Exam question 2 · Roman Tales, Androclus and the Lion: a runaway slave befri…

By what means does Cornelia declare that her true wealth consists?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Cornelia, true wealth · What happens: mean, declare, consist

This is exam question 2 of lesson 351 «Roman Tales, Androclus and the Lion: a runaway slave befriends a lion and wins his freedom in Rome» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 declare	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 declare	aux
5	Cornelia	Cornelia	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 declare	nsubj
6	declare	declare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 consists	mark
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 wealth	nmod:poss
9	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 wealth	amod
10	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 consists	nsubj
11	consists	consist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 declare	advcl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 declare	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	mean	present		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	declare speech: other	present · do-support	Cornelia	vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
3	consist	present	Cornelia's true wealth	tree rules

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

Through her two daughters at home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	4 daughters	case
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 daughters	nmod:poss
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 daughters	nummod
4	daughters	daughter	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 home	case
6	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 daughters	nmod

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

Option 2

By the sons she raised, who stand proudly beside her as her greatest treasures in life

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 sons	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sons	det
3	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 stand	obl
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 raised	nsubj
5	raised	raise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sons	acl:relcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 stand	punct
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 stand	nsubj
8	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	proudly	proudly	ADV	_	8 stand	advmod
10	beside	beside	ADP	_	11 her	case
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 stand	obl
12	as	as	ADP	_	15 treasures	case
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 treasures	nmod:poss
14	greatest	great	ADJ	Degree=Sup	15 treasures	amod
15	treasures	treasure	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 stand	obl
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 life	case
17	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stand	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	raise	past	she	the sons not said here			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme
2	stand	present			life	by the sons; beside her = she; as her greatest treasures; proudly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by son=Location
3	treasure		her = she				nom treasure «possession transitive»: poss=agent

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

By her two sons, who stand beside her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	4 sons	case
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 sons	nmod:poss
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 sons	nummod
4	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 stand	punct
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 stand	nsubj
7	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sons	acl:relcl
8	beside	beside	ADP	_	9 her	case
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 stand	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present	her two sons					beside her = she	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside she=Location

Option 4

By her sons and her noble household

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 sons	case
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 sons	nmod:poss
3	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 household	cc
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 household	nmod:poss
6	noble	noble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 household	amod
7	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sons	conj

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

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