Exam question 3 · Book of Tales (pg18442), The Black Douglas: a castle won b…

Pray state the fate accorded to the woman and her infant.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Pray · What happens: state, accord · To what, where: fate

This is exam question 3 of lesson 345 «Book of Tales (pg18442), The Black Douglas: a castle won back at dusk» 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	Pray	Pray	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 state	nsubj
2	state	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fate	det
4	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 state	obj
5	accorded	accord	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 fate	acl
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 woman	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 woman	det
8	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 accorded	obl:agent
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 infant	cc
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 infant	nmod:poss
11	infant	infant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 woman	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 state	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	past	Pray	the fate					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent fate=Topic
2	accord	participle		the fate not said here					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: 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

The Black Douglas ordered that neither the woman nor her infant be harmed in any way whatsoever

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Douglas	det
2	Black	Black	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Douglas	compound
3	Douglas	Douglas	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 ordered	nsubj
4	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 harmed	mark
6	neither	neither	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	8 woman	cc:preconj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 woman	det
8	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 harmed	parataxis
9	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	10 her	cc
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 woman	conj
11	infant	infant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 harmed	nsubj:pass
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 harmed	aux:pass
13	harmed	harm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 ordered	xcomp
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 way	case
15	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	16 way	det
16	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 harmed	obl
17	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	13 harmed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order	past	the Black Douglas						vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	harm not said to happen	infinitive · passive		infant		any way		whatsoever property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The Black Douglas forbade that they be harmed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Douglas	det
2	Black	Black	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Douglas	compound
3	Douglas	Douglas	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 forbade	nsubj
4	forbade	forbid	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 harmed	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 harmed	nsubj
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 harmed	aux:pass
8	harmed	harm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 forbade	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forbid	past	the Black Douglas						vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer
2	harm	infinitive · passive		they					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

Option 3

The Scots kept them as hostages there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Scots	det
2	Scots	Scot	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 kept	nsubj
3	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 kept	obj
5	as	as	ADP	_	6 hostages	case
6	hostages	hostage	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 kept	obl
7	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 kept	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	the Scots	them = they		there		as hostages	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4

They were shipped off to a Scottish prison

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 shipped	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 shipped	aux:pass
3	shipped	ship	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	off	off	ADP	_	3 shipped	compound:prt
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 prison	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 prison	det
7	Scottish	Scottish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 prison	amod
8	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shipped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ship off	past · passive		They		a Scottish prison			vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to prison=Destination

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