Exam question 2 · Tales of Many Lands, The Three Robes, part 1: the ogress p…

In what manner does the minister come to obtain the consent of the lady Blauvor to the proposed marriage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: do, come, obtain, propose, consent · To what, where: minister, manner, consent, lady

This is exam question 2 of lesson 697 «Tales of Many Lands, The Three Robes, part 1: the ogress pays the youth, then the minister sets out to find a queen» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obl
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 minister	det
6	minister	minister	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
7	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 does	xcomp
8	to	to	PART	_	9 obtain	mark
9	obtain	obtain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 come	xcomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 consent	det
11	consent	consent	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 obtain	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 lady	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 lady	det
14	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 consent	nmod
15	Blauvor	Blauvor	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 lady	appos
16	to	to	ADP	_	19 marriage	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 marriage	det
18	proposed	propose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 marriage	amod
19	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 obtain	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	present	the minister	what manner		tree rules
2	come	infinitive				tree rules
3	obtain	to-infinitive	the consent of the lady		to the proposed marriage	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset consent=Theme
4	propose	participle				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	consent		the lady			nom consent «communication transitive»: of=patient

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

He presses his suit persistently until she yields, having first protested her unworthiness

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 presses	nsubj
2	presses	press	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 suit	nmod:poss
4	suit	suit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 presses	obj
5	persistently	persistently	ADV	_	2 presses	advmod
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 yields	mark
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 yields	nsubj
8	yields	yield	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 presses	advcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 having	punct
10	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 presses	advcl
11	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 protested	advmod
12	protested	protest	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 having	ccomp
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 unworthiness	nmod:poss
14	unworthiness	unworthiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 protested	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	press	present	He	his suit	persistently property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent suit=Theme
2	yield	present	she			vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	have	gerund	He not said here			tree rules
4	protest speech: disagree	past	He not said here	her unworthiness	first property	vn rebel-71.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent unworthiness=Topic

Option 2

He orders her to marry him

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 orders	nsubj
2	orders	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 orders	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 marry	mark
5	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 orders	xcomp
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 marry	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order	present	He		her = she				vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
2	marry not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	him = he					vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 3

He tricks her into the match by lying about her husband's death in battle

The tree, 15 words

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 tricks	nsubj
2	tricks	trick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tricks	obj
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 match	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 match	det
6	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tricks	obl
7	by	by	SCONJ	_	8 lying	mark
8	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 tricks	advcl
9	about	about	ADP	_	13 death	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 husband	nmod:poss
11	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 death	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 husband	case
13	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lying	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 battle	case
15	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	trick	present	He	her = she		into the match result	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent she=Patient into match=Result
2	lie	gerund	He not said here		battle	about her husband's death	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about death=Location
3	die		her husband				nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

He sends gifts each day, and she refuses him for a month before finally agreeing

The tree, 15 words

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	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sends	obj
4	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	5 day	det
5	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sends	obl:unmarked
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 refuses	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 refuses	cc
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 refuses	nsubj
9	refuses	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 sends	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 refuses	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 month	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 month	det
13	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 refuses	obl
14	before	before	ADV	_	9 refuses	advmod
15	finally	finally	ADV	_	16 agreeing	advmod
16	agreeing	agree	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 refuses	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	send	present	He	gifts	day		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Theme
2	refuse	present	she	him = he	month	before property	vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	agree speech: agree	gerund	she not said here			finally property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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