Exam question 3 · Fairy Book, The Seven Simons: Helena is won back and the S…
What favours did the eldest Simon request on behalf of his brothers?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: favour, do · To what, where: eldest Simon request, behalf
This is exam question 3 of lesson 669 «Fairy Book, The Seven Simons: Helena is won back and the Simons are rewarded» 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 favours | nsubj |
| 2 | favours | favour | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 favours | ccomp |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 request | det |
| 5 | eldest | eld | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 request | amod |
| 6 | Simon | Simon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 request | compound |
| 7 | request | request | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 behalf | case |
| 9 | behalf | behalf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 request | nmod |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 brothers | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 12 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 behalf | nmod |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 favours | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | favour | present | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | do | past | the eldest Simon request | behalf of his brothers | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent request=Eventuality |
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
tax-free land and a pardon for the seventh Simon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tax | tax | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 land | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 tax | punct |
| 3 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 land | amod |
| 4 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 pardon | cc |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 pardon | det |
| 7 | pardon | pardon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 land | conj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 Simon | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Simon | det |
| 10 | seventh | seventh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 Simon | amod |
| 11 | Simon | Simon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 pardon | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
tax-free land for all three brothers and a full pardon for the seventh Simon who was a thief by trade
The tree, 21 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tax | tax | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 land | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 tax | punct |
| 3 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 land | amod |
| 4 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 brothers | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 brothers | det |
| 7 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 brothers | nummod |
| 8 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 land | nmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 pardon | cc |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 pardon | det |
| 11 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 pardon | amod |
| 12 | pardon | pardon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 brothers | conj |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 Simon | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 Simon | det |
| 15 | seventh | seventh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 Simon | amod |
| 16 | Simon | Simon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 pardon | nmod |
| 17 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 thief | nsubj |
| 18 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 thief | cop |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 thief | det |
| 20 | thief | thief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 pardon | conj |
| 21 | by | by | ADP | _ | 22 trade | case |
| 22 | trade | trade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 thief | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | a full pardon for the seventh Simon and a thief | a thief | by trade | tree rules |
Option 3
gold coins for the brothers and a pardon for thieves
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 coins | compound |
| 2 | coins | coin | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 brothers | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 brothers | det |
| 5 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 coins | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 pardon | cc |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 pardon | det |
| 8 | pardon | pardon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 coins | conj |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 thieves | case |
| 10 | thieves | thief | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 pardon | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
a castle and a royal title for all of them now
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 castle | det |
| 2 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 title | cc |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 title | det |
| 5 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 title | amod |
| 6 | title | title | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 castle | conj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 all | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 title | nmod |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 them | case |
| 10 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 all | nmod |
| 11 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 castle | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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