Exam question 2 · PG 2435, How To Find Out A True Friend, part 61: the princ…

Identify the reason the queen gave for her grief at the commencement of the narrative.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, queen · What happens: identify, give · To what, where: reason, commencement

This is exam question 2 of lesson 721 «PG 2435, How To Find Out A True Friend, part 61: the prince tests two travelling companions with apples and finds a true 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 queen	det
5	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gave	nsubj
6	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 reason	acl:relcl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 grief	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 grief	nmod:poss
9	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gave	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 commencement	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 commencement	det
12	commencement	commencement	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gave	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 narrative	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 narrative	det
15	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 commencement	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	give	past	the queen	the reason not said here		the commencement of the narrative		for queen's grief	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent reason=Theme for grief=Asset

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

Dread of the long winter ahead for the household and their estates

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dread	dread	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 household	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 winter	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 winter	det
4	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 winter	amod
5	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Dread	nmod
6	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	9 household	advmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 household	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 household	det
9	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 estates	cc
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 estates	nmod:poss
12	estates	estate	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 household	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dread			the long winter					nom dread «feeling transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Anticipated separation from her son upon his pilgrimage, and fear that he would never return from Spain

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Anticipated	anticipate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 separation	amod
2	separation	separation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 son	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 son	nmod:poss
5	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 separation	nmod
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 pilgrimage	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 pilgrimage	nmod:poss
8	pilgrimage	pilgrimage	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 son	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 fear	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 fear	cc
11	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 separation	conj
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 return	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 return	nsubj
14	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 return	aux
15	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	16 return	advmod
16	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 fear	acl
17	from	from	ADP	_	18 Spain	case
18	Spain	Spain	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 return	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	anticipate	participle							vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	not return	would	he	fear not said here		Spain			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent fear=Theme from spain=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Anticipated separation from her son upon his pilgrimage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Anticipated	anticipate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 separation	amod
2	separation	separation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 son	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 son	nmod:poss
5	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 separation	nmod
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 pilgrimage	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 pilgrimage	nmod:poss
8	pilgrimage	pilgrimage	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 son	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	anticipate	participle							vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Fear that her husband would take another wife in the palace

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 take	mark
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 husband	nmod:poss
4	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 take	aux
6	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Fear	acl
7	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	8 wife	det
8	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 palace	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 palace	det
11	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	would	her husband	another wife		the palace			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent wife=Value in palace=Location

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