Exam question 2 · Orange Fairy Book, The Gold-Bearded Man, part 1: a wicked…

Which action does the wicked stepfather explicitly take against the young prince after his accession to the throne?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action · What happens: do, take, accede · To what, where: wicked stepfather

This is exam question 2 of lesson 693 «Orange Fairy Book, The Gold-Bearded Man, part 1: a wicked stepfather, a milk-brook, and a golden cage» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	nsubj
3	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stepfather	det
5	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stepfather	amod
6	stepfather	stepfather	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	obj
7	explicitly	explicitly	ADV	_	8 take	advmod
8	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 does	advcl
9	against	against	ADP	_	12 prince	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 prince	det
11	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 prince	amod
12	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 take	obl
13	after	after	ADP	_	15 accession	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 accession	nmod:poss
15	accession	accession	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 take	obl
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 throne	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 throne	det
18	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 take	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	which action	the wicked stepfather			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stepfather=Eventuality
2	take	present	which action not said here		after action's accession	against the young prince; to the throne result; explicitly property	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to throne=Result
3	accede		action				nom accession «process intransitive»: poss=agent

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

he gives him a full share of power

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 gives	nsubj
2	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gives	iobj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 share	det
5	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 share	amod
6	share	share	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gives	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 power	case
8	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 share	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	he	a full share of power	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient share=Theme
2	share			power					nom share «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

he sends him away to a distant foreign land with a small guard

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 sends	nsubj
2	sends	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sends	obj
4	away	away	ADV	_	2 sends	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	9 land	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 land	det
7	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 land	amod
8	foreign	foreign	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 land	amod
9	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sends	obl
10	with	with	ADP	_	13 guard	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 guard	det
12	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 guard	amod
13	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 land	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send away	present	he	him = he				to a distant foreign land with a small guard; away property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

he neglects him, giving scanty food

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 neglects	nsubj
2	neglects	neglect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 neglects	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 giving	punct
5	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 neglects	advcl
6	scanty	scanty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 food	amod
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 giving	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	neglect	present	he	him = he					vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	give	gerund	he not said here	scanty food					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme

Option 4

he sends him to war now

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 sends	nsubj
2	sends	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sends	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 war	case
5	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sends	obl
6	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 sends	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	present	he	him = he		war	now		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to war=Destination

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