Exam question 3 · Violet Fairy Book, Sigurd and Lineik, part 38: the childre…

What reason did the prince give for requiring that the marriage take place in his own country?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: reason, prince, marriage · What happens: do, give, require, take · To what, where: prince, place, own country

This is exam question 3 of lesson 698 «Violet Fairy Book, Sigurd and Lineik, part 38: the children flee to the grove, and the prince is deceived» 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	3 did	obj
2	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 prince	det
5	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
6	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 prince	acl:relcl
7	for	for	SCONJ	_	8 requiring	mark
8	requiring	require	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 did	advcl
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 take	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 marriage	det
11	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 take	nsubj
12	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 requiring	ccomp
13	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 take	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 country	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 country	nmod:poss
16	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 country	amod
17	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 take	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	past	reason	the prince		tree rules
2	give	present	the prince not said here			vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	require	gerund	reason not said here			vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition
4	take	infinitive	the marriage	place	marriage's own country	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent place=Value in country=Location

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

The marriage must be held at home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 marriage	det
2	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 held	nsubj:pass
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 held	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 held	aux:pass
5	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 home	case
7	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 held	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	must · passive		the marriage		home			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme at home=Location

Option 2

His people wish to see it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 people	nmod:poss
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wish	nsubj
3	wish	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 see	mark
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wish	xcomp
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	present	His people						vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	His people not said here	it					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 3

The priests demand it here

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 priests	det
2	priests	priest	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 demand	nsubj
3	demand	demand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 demand	obj
5	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 demand	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demand speech: request	present	the priests	it		here			vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Precondition

Option 4

His father wanted it held in his own hall after the funeral

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 father	nmod:poss
2	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wanted	obj
5	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 wanted	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 hall	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 hall	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hall	amod
9	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 held	obl
10	after	after	ADP	_	12 funeral	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 funeral	det
12	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hall	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	His father	it					tree rules
2	hold not said to happen	participle				father's own hall after the funeral			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hall=Location

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