Exam question 1 · Brave Deeds, The Soldier and the Swede, part 7: a soldier…
Which reward did the King of the Danes grant to the soldier for his mercy?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: King · What happens: reward, do, grant · To what, where: soldier
This is exam question 1 of lesson 347 «Brave Deeds, The Soldier and the Swede, part 7: a soldier spares a wounded enemy, and English heroes and a little Indian girl show courage» 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 | 2 reward | nsubj |
| 2 | reward | reward | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 reward | ccomp |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 King | det |
| 5 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 grant | nsubj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Danes | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Danes | det |
| 8 | Danes | Dane | PROPN | Number=Plur | 5 King | nmod |
| 9 | grant | grant | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 reward | parataxis |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 soldier | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 soldier | det |
| 12 | soldier | soldier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 grant | obl |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 mercy | case |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 mercy | nmod:poss |
| 15 | mercy | mercy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 soldier | nmod |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 reward | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reward | present | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | do | past | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | grant | present | the King of the Danes | to the soldier for King's mercy goal | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to soldier=Goal |
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
A knighthood, a noble title, and a large estate by the sea
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 knighthood | det |
| 2 | knighthood | knighthood | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 title | punct |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 title | det |
| 5 | noble | noble | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 title | amod |
| 6 | title | title | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 knighthood | appos |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 knighthood | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 estate | cc |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 estate | det |
| 10 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 estate | amod |
| 11 | estate | estate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 knighthood | conj |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 sea | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 sea | det |
| 14 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 knighthood | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
A promotion to captain of the royal guard and a sword of silver
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 promotion | det |
| 2 | promotion | promotion | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 captain | case |
| 4 | captain | captain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 promotion | nmod |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 guard | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 guard | det |
| 7 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 guard | amod |
| 8 | guard | guard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 promotion | nmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 sword | cc |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 sword | det |
| 11 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 promotion | conj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 silver | case |
| 13 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 sword | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | promote | the royal guard | to captain | nom promotion «communication transitive»: to=obl of=patient |
Option 3
A noble horse and a castle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 horse | det |
| 2 | noble | noble | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 horse | amod |
| 3 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 castle | cc |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 castle | det |
| 6 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 horse | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A knighthood and a noble title
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 knighthood | det |
| 2 | knighthood | knighthood | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 title | cc |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 title | det |
| 5 | noble | noble | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 title | amod |
| 6 | title | title | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 knighthood | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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