Exam question 2 · Household Tales, The Two Friends: a king's poison fails, a…
Which statement most accurately identifies the agent by whom the poisoning of the friend was instigated?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: statement · What happens: identify, instigate, poison · To what, where: agent, poisoning, friend
This is exam question 2 of lesson 722 «Household Tales, The Two Friends: a king's poison fails, a friend is revived, and a saint asks for a baby's blood» 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 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 statement | det |
| 2 | statement | statement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 identifies | nsubj |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 accurately | advmod |
| 4 | accurately | accurately | ADV | _ | 5 identifies | advmod |
| 5 | identifies | identify | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 agent | det |
| 7 | agent | agent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 identifies | obj |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 whom | case |
| 9 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 identifies | obl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 poisoning | det |
| 11 | poisoning | poisoning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 instigated | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 friend | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 friend | det |
| 14 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 poisoning | nmod |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 instigated | aux:pass |
| 16 | instigated | instigate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 whom | acl:relcl |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 identifies | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | present | which statement | the agent | accurately property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | instigate | past · passive | the poisoning of the friend | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 3 | poison | the friend | nom poisoning «state transitive»: 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
The queen, acting alone.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 queen | det |
| 2 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 acting | punct |
| 4 | acting | act | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 queen | acl |
| 5 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 4 acting | advmod |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 queen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | act | gerund | the queen not said here | alone property | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
The steward of the castle.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 steward | det |
| 2 | steward | steward | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 castle | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 castle | det |
| 5 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 steward | nmod |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 steward | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
The king's advisor, who wished the prince's friend to be removed from court.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 advisor | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 king | case |
| 4 | advisor | advisor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wished | nsubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 wished | punct |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 wished | nsubj |
| 7 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 prince | det |
| 9 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 friend | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 prince | case |
| 11 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wished | obj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 removed | mark |
| 13 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 14 removed | aux:pass |
| 14 | removed | remove | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 wished | advcl |
| 15 | from | from | ADP | _ | 16 court | case |
| 16 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 removed | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 wished | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wish | past | the king's advisor | the prince's friend | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot friend=Theme | ||||
| 2 | remove | to-infinitive · passive | the king's advisor not said here | court | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: from court=Source |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The king, who sought to secure his daughter's marriage to the prince.
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sought | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 sought | punct |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 sought | nsubj |
| 5 | sought | seek | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 secure | mark |
| 7 | secure | secure | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 sought | xcomp |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 9 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 marriage | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 daughter | case |
| 11 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 secure | obj |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 prince | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 prince | det |
| 14 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 secure | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 sought | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seek | past | the king | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | secure not said to happen | to-infinitive | the king not said here | king's daughter's marriage | to the prince | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent marriage=Patient to prince=Co-Patient | |||
| 3 | marry | king's daughter | nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=agent |
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