Exam question 4 · Hungarian Fairy Tales, The Clever Youth, part 12: the yout…

What is the principal lesson concerning deception and perception that this part of the tale conveys to the reader?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: principal lesson, part · What happens: be, concern, convey · To what, where: deception, reader

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lesson	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lesson	amod
5	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 lesson	acl
7	deception	deception	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 concerning	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 perception	cc
9	perception	perception	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 deception	conj
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 conveys	mark
11	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 part	det
12	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 conveys	nsubj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 tale	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 tale	det
15	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 part	nmod
16	conveys	convey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 concerning	advcl
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 reader	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 reader	det
19	reader	reader	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 conveys	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	is a	present	the principal lesson			tree rules
2	concern	gerund	the principal lesson not said here	deception and perception		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus deception=Experiencer
3	convey	present	this part of the tale		the reader	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to reader=Recipient

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

magic alone decides every contest of wit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 decides	nsubj
2	alone	alone	ADV	_	1 magic	advmod
3	decides	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 contest	det
5	contest	contest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 decides	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 wit	case
7	wit	wit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 contest	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	present	magic	every contest of wit					vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent contest=Topic
2	contest			wit					nom contest «event transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

cleverness and planning can defeat the cruel schemes of the powerful

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cleverness	cleverness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 defeat	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 planning	cc
3	planning	planning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 cleverness	conj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 defeat	aux
5	defeat	defeat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 schemes	det
7	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 schemes	amod
8	schemes	scheme	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 defeat	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 powerful	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 powerful	det
11	powerful	powerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 schemes	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	defeat	can	cleverness and planning	the cruel schemes of the powerful					tree rules

Option 3

wealth and armies always win in the end

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 win	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 armies	cc
3	armies	army	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 wealth	conj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 win	advmod
5	win	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 end	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 end	det
8	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 win	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	present	wealth and armies				in the end	always property	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: agent=Agent in end=Eventuality

Option 4

obedience to a ruler is the highest virtue

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	obedience	obedience	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 virtue	nsubj
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 ruler	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 ruler	det
4	ruler	ruler	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 obedience	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 virtue	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 virtue	det
7	highest	high	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 virtue	amod
8	virtue	virtue	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	obedience to a ruler	the highest virtue					tree rules

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.

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