Exam question 3 · Hungarian Fairy Tales, The Clever Youth, part 12: the yout…

Why did the Sultan's aunt advise him to have the youth killed, and how did she attempt to identify him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: aunt, him, youth · What happens: do, advise, have, kill, attempt, identify · To what, where: him

This is exam question 3 of lesson 672 «Hungarian Fairy Tales, The Clever Youth, part 12: the youth solves three riddles and outwits the Sultan's witch» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 did	advmod
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Sultan	det
4	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 aunt	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Sultan	case
6	aunt	aunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 advise	nsubj
7	advise	advise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	parataxis
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 advise	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 have	mark
10	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 advise	xcomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 youth	det
12	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 killed	nsubj
13	killed	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 have	ccomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 attempt	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 attempt	cc
16	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	19 attempt	advmod
17	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 attempt	aux
18	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 attempt	nsubj
19	attempt	attempt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 advise	parataxis
20	to	to	PART	_	21 identify	mark
21	identify	identify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 attempt	xcomp
22	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 identify	obj
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	advise speech: other	present	the Sultan's aunt	him = he	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	have not said to happen	to-infinitive	him = he not said here		tree rules
4	kill	past	the youth		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
5	attempt	past · do-support	youth		vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
6	identify not said to happen	to-infinitive	youth not said here	him = he	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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

she wished to marry him, and she sent a letter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wished	nsubj
2	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 marry	mark
4	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wished	xcomp
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 marry	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sent	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sent	cc
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sent	nsubj
9	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wished	parataxis
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 letter	det
11	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sent	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wish	past	she		vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	marry not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here	him = he	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
3	send	past	she	a letter	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme

Option 2

she wanted his horse, and she searched his bed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem 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	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 horse	nmod:poss
4	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 searched	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 searched	cc
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 searched	nsubj
8	searched	search	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wanted	conj
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 bed	nmod:poss
10	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 searched	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	she	his horse					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot horse=Theme
2	search	past	horse	his bed					vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent bed=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

she believed he was the true solver and would become King, and she cut a sleeve

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 believed	nsubj
2	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 solver	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 solver	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 solver	det
6	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 solver	amod
7	solver	solver	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 believed	ccomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 become	cc
9	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 become	aux
10	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 believed	conj
11	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 become	xcomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 cut	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 cut	cc
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 cut	nsubj
15	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 believed	parataxis
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 sleeve	det
17	sleeve	sleeve	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 cut	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	believe	past	she		vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
2	is a	past	he	the true solver	tree rules
3	become	would	she not said here		vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
4	cut	past	she	a sleeve	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sleeve=Product

Option 4

she feared his cooking, and she painted his face

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 feared	nsubj
2	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 cooking	nmod:poss
4	cooking	cooking	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feared	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 painted	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 painted	cc
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 painted	nsubj
8	painted	paint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 feared	conj
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 face	nmod:poss
10	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 painted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	fear	past	she	his cooking	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cooking=Stimulus
2	paint	past	she	his face	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent face=Destination
3	cook		his = he		nom cooking «act intransitive»: poss=agent

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