Exam question 4 · PG 2435, How To Find Out A True Friend, part 61: the princ…

Describe the relationship that the prince finally established with the third youth upon the satisfactory division of the apple.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, relationship · What happens: describe, establish · To what, where: relationship, prince

This is exam question 4 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 relationship	det
3	relationship	relationship	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 established	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 prince	det
6	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 established	nsubj:pass
7	finally	finally	ADV	_	8 established	advmod
8	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 relationship	acl
9	with	with	ADP	_	12 youth	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 youth	det
11	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 youth	amod
12	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 established	obl
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 division	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 division	det
15	satisfactory	satisfactory	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 division	amod
16	division	division	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 youth	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 apple	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 apple	det
19	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 division	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the relationship					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent relationship=Theme
2	establish	participle · passive	the relationship not said here	the prince				with the third youth upon the satisfactory division of the apple; finally property	vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme with youth=Source

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

Fraternal bond, sharing all possessions equally, and travelling together to the shrine of St. James

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fraternal	fraternal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bond	amod
2	bond	bond	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sharing	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sharing	punct
4	sharing	share	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 possessions	det
6	possessions	possession	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sharing	obj
7	equally	equally	ADV	_	4 sharing	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 travelling	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 travelling	cc
10	travelling	travel	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 sharing	conj
11	together	together	ADV	_	10 travelling	advmod
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 shrine	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 shrine	det
14	shrine	shrine	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 travelling	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 James	case
16	St.	St.	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 James	nmod:desc
17	James	James	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 shrine	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	gerund	Fraternal bond	all possessions				equally property	tree rules
2	travel	gerund	Fraternal bond not said here			the shrine of James St.		together property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to shrine=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Fraternal bond, sharing all possessions equally

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fraternal	fraternal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bond	amod
2	bond	bond	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sharing	punct
4	sharing	share	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 bond	acl
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 possessions	det
6	possessions	possession	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sharing	obj
7	equally	equally	ADV	_	4 sharing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	gerund	Fraternal bond not said here	all possessions				equally property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Master and servant, with the prince giving orders at every inn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 servant	cc
3	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Master	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 prince	punct
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 prince	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 prince	det
7	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Master	appos
8	giving	give	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 prince	acl
9	orders	order	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 giving	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 inn	case
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 inn	det
12	inn	inn	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 giving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	gerund	the prince not said here	orders		every inn			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent order=Theme at inn=Asset

Option 4

Fraternal bond formed through the apple, with all possessions shared equally and kept together for life

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fraternal	fraternal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bond	amod
2	bond	bond	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	formed	form	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 bond	acl
4	through	through	ADP	_	6 apple	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 apple	det
6	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 formed	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 possessions	punct
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 possessions	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 possessions	det
10	possessions	possession	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bond	appos
11	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 possessions	acl
12	equally	equally	ADV	_	11 shared	advmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 kept	cc
14	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 shared	conj
15	together	together	ADV	_	14 kept	advmod
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 life	case
17	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	form	participle	Fraternal bond not said here	the apple		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through apple=Location
2	share	participle	all possessions not said here		equally property	tree rules
3	keep together	participle			for life; together property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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