Exam question 1 · Historical Tales, The King and His Hawk, part 14: a thirst…

Pursuant to the narrative, to what cause may the sovereign's failure to obtain water be attributed?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cause · What happens: failure, obtain, attribute · To what, where: water

This is exam question 1 of lesson 354 «Historical Tales, The King and His Hawk, part 14: a thirsty king is kept from drinking by his pet hawk» 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	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	_	4 narrative	advmod
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 narrative	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 narrative	det
4	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 failure	punct
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 what	case
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 failure	obl
8	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 failure	nsubj
9	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 failure	aux
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sovereign	det
11	sovereign	sovereign	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 failure	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 sovereign	case
13	failure	failure	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 narrative	appos
14	to	to	PART	_	15 obtain	mark
15	obtain	obtain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 failure	acl
16	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 obtain	obj
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 attributed	aux:pass
18	attributed	attribute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 obtain	xcomp
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 narrative	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	failure	may	cause		to the narrative	tree rules
2	obtain	to-infinitive		water		tree rules
3	attribute	infinitive · passive				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 · ← Mova's choice

the thirst of his tired horse and men

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 thirst	det
2	thirst	thirst	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 horse	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 horse	nmod:poss
5	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 horse	amod
6	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thirst	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 men	cc
8	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 horse	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	thirst		his tired horse and men						nom thirst «state intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

the repeated interference of his pet hawk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 interference	det
2	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 interference	amod
3	interference	interference	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 hawk	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 hawk	nmod:poss
6	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hawk	compound
7	hawk	hawk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 interference	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat	participle							vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	interfere		his pet hawk						nom interference «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

the hawk's repeated interference and the dry summer heat across the mountains

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hawk	det
2	hawk	hawk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 interference	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 hawk	case
4	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 interference	amod
5	interference	interference	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 heat	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 heat	det
8	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 heat	amod
9	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 heat	compound
10	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 interference	conj
11	across	across	ADP	_	13 mountains	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 mountains	det
13	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 heat	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat	participle							vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	interfere		the hawk						nom interference «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

the repeated interference of his pet hawk with the cup

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 interference	det
2	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 interference	amod
3	interference	interference	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 hawk	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 hawk	nmod:poss
6	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hawk	compound
7	hawk	hawk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 interference	nmod
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 cup	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cup	det
10	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hawk	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat	participle							vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	interfere		his pet hawk with the cup						nom interference «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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