc |
| 8 | pardon | pardon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 refused | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 refused | aux:pass |
| 10 | refused | refuse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 seized | conj |
| 11 | after | after | ADP | _ | 14 trial | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 trial | det |
| 13 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 trial | amod |
| 14 | trial | trial | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 refused | obl |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 Hall | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 Hall | det |
| 17 | Great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 Hall | amod |
| 18 | Hall | Hall | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 refused | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seize | past · passive | the guards | he | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | refuse | past · passive | pardon | the Great Hall | after a long trial | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3
he was seized and his pardon was refused by the King
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 seized | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 seized | aux:pass |
| 3 | seized | seize | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 refused | cc |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 pardon | nmod:poss |
| 6 | pardon | pardon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 refused | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 refused | aux:pass |
| 8 | refused | refuse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 seized | conj |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 King | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 King | det |
| 11 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 refused | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seize | past · passive | he | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | refuse | past · passive | the King | his pardon | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ||||
| 3 | pardon | his = he | nom pardon «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
he was exiled and forgiven
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 exiled | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 exiled | aux:pass |
| 3 | exiled | exile | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 forgiven | cc |
| 5 | forgiven | forgive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 exiled | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | exile | past · passive | he | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | forgive | participle | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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