Exam question 4 · Blue Fairy Book, Prince Omar: the ivory box test shows who…

Identify the moral conveyed by the king's citation of the proverb regarding the cobbler and his last.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, king · What happens: identify, convey, regard, cite · To what, where: moral, proverb

This is exam question 4 of lesson 718 «Blue Fairy Book, Prince Omar: the ivory box test shows who is the true prince» 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 moral	det
3	moral	moral	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 moral	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	9 citation	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 king	det
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 citation	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 king	case
9	citation	citation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 conveyed	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 proverb	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 proverb	det
12	proverb	proverb	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 citation	nmod
13	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 cobbler	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 cobbler	det
15	cobbler	cobbler	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 proverb	nmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 last	cc
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 last	nmod:poss
18	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Identify	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the moral		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent moral=Theme
2	convey	participle		the moral not said here	by the king's citation of the proverb regard the cobbler	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	regard	gerund				vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	cite		the king	the proverb regard the cobbler		nom citation «communication transitive»: poss=agent 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

Every man should be loyal to his own family and home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 man	det
2	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 loyal	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 loyal	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 loyal	cop
5	loyal	loyal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 family	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 family	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 family	amod
9	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 loyal	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 home	cc
11	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 family	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	should	every man					to man's own family and home; loyal property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Those who try to be what they are not will be punished, and every person should remain within his own trade

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	root	root
2	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 try	nsubj
3	try	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Those	acl:relcl
4	to	to	PART	_	12 punished	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 punished	aux:pass
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 punished	nsubj:pass
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 punished	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 punished	aux:pass
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 punished	advmod
10	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 punished	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 punished	aux:pass
12	punished	punish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 try	advcl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 remain	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 remain	cc
15	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	16 person	det
16	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 remain	nsubj
17	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 remain	aux
18	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Those	acl:relcl
19	within	within	ADP	_	22 trade	case
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 trade	nmod:poss
21	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 trade	amod
22	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 remain	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	try	present			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	not punish	future · to-infinitive · passive			vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	remain	should	every person	within person's own trade	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	trade		person		nom trade «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Each person should remain within the trade he understands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remain	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 remain	aux
4	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	within	within	ADP	_	7 trade	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 trade	det
7	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remain	obl
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 understands	nsubj
9	understands	understand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 trade	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	should	each person					within the trade	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	understand	present	person	the trade not said here					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer trade=Stimulus

Option 4

Pride leads a man far from the work he knows best

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leads	nsubj
2	leads	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 man	det
4	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leads	obj
5	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 knows	advmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 work	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 work	det
8	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 far	obl
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 knows	nsubj
10	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 leads	advcl
11	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 knows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	present	Pride	a man					vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme
2	know	present	Pride	best				far property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer good=Stimulus

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