Exam question 4 · English Fairy Tales, Gobborn Seer: Jack's clever wife send…
Which option best explains the king's eventual decision to release Gobborn Seer and Jack from the palace grounds?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: option, king · What happens: explain, release, decide · To what, where: eventual decision, Gobborn Seer, palace grounds
This is exam question 4 of lesson 244 «English Fairy Tales, Gobborn Seer: Jack's clever wife sends him back to tell a tale, and the king's son is trapped in a chest» 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 option | det |
| 2 | option | option | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 explains | nsubj |
| 3 | best | well | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 explains | advmod |
| 4 | explains | explain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 king | det |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 decision | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 king | case |
| 8 | eventual | eventual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 decision | amod |
| 9 | decision | decision | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 explains | obj |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 release | mark |
| 11 | release | release | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 decision | acl |
| 12 | Gobborn | Gobborn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Seer | compound |
| 13 | Seer | seer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 release | obj |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 Jack | cc |
| 15 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Seer | conj |
| 16 | from | from | ADP | _ | 19 grounds | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 grounds | det |
| 18 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 grounds | compound |
| 19 | grounds | grounds | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 11 release | obl |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 explains | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | explain speech: assert | present | which option | the king's eventual decision | well property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent decision=Topic | |||
| 2 | release | to-infinitive | which option not said here | Gobborn Seer and Jack | the palace grounds | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer seer=Source | |||
| 3 | decide | the king | 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 · ← Mova's choice
He was overcome with remorse for his intended treachery
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 overcome | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 overcome | aux:pass |
| 3 | overcome | overcome | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 remorse | case |
| 5 | remorse | remorse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 overcome | obl |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 treachery | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 treachery | nmod:poss |
| 8 | intended | intend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 treachery | amod |
| 9 | treachery | treachery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 overcome | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | overcome | past · passive | He | with remorse; for his intended treachery | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | intend | participle | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
He received an unexpected gift of great value
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 received | nsubj |
| 2 | received | receive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 gift | det |
| 4 | unexpected | unexpected | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 gift | amod |
| 5 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 received | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 value | case |
| 7 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 value | amod |
| 8 | value | value | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gift | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | receive | past | He | a unexpected gift of great value | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Theme | ||||
| 2 | gift | great value | nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient |
Option 3
He was persuaded by the entreaties of the housekeeper
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 persuaded | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 persuaded | aux:pass |
| 3 | persuaded | persuade | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 entreaties | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 entreaties | det |
| 6 | entreaties | entreaty | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 persuaded | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 housekeeper | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 housekeeper | det |
| 9 | housekeeper | housekeeper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 entreaties | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | persuade | past · passive | the entreaties of the housekeeper | He | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
He saw his son's letter and accepted the completed building
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 saw | nsubj |
| 2 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 son | nmod:poss |
| 4 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 letter | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 son | case |
| 6 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 saw | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 accepted | cc |
| 8 | accepted | accept | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 saw | conj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 building | det |
| 10 | completed | complete | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 building | amod |
| 11 | building | building | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 accepted | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | He | his son's letter | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer letter=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | accept | past | He not said here | the completed building | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent building=Theme | ||||
| 3 | complete | participle | vn complete-55.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | letter | his son | nom letter «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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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