Exam question 3 · Ungarische Mährchen, The Prince and the Crows, part 2: the…

For what reason did the prince refrain from marrying during his father's absence?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: reason, father · What happens: do, marry, absent · To what, where: prince refrain

This is exam question 3 of lesson 662 «Ungarische Mährchen, The Prince and the Crows, part 2: the Goldtown bride and the three warnings on the bridge» 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	For	for	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 refrain	det
6	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 refrain	compound
7	refrain	refrain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	from	from	SCONJ	_	9 marrying	mark
9	marrying	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 did	advcl
10	during	during	ADP	_	14 absence	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 father	nmod:poss
12	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 absence	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 father	case
14	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 marrying	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	do	past	reason	the prince refrain		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent refrain=Eventuality
2	marry	gerund	reason not said here		during reason's father's absence	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	absent		reason's father			nom absence «state transitive»: poss=agent

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

He had been expressly forbidden to marry until the king's return

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 forbidden	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 forbidden	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 forbidden	aux:pass
4	expressly	expressly	ADV	_	5 forbidden	advmod
5	forbidden	forbid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 marry	mark
7	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 forbidden	xcomp
8	until	until	ADP	_	12 return	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 king	det
10	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 return	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 king	case
12	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 marry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	forbid	past · perfect · passive		He		expressly property	tree rules
2	marry	to-infinitive			until the king's return		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	return		the king				nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

He had sworn his father that he would remain unwed until the king's return

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sworn	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sworn	aux
3	sworn	swear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 father	nmod:poss
5	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sworn	obj
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 remain	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 remain	nsubj
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 remain	aux
9	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sworn	ccomp
10	unwed	unwed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 remain	xcomp
11	until	until	ADP	_	15 return	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 king	det
13	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 return	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 king	case
15	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 remain	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	swear	past · perfect	He	his father			tree rules
2	remain	would	he		until the king's return	unwed property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	return		the king				nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

He was too young to wed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 young	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 young	cop
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 young	advmod
4	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 wed	mark
6	wed	wed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 young	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					young property	tree rules
2	wed	to-infinitive	He not said here						vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

His mother had asked him to delay any wedding until the harvest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mother	nmod:poss
2	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 asked	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 asked	aux
4	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 asked	iobj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 delay	mark
7	delay	delay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 asked	xcomp
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 wedding	det
9	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 delay	obj
10	until	until	ADP	_	12 harvest	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 harvest	det
12	harvest	harvest	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 delay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past · perfect	His mother		him = he				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	delay not said to happen	to-infinitive	His mother not said here	any wedding			until the harvest		vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent wedding=Source

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/662-pg2435-part2/e3/