Exam question 4 · The Book of Dragons, The Book of Beasts, part 1: Lionel is…
Explain the significance of the young King's remark regarding the library and its volumes, with reference to the Prime Minister's counsel.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, young King · What happens: explain, regard, remark · To what, where: significance
This is exam question 4 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 | Explain | explain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 significance | det |
| 3 | significance | significance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Explain | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 remark | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 King | det |
| 6 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 King | amod |
| 7 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 remark | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 King | case |
| 9 | remark | remark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 significance | nmod |
| 10 | regarding | regard | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 library | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 library | det |
| 12 | library | library | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 remark | nmod |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 volumes | cc |
| 14 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 volumes | nmod:poss |
| 15 | volumes | volume | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 library | conj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 reference | punct |
| 17 | with | with | ADP | _ | 18 reference | case |
| 18 | reference | reference | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Explain | obl |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 counsel | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 Minister | det |
| 21 | Prime | Prime | PROPN | _ | 22 Minister | compound |
| 22 | Minister | Minister | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 counsel | nmod:poss |
| 23 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 22 Minister | case |
| 24 | counsel | counsel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 reference | nmod |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Explain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | explain speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | the significance of the young King's remark regard the library and remark's volumes | with reference to the Prime Minister's counsel | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent significance=Topic | |||
| 2 | regard | gerund | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | remark | the young King | regard the library and remark's volumes | nom remark «communication transitive»: poss=agent regard=obl |
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
Lionel wishes to sell the books to the people
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lionel | Lionel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 wishes | nsubj |
| 2 | wishes | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 sell | mark |
| 4 | sell | sell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wishes | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 books | det |
| 6 | books | book | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 sell | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 people | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 people | det |
| 9 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 sell | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wish | present | Lionel | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | sell not said to happen | to-infinitive | Lionel not said here | the books | the people | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent book=Theme to people=Recipient |
Option 2
Lionel longs to read them, ignoring the Chancellor's gentle warning
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lionel | lionel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 longs | compound |
| 2 | longs | long | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 read | mark |
| 4 | read | read | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 longs | acl |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 read | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 ignoring | punct |
| 7 | ignoring | ignore | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 read | advcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Chancellor | det |
| 9 | Chancellor | Chancellor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 warning | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 Chancellor | case |
| 11 | gentle | gentle | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 warning | amod |
| 12 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ignoring | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | to-infinitive | longs = long | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic | |||||
| 2 | ignore | gerund | the Chancellor's gentle warning | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warning=Theme | |||||
| 3 | warn | the Chancellor | nom warning «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Lionel delights in reading, disregarding the Prime Minister's advice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lionel | lionel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 delights | compound |
| 2 | delights | delight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 disregarding | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 reading | case |
| 4 | reading | reading | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 delights | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 disregarding | punct |
| 6 | disregarding | disregard | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Minister | det |
| 8 | Prime | Prime | PROPN | _ | 9 Minister | compound |
| 9 | Minister | Minister | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 advice | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 Minister | case |
| 11 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 disregarding | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | disregard | gerund | Lionel delights in reading | the Prime Minister's advice | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=Theme |
Option 4
Lionel delights in reading the library's volumes, disregarding the Prime Minister's advice that he should not read them at all
The tree, 22 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lionel | lionel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 delights | compound |
| 2 | delights | delight | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 4 reading | mark |
| 4 | reading | read | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 delights | acl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 library | det |
| 6 | library | library | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 volumes | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 library | case |
| 8 | volumes | volume | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 reading | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 disregarding | punct |
| 10 | disregarding | disregard | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 reading | conj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Minister | det |
| 12 | Prime | Prime | PROPN | _ | 13 Minister | compound |
| 13 | Minister | Minister | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 advice | nmod:poss |
| 14 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 13 Minister | case |
| 15 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 disregarding | obj |
| 16 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 20 read | mark |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 read | nsubj |
| 18 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 20 read | aux |
| 19 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 20 read | advmod |
| 20 | read | read | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 disregarding | advcl |
| 21 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 read | obj |
| 22 | at | at | ADP | _ | 23 all | case |
| 23 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 20 read | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | gerund | Lionel delights not said here | the library's volumes | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent volume=Topic | ||||
| 2 | disregard | gerund | Lionel delights not said here | the Prime Minister's advice | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=Theme | ||||
| 3 | not read | should | he | volumes = volume | all | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent they=Theme at all=Value |
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