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Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales, The Little Soldier, part 38: John eats magic…

Which of the following describes the proclamation issued by the King concerning the cure?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: King · What happens: follow, be, issue, concern · To what, where: proclamation, cure

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1901 «Fairy Tales, The Little Soldier, part 38: John eats magic plums, sells them, and unmasks the horned Princess» 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

nsubjcasedetcasecopdetaclcasedetobl:agentacldetobjpunctrootWhichPRONofADPtheDETfollowingVERBdescribesVERBtheDETproclamationNOUNissuedVERBbyADPtheDETKingPROPNconcerningVERBtheDETcureNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhichwhichPRONPronType=Rel7 proclamationnsubj
2ofofADP_7 proclamationcase
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 proclamationdet
4followingfollowVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part7 proclamationcase
5describesdescribeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 proclamationcop
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 proclamationdet
7proclamationproclamationNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
8issuedissueVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass7 proclamationacl
9bybyADP_11 Kingcase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 Kingdet
11KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing8 issuedobl:agent
12concerningconcernVERBVerbForm=Ger11 Kingacl
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 curedet
14curecureNOUNNumber=Sing12 concerningobj
15??PUNCT_7 proclamationpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1followgerundvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2ispresentof the proclamationtree rules
3issueparticiplethe proclamation not said herevn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4concerngerundthe King not said herethe curevn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus cure=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 · ← Mova's choice

half the kingdom and her ring

det:predetdetccnmod:possconjroothalfDETtheDETkingdomNOUNandCCONJherPRONringNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1halfhalfDETNumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind3 kingdomdet:predet
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 kingdomdet
3kingdomkingdomNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
4andandCCONJ_6 ringcc
5herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 ringnmod:poss
6ringringNOUNNumber=Sing3 kingdomconj

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

Option 2

her hand in marriage to whoever cures her

nmod:possnsubjcasenmodcasensubjobjrootherPRONhandNOUNinADPmarriageNOUNtoADPwhoeverPRONcuresVERBherPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 handnmod:poss
2handhandNOUNNumber=Sing7 curesnsubj
3ininADP_4 marriagecase
4marriagemarriageNOUNNumber=Sing2 handnmod
5totoADP_7 curescase
6whoeverwhoeverPRONPronType=Rel7 curesnsubj
7curescureVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
8hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 curesobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1curepresenther hand in marriageher = shevn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer she=Source

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

her hand in marriage to the curer

nmod:posscasenmodcasedetnmodrootherPRONhandNOUNinADPmarriageNOUNtoADPtheDETcurerNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 handnmod:poss
2handhandNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
3ininADP_4 marriagecase
4marriagemarriageNOUNNumber=Sing2 handnmod
5totoADP_7 curercase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 curerdet
7curercurerNOUNNumber=Sing4 marriagenmod

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

Option 4

her hand in marriage and half the kingdom

nmod:posscasenmodccdet:predetdetconjrootherPRONhandNOUNinADPmarriageNOUNandCCONJhalfDETtheDETkingdomNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 handnmod:poss
2handhandNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
3ininADP_4 marriagecase
4marriagemarriageNOUNNumber=Sing2 handnmod
5andandCCONJ_8 kingdomcc
6halfhalfDETNumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind8 kingdomdet:predet
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 kingdomdet
8kingdomkingdomNOUNNumber=Sing2 handconj

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

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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