Exam question 2 · Stories of Many Lands, The Bond of Friendship: three frien…

What is the nature of the narrator's declaration to Aphtanides regarding Anastasia?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nature, narrator · What happens: be, regard, declare

This is exam question 2 of lesson 831 «Stories of Many Lands, The Bond of Friendship: three friends swear to be brothers and sister for life, and a secret love is confessed» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 nature	det
4	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 declaration	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 narrator	det
7	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 declaration	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 narrator	case
9	declaration	declaration	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nature	nmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 Aphtanides	case
11	Aphtanides	Aphtanides	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 declaration	nmod
12	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 Anastasia	case
13	Anastasia	Anastasia	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 declaration	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the nature of the narrator's declaration to Aphtanides regard Anastasia		tree rules
2	regard	gerund			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	declare		the narrator	to Aphtanides; regard Anastasia	nom declaration «communication transitive»: poss=agent to=obl regard=obl

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

A declaration of loyalty to the family's bond and faith

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 declaration	det
2	declaration	declaration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 loyalty	case
4	loyalty	loyalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 declaration	nmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	9 bond	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 family	det
7	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bond	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 family	case
9	bond	bond	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 declaration	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 faith	cc
11	faith	faith	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bond	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	declare			loyalty				to the family's bond and faith	nom declaration «communication transitive»: of=patient to=obl
2	bond		the family						nom bond «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

A confession of theft

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 confession	det
2	confession	confession	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 theft	case
4	theft	theft	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 confession	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confess			theft					nom confession «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

An admission of a love stronger than his love for his mother

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 admission	det
2	admission	admission	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stronger	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 love	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 love	det
5	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 admission	nmod
6	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
7	than	than	ADP	_	9 love	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 love	nmod:poss
9	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stronger	obl
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 mother	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 mother	nmod:poss
12	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stronger	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	admit			a love					nom admission «act transitive»: of=patient
2	love		admission						nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

An apology for missing the church service that morning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 apology	det
2	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	SCONJ	_	4 missing	mark
4	missing	miss	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 apology	acl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 service	det
6	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 service	compound
7	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 missing	obj
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 morning	det
9	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 service	nmod:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	miss	gerund	a apology not said here	the church service that morning					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer service=Stimulus

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