Exam question 2 · Wonder Book, Circe's Palace, part 25: Ulysses goes alone t…

State the reason Ulysses gives for his decision to enter the enchanted palace in person.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: State · What happens: give, enter, enchant, decide · To what, where: enchanted palace

This is exam question 2 of lesson 2066 «Wonder Book, Circe's Palace, part 25: Ulysses goes alone to the palace and Quicksilver gives him a magic flower» 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	Ulysses	Ulysses	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	_	8 decision	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 decision	nmod:poss
8	decision	decision	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gives	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 enter	mark
10	enter	enter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 gives	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 palace	det
12	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 palace	amod
13	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 enter	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 person	case
15	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 palace	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 gives	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	present	State the reason		for State's decision	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for decision=Asset
2	enter	to-infinitive	State the reason not said here	the enchanted palace	in person	vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme palace=Destination
3	enchant	participle				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	decide		State			nom decision «act transitive»: poss=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

He thinks no one else on the ship is brave enough to face the sorceress alone.

The tree, 16 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	2 thinks	nsubj
2	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 one	det
4	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 brave	nsubj
5	else	else	ADV	_	4 one	advmod
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 ship	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ship	det
8	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 one	nmod
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 brave	cop
10	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 thinks	ccomp
11	enough	enough	ADV	_	10 brave	advmod
12	to	to	PART	_	13 face	mark
13	face	face	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 brave	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 sorceress	det
15	sorceress	sorceress	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 face	obj
16	alone	alone	ADV	_	13 face	advmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 thinks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	He			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	no one on the ship		brave, enough property	tree rules
3	face	to-infinitive	no one on the ship not said here	the sorceress	alone property	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sorceress=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He wants to rescue the wealthy king's son.

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	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 rescue	mark
4	rescue	rescue	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wants	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 king	det
6	wealthy	wealthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 king	amod
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 son	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 king	case
9	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rescue	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wants	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	He						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	rescue not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the wealthy king's son					vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme

Option 3

He is answerable for the fate of his mariners and must rescue them himself.

The tree, 14 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 answerable	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 answerable	cop
3	answerable	answerable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 fate	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fate	det
6	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 answerable	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 mariners	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 mariners	nmod:poss
9	mariners	mariner	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 fate	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 rescue	cc
11	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 rescue	aux
12	rescue	rescue	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 answerable	conj
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 rescue	obj
14	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	12 rescue	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 answerable	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	He		for the fate of his mariners; answerable property	tree rules
2	rescue	must	He not said here	mariners = mariner		tree rules
3	fate			his mariners		nom fate «event transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He is answerable for the fate of his mariners.

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 answerable	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 answerable	cop
3	answerable	answerable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 fate	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fate	det
6	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 answerable	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 mariners	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 mariners	nmod:poss
9	mariners	mariner	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 fate	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 answerable	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					for the fate of his mariners; answerable property	tree rules
2	fate			his mariners					nom fate «event transitive»: of=patient

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