Exam question 1 · English Fairy Tales, Catskin: Catskin wins her lord, and h…

Upon whose representation did the young lord's mother relent regarding the marriage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: representation · What happens: do, regard · To what, where: mother relent

This is exam question 1 of lesson 263 «English Fairy Tales, Catskin: Catskin wins her lord, and her father is found» 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 representation	case
2	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	3 representation	nmod:poss
3	representation	representation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lord	det
6	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lord	amod
7	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 relent	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 lord	case
9	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 relent	compound
10	relent	relent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
11	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 marriage	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 marriage	det
13	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	representation	the young lord's mother relent				regard the marriage	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent relent=Eventuality
2	regard	gerund							vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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

After the servants' pleading that the lord was dying

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	SCONJ	_	5 pleading	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 servants	det
3	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pleading	nsubj
4	'	's	PART	_	3 servants	case
5	pleading	plead	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 dying	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lord	det
8	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dying	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 dying	aux
10	dying	die	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 pleading	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plead speech: request	gerund	the servants						tree rules
2	die	past · progressive	the lord						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Upon the physician's representation that her son would perish

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	5 representation	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 physician	det
3	physician	physician	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 representation	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 physician	case
5	representation	representation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 perish	mark
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 son	nmod:poss
8	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 perish	nsubj
9	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 perish	aux
10	perish	perish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 representation	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perish	would	her son	the physician's representation not said here					tree rules
2	represent		the physician						nom representation «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Upon the king's command that the lady must marry him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	5 command	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 command	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 king	case
5	command	command	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 marry	obj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lady	det
8	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 marry	nsubj
9	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 marry	aux
10	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 command	acl:relcl
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 marry	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	marry	must	the lady	the king's command					tree rules
2	command		the king						nom command «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

On the doctor's word

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	5 word	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 doctor	det
3	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 word	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 doctor	case
5	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	word		the doctor						nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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