Exam question 2 · Fifty Famous Stories Retold, King Alfred and the Beggar, p…

Which of the following accurately describes the instructions that the old man in the vision gave to King Alfred concerning the assembly of his army?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: old man · What happens: follow, describe, give, concern · To what, where: instructions, King, assembly

This is exam question 2 of lesson 341 «Fifty Famous Stories Retold, King Alfred and the Beggar, part 1: Alfred shares his last bread and wine, then sees a vision» 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	accurately	accurately	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 instructions	det
8	instructions	instruction	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 describes	obj
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 gave	obj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 man	det
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 man	amod
12	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 gave	nsubj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 vision	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 vision	det
15	vision	vision	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 man	nmod
16	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 instructions	acl:relcl
17	to	to	ADP	_	18 King	case
18	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 gave	obl
19	Alfred	Alfred	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 King	flat
20	concerning	concern	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 gave	advcl
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 assembly	det
22	assembly	assembly	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 concerning	obj
23	of	of	ADP	_	25 army	case
24	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 army	nmod:poss
25	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 assembly	nmod
26	?	?	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 instructions		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent instruction=Theme
3	give	past	the old man in the vision	the instructions	King		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent that=Theme to king=Recipient
4	concern	gerund	the old man in the vision not said here	the assembly of man's army			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus assembly=Experiencer

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 · ✓ the right answer

He instructed the king to blow his horn three times at dawn.

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 instructed	nsubj
2	instructed	instruct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 instructed	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 blow	mark
6	blow	blow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 instructed	xcomp
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 horn	nmod:poss
8	horn	horn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 blow	obj
9	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 times	nummod
10	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 blow	obl:unmarked
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 dawn	case
12	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 blow	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 instructed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	instruct speech: other	past	He	the king					vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S_INF»: agent=Agent king=Recipient clause=Topic
2	blow	to-infinitive	He not said here	king's horn			dawn; time		vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent horn=Patient

Option 2

He ordered the king to send riders to every town by sunset.

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 ordered	nsubj
2	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ordered	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 send	mark
6	send	send	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 ordered	xcomp
7	riders	rider	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 send	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 town	case
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 town	det
10	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 send	obl
11	by	by	ADP	_	12 sunset	case
12	sunset	sunset	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 send	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ordered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order	past	He		the king				vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent king=Recipient clause=Topic
2	send not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	riders		every town	sunset		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent rider=Theme to town=Destination

Option 3

He told the king to light a fire on the hill at night before the army came.

The tree, 17 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 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 told	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 light	mark
6	light	light	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 told	xcomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 fire	det
8	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 light	obj
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 hill	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hill	det
11	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 light	obl
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 night	case
13	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 light	obl
14	before	before	SCONJ	_	17 came	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 army	det
16	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 came	nsubj
17	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 light	advcl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	He		the king			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent king=Recipient clause=Topic
2	light not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	a fire		the hill	night	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Product
3	come	past	the army					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He told the king to blow his horn.

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 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 told	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 blow	mark
6	blow	blow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 told	ccomp
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 horn	nmod:poss
8	horn	horn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 blow	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	He		the king				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent king=Recipient clause=Topic
2	blow not said to happen	to-infinitive		king's horn					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent horn=Patient

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