Exam question 2 · Czech and Slovak Tales, Kojata and Milan, part 45: Milan m…

What instruction did the old man in the lime tree give the Prince regarding his father?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: instruction, old man · What happens: do, give, regard · To what, where: Prince

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1908 «Czech and Slovak Tales, Kojata and Milan, part 45: Milan meets a magician's daughter and is set three tasks underground» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 instruction	det
2	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 man	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 man	amod
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 give	nsubj
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 tree	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 tree	det
9	lime	lime	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tree	compound
10	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 man	nmod
11	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	parataxis
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Prince	det
13	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 give	obj
14	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 father	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 father	nmod:poss
16	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 give	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	what instruction			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	give	present	the old man in the lime tree	the Prince	regard man's father	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Theme
3	regard	gerund				vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: 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 · ✓ the right answer

To remind the King of an outstanding obligation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 remind	mark
2	remind	remind	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 King	det
4	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 remind	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 obligation	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 obligation	det
7	outstanding	outstanding	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 obligation	amod
8	obligation	obligation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 King	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remind speech: other	to-infinitive			the King of a outstanding obligation				vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient

Option 2

To ask the King to return to the lime grove

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 ask	mark
2	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 King	det
4	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 ask	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 return	mark
6	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 ask	xcomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 grove	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 grove	det
9	lime	lime	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 grove	compound
10	grove	grove	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 return	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive			the King				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent king=Recipient clause=Topic
2	return not said to happen	to-infinitive						to the lime grove result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to grove=Result

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

To demand that the King come to the tree and pay his debt in full

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 demand	mark
2	demand	demand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 come	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 King	det
5	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 come	nsubj
6	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 demand	ccomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 tree	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tree	det
9	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 come	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 pay	cc
11	pay	pay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 demand	conj
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 debt	nmod:poss
13	debt	debt	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pay	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 full	case
15	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 pay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	demand speech: request	to-infinitive				vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition
2	come	infinitive	the King		the tree	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to tree=Initial_Location
3	pay	infinitive		King's debt	full	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent debt=Asset

Option 4

To forgive him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 forgive	mark
2	forgive	forgive	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 forgive	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forgive	to-infinitive		him = he					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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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