Exam question 3 · Tales of Many Lands, The Three Robes, part 1: the ogress p…

What is the principal ground upon which the queen earnestly enjoined the king in her last words?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: principal ground, queen · What happens: be, enjoin, word · To what, where: king, last words

This is exam question 3 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	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 ground	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ground	amod
5	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 which	case
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 enjoined	obl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 queen	det
9	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 enjoined	nsubj
10	earnestly	earnestly	ADV	_	11 enjoined	advmod
11	enjoined	enjoin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 ground	acl:relcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 king	det
13	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 enjoined	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 words	case
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 words	nmod:poss
16	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 words	amod
17	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 enjoined	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the principal ground				tree rules
2	enjoin	past	the queen	the king	queen's last words	upon the principal ground; earnestly property	tree rules
3	word		queen				nom word «communication transitive»: 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

That he should not rush into a wedding before the sea voyage ends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 rush	nsubj:outer
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 rush	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 rush	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 rush	advmod
5	rush	rush	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 wedding	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 wedding	det
8	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rush	obl
9	before	before	ADP	_	13 ends	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 ends	det
11	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 voyage	compound
12	voyage	voyage	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ends	compound
13	ends	end	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 rush	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not rush	should	That				before the voyage ends	into a wedding result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into wedding=Result

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

That he should not choose as his wife a woman from some small state or distant island

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 choose	nsubj:outer
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 choose	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 choose	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 choose	advmod
5	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 wife	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 wife	nmod:poss
8	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 choose	obl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 woman	det
10	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 choose	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	14 state	case
12	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	14 state	det
13	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 state	amod
14	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 choose	obl
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 island	cc
16	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 island	amod
17	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 state	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not choose	should	That	a woman		some small state or distant island		as his wife	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent woman=Theme from state=Source

Option 3

That he should choose a princess of his own land

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 choose	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 choose	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 choose	aux
4	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 princess	det
6	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 choose	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 land	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 land	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 land	amod
10	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 princess	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	should	That	a princess of his own land					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

That he should not choose as his wife a woman from some small state or distant island, however fair she might be

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 choose	nsubj:outer
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 choose	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 choose	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 choose	advmod
5	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 wife	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 wife	nmod:poss
8	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 choose	obl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 woman	det
10	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wife	appos
11	from	from	ADP	_	14 state	case
12	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	14 state	det
13	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 state	amod
14	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 woman	nmod
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 island	cc
16	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 island	amod
17	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 state	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 fair	punct
19	however	however	ADV	_	20 fair	advmod
20	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 choose	parataxis
21	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 be	nsubj
22	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	23 be	aux
23	be	be	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 fair	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not choose	should	That					as his wife	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	be	might	woman						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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