Exam question 3 · Household Tales, The Two Friends: a king's poison fails, a…

Which of the following best states the principal reason the king dispatched the friend upon a distant errand?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: best, king · What happens: follow, state, dispatch · To what, where: principal reason, friend

This is exam question 3 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 states	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 states	nsubj
6	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 reason	det
8	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 reason	amod
9	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 states	obj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 king	det
11	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 dispatched	nsubj
12	dispatched	dispatch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 reason	acl:relcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 friend	det
14	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 dispatched	obj
15	upon	upon	ADP	_	18 errand	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 errand	det
17	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 errand	amod
18	errand	errand	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 dispatched	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present	the best	the principal reason		tree rules
3	dispatch	past	the king	the friend	upon a distant errand	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=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

To reward him.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 reward	mark
2	reward	reward	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 reward	obj
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 reward	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reward	to-infinitive			him = he				vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 2

To test his loyalty.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 test	mark
2	test	test	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 loyalty	nmod:poss
4	loyalty	loyalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 test	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 test	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	test	to-infinitive		his loyalty					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loyalty=Theme

Option 3

He hoped the friend would die on the long road to the north.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hoped	nsubj
2	hoped	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 friend	det
4	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 die	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 die	aux
6	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 hoped	ccomp
7	on	on	ADP	_	10 road	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 road	det
9	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 road	amod
10	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 die	obl
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 north	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 north	det
13	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 die	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hoped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hope	past	He						vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	die	would	the friend			the long road		to the north	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He intended to injure the friend by sending him far away.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 intended	nsubj
2	intended	intend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 injure	mark
4	injure	injure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 intended	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 friend	det
6	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 injure	obj
7	by	by	SCONJ	_	8 sending	mark
8	sending	send	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 injure	advcl
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sending	obj
10	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 away	advmod
11	away	away	ADV	_	8 sending	advmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 intended	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	intend	past	He			vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	injure not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the friend		tree rules
3	send	gerund	He not said here	friend	away property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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