Exam question 1 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and the Golden Apples, part 22: J…

Which of the following describes the time at which Jack was required to present himself at the castle gates?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, describe, require, present · To what, where: Jack, castle gates

This is exam question 1 of lesson 255 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and the Golden Apples, part 22: Jack sneaks past the sleeping monsters, steals the apples, and heads home» 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	5 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 time	det
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 required	obl
10	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 required	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 required	aux:pass
12	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 time	acl:relcl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 present	mark
14	present	present	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 required	xcomp
15	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	14 present	obj
16	at	at	ADP	_	19 gates	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 gates	det
18	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 gates	compound
19	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 present	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present			time	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	require	past · passive	Jack		at the time	vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
4	present	to-infinitive	Jack	the castle gates		vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=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

At one o'clock

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	3 o'clock	case
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 o'clock	nummod
3	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

He had to arrive at the gate at noon

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 arrive	mark
4	arrive	arrive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 had	xcomp
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 gate	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gate	det
7	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 arrive	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 noon	case
9	noon	noon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 arrive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	He						tree rules
2	arrive	to-infinitive	He not said here			the gate	noon		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He was required to present himself at exactly one o'clock

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 required	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 present	mark
5	present	present	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 required	xcomp
6	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	5 present	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	10 o'clock	case
8	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	9 one	advmod
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 o'clock	nummod
10	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 present	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	past · passive		He					vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	present	to-infinitive		himself = he		one o'clock			vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme

Option 4

He was ordered to come to the castle by noon

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 ordered	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 ordered	aux:pass
3	ordered	order	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 come	mark
5	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 ordered	xcomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 castle	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 castle	det
8	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 come	obl
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 noon	case
10	noon	noon	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order	past · passive		He					vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	come not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here			the castle	noon		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to castle=Initial_Location

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