Exam question 2 · The Book of Dragons, The Book of Beasts, part 1: Lionel is…

With reference to the text, state the reason given by the Prime Minister for the public subscription towards the royal crown.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: give · To what, where: reason

This is exam question 2 of lesson 633 «The Book of Dragons, The Book of Beasts, part 1: Lionel is fetched from the nursery and made King» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 text	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 text	det
5	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 state	punct
7	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 reason	det
9	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 state	obj
10	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 reason	acl
11	by	by	ADP	_	14 Minister	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Minister	det
13	Prime	Prime	PROPN	_	14 Minister	compound
14	Minister	Minister	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 given	obl
15	for	for	ADP	_	18 subscription	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 subscription	det
17	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 subscription	amod
18	subscription	subscription	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 given	obl
19	towards	towards	ADP	_	22 crown	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 crown	det
21	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 crown	amod
22	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 given	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 reference	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	participle		the reason not said here				by the Prime Minister; for the public subscription; towards the royal crown	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for subscription=Asset

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

The old King was too poor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 King	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 King	amod
3	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 poor	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 poor	cop
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 poor	advmod
6	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the old King					poor property	tree rules

Option 2

The people wished to honour the young King

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 people	det
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wished	nsubj
3	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 honour	mark
5	honour	honour	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wished	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 King	det
7	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 King	amod
8	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 honour	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	past	the people						vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	honour not said to happen	to-infinitive	the people not said here	the young King					tree rules

Option 3

It was the custom for the Chancellor to pay for it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 custom	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 custom	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 custom	det
4	custom	custom	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 Chancellor	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Chancellor	det
7	Chancellor	Chancellor	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 custom	nmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 pay	mark
9	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 custom	acl
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 pay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	the custom				for the Chancellor	tree rules
2	pay	to-infinitive						for Chancellor	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for it=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The crown must be paid for by the people, per the custom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 crown	det
2	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 paid	nsubj:pass
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 paid	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 paid	aux:pass
5	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	5 paid	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 people	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 people	det
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 paid	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 custom	punct
11	per	per	ADP	_	13 custom	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 custom	det
13	custom	custom	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 paid	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	must · passive	the people	the crown					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Asset

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