Exam question 3 · Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 1: Theseus tries to l…

State the reason Aethra gives for the infrequent visits of King Aegeus to his son.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: State · What happens: give, visit · To what, where: son, King

This is exam question 3 of lesson 2043 «Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 1: Theseus tries to lift a heavy rock that his mother says hides the way to Athens» 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gives	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	nmod
4	Aethra	Aethra	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 reason	appos
5	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 visits	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 visits	det
8	infrequent	infrequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 visits	amod
9	visits	visit	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 gives	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 King	case
11	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 visits	nmod
12	Aegeus	Aegeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 King	flat
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 son	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 son	nmod:poss
15	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gives	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 gives	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	State the reason		State's son			for the infrequent visits of King	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent for visit=Asset to son=Recipient
2	visit			King					nom visit «act transitive»: of=patient

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 is far away

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	4 away	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 away	cop
3	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 away	advmod
4	away	away	ADV	_	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					away, far property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The king must tend the affairs of his court and army

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tend	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 tend	aux
4	tend	tend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 affairs	det
6	affairs	affair	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tend	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 court	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 court	nmod:poss
9	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 affairs	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 army	cc
11	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 court	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tend	must	the king	the affairs of king's court and army					vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent affair=Theme

Option 3

A monarch must answer to the lords of his realm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 monarch	det
2	monarch	monarch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 answer	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 answer	aux
4	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 lords	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lords	det
7	lords	lord	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 answer	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 realm	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 realm	nmod:poss
10	realm	realm	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lords	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	must	a monarch					to the lords of monarch's realm	vn subordinate-95.2.1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to lord=Co-Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A monarch must attend to the welfare of his people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 monarch	det
2	monarch	monarch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 attend	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 attend	aux
4	attend	attend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 welfare	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 welfare	det
7	welfare	welfare	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 attend	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 people	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 people	nmod:poss
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 welfare	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attend	must	a monarch					to the welfare of monarch's people	vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent to welfare=Theme

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