Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales (pg2435), The Boy Who Could Keep A Secret: the…

For what reason did the king order that the boy be brought to him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: reason · What happens: do, bring · To what, where: king order, boy, reason

This is exam question 3 of lesson 670 «Fairy Tales (pg2435), The Boy Who Could Keep A Secret: the king adopts the boy, and the sword slides home» 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 order	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 order	compound
7	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 brought	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 boy	det
10	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 brought	nsubj:pass
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 brought	aux:pass
12	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 did	advcl
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 him	case
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 brought	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	reason	the king order					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Eventuality
2	bring	infinitive · passive		the boy	reason				vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to he=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

Since he couldn't abide others crying loudly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Since	since	SCONJ	_	5 abide	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 abide	nsubj
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 abide	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 abide	advmod
5	abide	abide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 abide	obj
7	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 abide	advcl
8	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	7 crying	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not abide	could	he	others					tree rules
2	cry speech: express	gerund	he not said here					loudly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He wanted a boy

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	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 boy	det
4	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	He	a boy					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot boy=Theme

Option 3

To ask a question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 ask	mark
2	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 question	det
4	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ask	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive		a question					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Because he could not bear anyone else to weep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 bear	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 bear	nsubj
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 bear	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 bear	advmod
5	bear	bear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 bear	obj
7	else	else	ADV	_	6 anyone	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 weep	mark
9	weep	weep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 bear	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not bear	could	he	anyone					tree rules
2	weep	to-infinitive	he not said here						vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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