Exam question 2 · Hauff's Tales, The False Prince, part 57: Labakan is taken…

Identify the object by which the false claimant sought to establish his identity before the sultan.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, false claimant · What happens: identify, seek, establish · To what, where: object, identity

This is exam question 2 of lesson 717 «Hauff's Tales, The False Prince, part 57: Labakan is taken for the prince, but the queen doubts him» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 object	det
3	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 sought	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 claimant	det
7	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 claimant	amod
8	claimant	claimant	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sought	nsubj
9	sought	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 object	acl:relcl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 establish	mark
11	establish	establish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 sought	xcomp
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 identity	nmod:poss
13	identity	identity	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 establish	obj
14	before	before	ADP	_	16 sultan	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 sultan	det
16	sultan	sultan	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 establish	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the object			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme
2	seek	past	the false claimant			by the object	tree rules
3	establish not said to happen	to-infinitive	the false claimant not said here	claimant's identity	before the sultan		vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent identity=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

The jewelled dagger which the false claimant had secretly obtained from the palace armoury before arriving at the hall.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dagger	det
2	jewelled	jewell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 dagger	amod
3	dagger	dagger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 obtained	obj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 claimant	det
6	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 claimant	amod
7	claimant	claimant	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 obtained	nsubj:pass
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 obtained	aux
9	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	10 obtained	advmod
10	obtained	obtain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 dagger	acl:relcl
11	from	from	ADP	_	14 armoury	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 armoury	det
13	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 armoury	compound
14	armoury	armoury	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 obtained	obl
15	before	before	SCONJ	_	16 arriving	mark
16	arriving	arrive	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 obtained	advcl
17	at	at	ADP	_	19 hall	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 hall	det
19	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 arriving	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 dagger	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	jewell	participle				tree rules
2	obtain	past · perfect · passive	the false claimant	the palace armoury	secretly property	tree rules
3	arrive	gerund		the hall		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The sword which had been given by the king.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sword	det
2	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 given	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 given	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 given	aux:pass
6	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 sword	acl:relcl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 king	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 king	det
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 given	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sword	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past · perfect · passive	the king	the sword					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The dagger which had been sent as a token.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dagger	det
2	dagger	dagger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 sent	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sent	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 sent	aux:pass
6	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 dagger	acl:relcl
7	as	as	ADP	_	9 token	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 token	det
9	token	token	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sent	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 dagger	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past · perfect · passive		the dagger				as a token	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

The letter which had been sent by Elfi.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 letter	det
2	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 sent	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sent	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 sent	aux:pass
6	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 letter	acl:relcl
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 Elfi	case
8	Elfi	Elfi	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 sent	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 letter	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past · perfect · passive	Elfi	the letter					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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