Exam question 1 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn Wha…

In what manner did the cardinals determine the criterion for the successor to the late Pontiff?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cardinals · What happens: do, determine · To what, where: manner, criterion

This is exam question 1 of lesson 767 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was: the youth calms the dogs, hears the frogs, and becomes Pope» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cardinals	det
6	cardinals	cardinal	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 determine	nsubj
7	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 criterion	det
9	criterion	criterion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 determine	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 successor	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 successor	det
12	successor	successor	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 determine	obl
13	to	to	ADP	_	16 Pontiff	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Pontiff	det
15	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 Pontiff	amod
16	Pontiff	pontiff	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 successor	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past				what manner			tree rules
2	determine	present	the cardinals	the criterion				for the successor to the late Pontiff	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent criterion=Topic

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

By choosing the oldest of the cardinals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 choosing	mark
2	choosing	choose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 oldest	advcl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 oldest	det
4	oldest	old	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 cardinals	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cardinals	det
7	cardinals	cardinal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 oldest	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	gerund							vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

By demanding a clear sign from God that would show his choice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 demanding	mark
2	demanding	demand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sign	det
4	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sign	amod
5	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 demanding	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 God	case
7	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 sign	nmod
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 show	nsubj
9	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 show	aux
10	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 sign	acl:relcl
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 choice	nmod:poss
12	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 show	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demand speech: request	gerund		a clear sign				from God	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Theme sign=Precondition from god=Source
2	show	would	a clear sign	God's choice					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent choice=Recipient

Option 3

By waiting for the new king's advice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 waiting	mark
2	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	8 advice	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 king	amod
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 advice	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 king	case
8	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 waiting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	gerund						for the new king's advice	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

By requiring a divine and miraculous token

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 requiring	mark
2	requiring	require	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 divine	det
4	divine	divine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requiring	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 token	cc
6	miraculous	miraculous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 token	amod
7	token	token	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 divine	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	gerund		a divine and miraculous token					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme divine=Precondition

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