Exam question 4 · Wonder-Book, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 29: Pluto carries…

Which of the following correctly describes the motive that King Pluto ascribed to himself for offering Proserpina a banquet?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: King · What happens: follow, describe, ascribe, offer · To what, where: motive, King, banquet, Proserpina

This is exam question 4 of lesson 2070 «Wonder-Book, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 29: Pluto carries Proserpina to his gloomy palace» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 motive	det
8	motive	motive	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 ascribed	mark
10	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 ascribed	nsubj
11	Pluto	Pluto	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 King	flat
12	ascribed	ascribe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 motive	acl:relcl
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 himself	case
14	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	12 ascribed	obl
15	for	for	SCONJ	_	16 offering	mark
16	offering	offer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 ascribed	advcl
17	Proserpina	Proserpina	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 offering	obj
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 banquet	det
19	banquet	banquet	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 offering	obj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the motive		correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent motive=Theme
3	ascribe	past	King	the motive not said here	King		tree rules
4	offer	gerund	King not said here	a banquet	Proserpina		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent proserpina=Goal banquet=Theme

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

He wished to honour her as his guest at the court

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 wished	nsubj
2	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 honour	mark
4	honour	honour	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wished	xcomp
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 honour	obj
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 guest	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 guest	nmod:poss
8	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 honour	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 court	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 court	det
11	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 honour	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	past	He						vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	honour not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	her = she		the court		as his guest	tree rules

Option 2

He intended to celebrate her arrival with a grand and festive meal

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 intended	nsubj
2	intended	intend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 celebrate	mark
4	celebrate	celebrate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 intended	xcomp
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 arrival	nmod:poss
6	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 celebrate	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	12 meal	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 meal	det
9	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 meal	amod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 festive	cc
11	festive	festive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 grand	conj
12	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 celebrate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	intend	past	He			vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	celebrate not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	her arrival	with a grand meal	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrival=Theme
3	arrive		her = she			nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He wished to bind her to the realm by a law of enchanted food

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 wished	nsubj
2	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 bind	mark
4	bind	bind	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wished	xcomp
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bind	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 realm	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 realm	det
8	realm	realm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bind	obl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 law	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 law	det
11	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bind	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 food	case
13	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 food	amod
14	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 law	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wish	past	He			vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	bind not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	her = she	to the realm; by a law of enchanted food	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent she=Patient to realm=Co-Patient
3	enchant	participle				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

He wished to bind her permanently to the realm by means of an enchanted feast that would keep her from her mother forever

The tree, 23 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 wished	nsubj
2	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 bind	mark
4	bind	bind	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 means	advcl
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bind	obj
6	permanently	permanently	ADV	_	4 bind	advmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 realm	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 realm	det
9	realm	realm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bind	obl
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 means	case
11	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 wished	parataxis
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 feast	case
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 feast	det
14	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 feast	amod
15	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 means	obl
16	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 keep	nsubj
17	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 keep	aux
18	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 feast	acl:relcl
19	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 keep	obj
20	from	from	ADP	_	22 mother	case
21	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 mother	nmod:poss
22	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 keep	obl
23	forever	forever	ADV	_	18 keep	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	wish	past	He				vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	bind	to-infinitive		her = she		to the realm; permanently property	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent she=Patient to realm=Co-Patient
3	mean	present				of a enchanted feast	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
4	enchant	participle					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
5	keep	would	a enchanted feast		her = she	from her mother; forever property	vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer she=Beneficiary from mother=Eventuality

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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