Exam question 2 · Historical Tales, The King and His Hawk, part 14: a thirst…

Upon which route did the king elect to return to his encampment, in contrast to his companions?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: do, return · To what, where: king elect, contrast

This is exam question 2 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 route	case
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 route	det
3	route	route	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 elect	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 elect	compound
7	elect	elect	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 return	mark
9	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 elect	acl
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 encampment	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 encampment	nmod:poss
12	encampment	encampment	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 return	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 contrast	punct
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 contrast	case
15	contrast	contrast	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 companions	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 companions	nmod:poss
18	companions	companion	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 contrast	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the king elect		contrast to his companions		upon which route	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent elect=Eventuality
2	return	to-infinitive		the king elect not said here				to his encampment result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to encampment=Result

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

a longer road through a valley

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 road	det
2	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 road	advmod
3	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	through	through	ADP	_	6 valley	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 valley	det
6	valley	valley	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 road	nmod

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

Option 2

a steep path over the hills

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 path	det
2	steep	steep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 path	amod
3	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	over	over	ADP	_	6 hills	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hills	det
6	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 path	nmod

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

Option 3

a longer road through a deep valley with streams

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 road	det
2	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 road	advmod
3	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	through	through	ADP	_	7 valley	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 valley	det
6	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 valley	amod
7	valley	valley	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 road	nmod
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 streams	case
9	streams	stream	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 valley	nmod

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

Option 4

the longer road past the frozen mountain lakes and pines

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 road	det
2	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 road	advmod
3	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	past	past	ADP	_	8 lakes	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lakes	det
6	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 lakes	amod
7	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lakes	compound
8	lakes	lake	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 road	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 pines	cc
10	pines	pine	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 lakes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	freeze	participle							vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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