Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow: the shadow wins the pr…

What is the principal consequence, as stated in the text, of the learned man's intention to disclose the truth to the princess?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: learned man · What happens: be, state, learn, disclose, intend · To what, where: principal consequence, text, truth, princess

This is exam question 1 of lesson 973 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow: the shadow wins the princess, the learned man is executed» 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	5 consequence	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 consequence	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 consequence	amod
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 stated	punct
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 stated	mark
8	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 consequence	acl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 text	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 text	det
11	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stated	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 intention	punct
13	of	of	ADP	_	18 intention	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 man	det
15	learned	learn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 man	amod
16	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 intention	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 man	case
18	intention	intention	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	conj
19	to	to	PART	_	20 disclose	mark
20	disclose	disclose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 intention	acl
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 truth	det
22	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 disclose	obj
23	to	to	ADP	_	25 princess	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 princess	det
25	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 disclose	obl
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present		the principal consequence and the learned man's intention			tree rules
2	state speech: other	participle		the principal consequence and the learned man's intention not said here		the text	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	learn	participle					vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	disclose	to-infinitive		the truth	the princess		vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Topic to princess=Recipient
5	intend		the learned man				nom intention «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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

He is sent to prison, tried by the court, and later executed

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	3 sent	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	aux:pass
3	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 prison	case
5	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 tried	punct
7	tried	try	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 sent	conj
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 court	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 court	det
10	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tried	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 executed	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 executed	cc
13	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	14 executed	advmod
14	executed	execute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 sent	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	send	present · passive	He	prison		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to prison=Destination
2	try	participle			by the court	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	execute	participle			late property	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He is sent to prison and later executed

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	3 sent	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	aux:pass
3	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 prison	case
5	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 executed	cc
7	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 executed	advmod
8	executed	execute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 sent	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	present · passive		He		prison			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to prison=Destination
2	execute	participle						late property	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He is banished from the kingdom

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	3 banished	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 banished	aux:pass
3	banished	banish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 kingdom	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kingdom	det
6	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 banished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	banish	present · passive		He		the kingdom			vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from kingdom=Source

Option 4

He is released from prison and then exiled to a distant land forever

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	3 released	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 released	aux:pass
3	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 prison	case
5	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 released	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 exiled	cc
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 exiled	advmod
8	exiled	exile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 released	conj
9	to	to	ADP	_	12 land	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 land	det
11	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 land	amod
12	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 exiled	obl
13	forever	forever	ADV	_	8 exiled	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	release	present · passive		He		prison			vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source
2	exile	past				a distant land	then	forever property	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to land=Destination

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