Exam question 4 · Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Sham Prince, part 1: L…

Explain the significance of the twenty-second birthday in the instructions Elfi Bey gave to Omar regarding his true father.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Elfi · What happens: explain, give, regard · To what, where: significance, instructions, Omar · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 of lesson 716 «Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Sham Prince, part 1: Labakan steals a robe, sets off as a prince, and robs his friend» 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	Explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 significance	det
3	significance	significance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	9 birthday	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 birthday	det
6	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 second	nummod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 twenty	punct
8	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 birthday	amod
9	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 significance	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 instructions	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 instructions	det
12	instructions	instruction	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Explain	obl
13	Elfi	Elfi	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 gave	nsubj
14	Bey	Bey	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Elfi	flat
15	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Explain	ccomp
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 Omar	case
17	Omar	Omar	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 gave	obl
18	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	21 father	case
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 father	nmod:poss
20	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 father	amod
21	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 gave	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the significance of the second birthday		the instructions		tree rules
2	give	past	Elfi		Omar		regard Elfi's true father	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to omar=Recipient
3	regard	gerund						vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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

It marks the day Omar's father will finally acknowledge him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 marks	nsubj
2	marks	mark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 day	det
4	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 acknowledge	obl:unmarked
5	Omar	Omar	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 father	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Omar	case
7	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 day	nmod
8	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 acknowledge	aux
9	finally	finally	ADV	_	10 acknowledge	advmod
10	acknowledge	acknowledge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 marks	ccomp
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 acknowledge	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mark	present	It						tree rules
2	acknowledge	future		Omar			day	finally property	vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is the date on which Omar's father promised to receive him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 date	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 date	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 date	det
4	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 promised	obl
7	Omar	Omar	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 father	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Omar	case
9	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 promised	nsubj
10	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 date	advcl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 receive	mark
12	receive	receive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 promised	xcomp
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 receive	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the date		tree rules
2	promise speech: promise	past	Omar's father		the date	vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	receive not said to happen	to-infinitive	Omar's father not said here	father		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3

It is the date when Omar must present himself to his true father

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 date	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 date	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 date	det
4	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 present	advmod
6	Omar	Omar	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 present	nsubj
7	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 present	aux
8	present	present	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 date	acl:relcl
9	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	8 present	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 father	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 father	nmod:poss
12	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 father	amod
13	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 present	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the date					tree rules
2	present	must	Omar	Omar	Omar's true father				vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent himself=Theme to father=Recipient

Option 4

It is the day Omar must leave Elfi Bey's house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 day	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 day	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 day	det
4	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 leave	obl:unmarked
5	Omar	Omar	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 day	appos
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 leave	aux
7	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	Elfi	Elfi	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 house	nmod:poss
9	Bey	Bey	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Elfi	flat
10	's	's	PART	_	8 Elfi	case
11	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 leave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the day					tree rules
2	leave	must		Elfi's house					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme

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