Exam question 1 · Crimson Fairy Book, The Seven Simeons, part 8: Simon steal…

Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which the seventh Simon was dispatched to the Island of Busan?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe, dispatch · To what, where: manner, seventh Simon, Island

This is exam question 1 of lesson 668 «Crimson Fairy Book, The Seven Simeons, part 8: Simon steals the princess and sails off under the sea» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 manner	det
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 dispatched	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Simon	det
12	seventh	seventh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 Simon	amod
13	Simon	Simon	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 dispatched	nsubj:pass
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 dispatched	aux:pass
15	dispatched	dispatch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 manner	acl:relcl
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 Island	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Island	det
18	Island	Island	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 dispatched	obl
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 Busan	case
20	Busan	Busan	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 Island	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the manner			accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
3	dispatch	past · passive	the seventh Simon	the Island of Busan	the manner		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to island=Destination

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

He was sent at the king's own command

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 sent	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	aux:pass
3	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	9 command	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 command	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 king	case
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 command	amod
9	command	command	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past · passive		He		the king's own command			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	command		the king						nom command «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

He was sent upon the advice of the Court Fool and the queen

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 sent	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	aux:pass
3	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 advice	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 advice	det
6	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 Fool	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Fool	det
9	Court	Court	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Fool	compound
10	Fool	Fool	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 advice	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 queen	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 queen	det
13	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Fool	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past · passive		He				upon the advice of the Court Fool and the queen	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

He was sent by his brothers' plea

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 sent	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	aux:pass
3	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	8 plea	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 brothers	nmod:poss
6	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 plea	nmod:poss
7	'	's	PART	_	6 brothers	case
8	plea	plea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past · passive	his brothers's plea	He					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He was sent upon the advice of the Court Fool

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 sent	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	aux:pass
3	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 advice	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 advice	det
6	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 Fool	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Fool	det
9	Court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Fool	compound
10	Fool	fool	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 advice	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past · passive		He				upon the advice of the Court Fool	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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