Exam question 1 · Just So Stories, The Butterfly that Stamped, part 2: the B…

Identify the counsel given by Balkis to the Butterfly's Wife.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, give · To what, where: counsel, Wife

This is exam question 1 of lesson 97 «Just So Stories, The Butterfly that Stamped, part 2: the Butterfly stamps, Balkis is wise, and the book ends» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 counsel	det
3	counsel	counsel	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 counsel	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 Balkis	case
6	Balkis	Balkis	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 given	obl
7	to	to	ADP	_	11 Wife	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Butterfly	det
9	Butterfly	Butterfly	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Wife	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Butterfly	case
11	Wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the counsel					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent counsel=Theme
2	give	participle		the counsel not said here	the Butterfly's Wife			by Balkis	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to wife=Recipient

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

That she should accept his apology and never mention the Palace again at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 accept	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 accept	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 accept	aux
4	accept	accept	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 apology	nmod:poss
6	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 accept	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 mention	cc
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 mention	advmod
9	mention	mention	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 accept	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Palace	det
11	Palace	Palace	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 mention	obj
12	again	again	ADV	_	9 mention	advmod
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 all	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 mention	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept	should	That	his apology					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apology=Theme
2	not mention speech: other	infinitive	That not said here	the Palace		all	again		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent palace=Topic

Option 2

Ignore him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ignore	ignore	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ignore	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	imperative	you not said here	him = he					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

That upon his next boast she take him at his word and request him to stamp

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 take	nsubj
2	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 boast	case
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 boast	nmod:poss
4	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 boast	amod
5	boast	boast	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 take	obl
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 take	nsubj
7	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 take	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 word	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 word	nmod:poss
11	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 take	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 request	cc
13	request	request	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 take	conj
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 request	obj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 stamp	mark
16	stamp	stamp	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 request	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	take	infinitive	That	him = he		his word	upon his next boast	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Theme at word=Asset
2	request	present	That not said here		him = he			vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
3	stamp	to-infinitive	That not said here					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	boast		his = he					nom boast «communication intransitive»: poss=agent
5	word		his = he					nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Scold him loudly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scold	scold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Scold	obj
3	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	1 Scold	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scold	imperative	you not said here	him = he				loudly property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «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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