Exam question 1 · Wonder-Book, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 32: Ceres becomes…
Which element of the text most clearly establishes the reason for Phoebus's refusal to accompany Ceres to the kingdom of Pluto?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: element, refusal, Phoebus · What happens: establish, accompany, refuse · To what, where: reason, Ceres, kingdom
This is exam question 1 of lesson 2073 «Wonder-Book, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 32: Ceres becomes the prince's nurse and secretly watches him by firelight» 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 element | det |
| 2 | element | element | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 establishes | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 text | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 text | det |
| 5 | text | text | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 element | nmod |
| 6 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 7 clearly | advmod |
| 7 | clearly | clearly | ADV | _ | 8 establishes | advmod |
| 8 | establishes | establish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 reason | det |
| 10 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 establishes | obj |
| 11 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 16 accompany | mark |
| 12 | Phoebus | Phoebus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 refusal | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 Phoebus | case |
| 14 | refusal | refusal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 accompany | nsubj |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 accompany | mark |
| 16 | accompany | accompany | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 reason | acl |
| 17 | Ceres | Ceres | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 accompany | obj |
| 18 | to | to | ADP | _ | 20 kingdom | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 kingdom | det |
| 20 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 accompany | obl |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 Pluto | case |
| 22 | Pluto | Pluto | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 kingdom | nmod |
| 23 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 establishes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | establish | present | which element of the text | the reason | clearly property | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient | |||
| 2 | accompany | to-infinitive | Phoebus's refusal | Ceres | the kingdom of Pluto | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ceres=Theme to kingdom=Destination | |||
| 3 | refuse | Phoebus | nom refusal «communication 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
His stated inability to pass the gateway, since sunbeams are forbidden in that kingdom and he must guard the sky for all the other gods
The tree, 25 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 inability | nmod:poss |
| 2 | stated | state | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 inability | amod |
| 3 | inability | inability | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pass | nsubj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 pass | mark |
| 5 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 gateway | det |
| 7 | gateway | gateway | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pass | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 forbidden | punct |
| 9 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 12 forbidden | mark |
| 10 | sunbeams | sunbeam | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 forbidden | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 forbidden | aux:pass |
| 12 | forbidden | forbid | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 pass | parataxis |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 kingdom | case |
| 14 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 15 kingdom | det |
| 15 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 forbidden | obl |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 guard | cc |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 guard | nsubj |
| 18 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 guard | aux |
| 19 | guard | guard | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 forbidden | conj |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 sky | det |
| 21 | sky | sky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 guard | obj |
| 22 | for | for | ADP | _ | 26 gods | case |
| 23 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 26 gods | det:predet |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 gods | det |
| 25 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 gods | amod |
| 26 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 guard | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | state speech: other | participle | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | pass | to-infinitive | His stated inability | the gateway | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme gateway=Trajectory | ||||
| 3 | forbid | present · passive | sunbeams | that kingdom | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 4 | guard | must | inability | the sky | for all other gods | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sky=Beneficiary |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
His stated inability to pass the gateway, since sunbeams are forbidden in that kingdom
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 inability | nmod:poss |
| 2 | stated | state | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 inability | amod |
| 3 | inability | inability | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pass | nsubj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 pass | mark |
| 5 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 gateway | det |
| 7 | gateway | gateway | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pass | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 forbidden | punct |
| 9 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 12 forbidden | mark |
| 10 | sunbeams | sunbeam | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 forbidden | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 forbidden | aux:pass |
| 12 | forbidden | forbid | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 pass | conj |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 kingdom | case |
| 14 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 15 kingdom | det |
| 15 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 forbidden | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | state speech: other | participle | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | pass | to-infinitive | His stated inability | the gateway | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme gateway=Trajectory | ||||
| 3 | forbid | present · passive | sunbeams | that kingdom | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3
His stated inability to pass the gateway, since the sunbeams are forbidden in that kingdom, which Ceres herself had already admitted to the queen earlier in the palace
The tree, 28 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 inability | nmod:poss |
| 2 | stated | state | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 inability | amod |
| 3 | inability | inability | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pass | nsubj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 pass | mark |
| 5 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 gateway | det |
| 7 | gateway | gateway | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pass | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 forbidden | punct |
| 9 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 13 forbidden | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 sunbeams | det |
| 11 | sunbeams | sunbeam | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 forbidden | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 forbidden | aux:pass |
| 13 | forbidden | forbid | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 pass | conj |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 kingdom | case |
| 15 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 16 kingdom | det |
| 16 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 forbidden | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 admitted | punct |
| 18 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 admitted | obj |
| 19 | Ceres | Ceres | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 admitted | nsubj:pass |
| 20 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 19 Ceres | appos |
| 21 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 admitted | aux |
| 22 | already | already | ADV | _ | 23 admitted | advmod |
| 23 | admitted | admit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 kingdom | acl:relcl |
| 24 | to | to | ADP | _ | 26 queen | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 queen | det |
| 26 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 admitted | obl |
| 27 | earlier | early | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 13 forbidden | advmod |
| 28 | in | in | ADP | _ | 30 palace | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 palace | det |
| 30 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 forbidden | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | state speech: other | participle | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | pass | to-infinitive | His stated inability | the gateway | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme gateway=Trajectory | ||||
| 3 | forbid | present · passive | the sunbeams | that kingdom | in the palace; early property | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||
| 4 | admit speech: other | past · perfect · passive | Ceres | to the queen | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme which=Location |
Option 4
His stated refusal to ride with Ceres, since sunbeams are feared in that kingdom
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 refusal | nmod:poss |
| 2 | stated | state | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 refusal | amod |
| 3 | refusal | refusal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 feared | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 ride | mark |
| 5 | ride | ride | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 refusal | acl |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 Ceres | case |
| 7 | Ceres | Ceres | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 ride | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 feared | punct |
| 9 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 12 feared | mark |
| 10 | sunbeams | sunbeam | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 feared | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 feared | aux:pass |
| 12 | feared | fear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 kingdom | case |
| 14 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 15 kingdom | det |
| 15 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 feared | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | state speech: other | participle | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | ride | to-infinitive | His stated refusal not said here | with Ceres | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | fear | present · passive | His stated refusal | that kingdom | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | refuse | His = he | nom refusal «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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