Exam question 3 · Beside the Fire, Guleesh, part 4: the girl is struck dumb…

Which decision was taken by Guleesh and the priest regarding the girl's public identity?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Guleesh · What happens: take, regard · To what, where: decision

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1985 «Beside the Fire, Guleesh, part 4: the girl is struck dumb and Guleesh hides her at the priest's house» 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	4 taken	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 taken	aux:pass
4	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 Guleesh	case
6	Guleesh	Guleesh	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 taken	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 priest	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 priest	det
9	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Guleesh	conj
10	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 identity	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 girl	det
12	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 identity	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 girl	case
14	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 identity	amod
15	identity	identity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 taken	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 taken	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past · passive	Guleesh and the priest	which decision				regard the girl's public identity	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	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 · ← Mova's choice

She was called his niece

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 called	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 called	aux:pass
3	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 niece	nmod:poss
5	niece	niece	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 called	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past · passive		She					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Option 2

She was introduced as a cousin from abroad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 introduced	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 introduced	aux:pass
3	introduced	introduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 cousin	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cousin	det
6	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 introduced	obl
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 abroad	case
8	abroad	abroad	ADV	_	3 introduced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	introduce	past · passive		She				as a cousin	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She was presented as the priest's brother's daughter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 presented	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 presented	aux:pass
3	presented	present	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	10 daughter	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 priest	det
6	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 brother	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 priest	case
8	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 daughter	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 brother	case
10	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 presented	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	present	past · passive		She				as the priest's brother's daughter	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

She was kept secret

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 kept	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 kept	aux:pass
3	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 kept	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past · passive		She				secret property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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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