Exam question 1 · Castles, knights and cathedrals

Identify the obligation customarily owed by a lord to the sovereign in exchange for a grant of land under the feudal arrangement.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, owe, grant · To what, where: obligation, exchange, land

This is exam question 1 of lesson 21 «Castles, knights and cathedrals» of the history 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 obligation	det
3	obligation	obligation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	customarily	customarily	ADV	_	5 owed	advmod
5	owed	owe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 obligation	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 lord	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 lord	det
8	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 owed	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 sovereign	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sovereign	det
11	sovereign	sovereign	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lord	nmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 exchange	case
13	exchange	exchange	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 grant	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 grant	det
16	grant	grant	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 land	case
18	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 grant	nmod
19	under	under	ADP	_	22 arrangement	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 arrangement	det
21	feudal	feudal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 arrangement	amod
22	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the obligation	exchange	for a grant of land; under the feudal arrangement	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent obligation=Theme
2	owe	participle		the obligation not said here		by a lord to the sovereign; customarily property	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
3	grant			land			nom grant «possession transitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice

The surrender of his coat of arms

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 surrender	det
2	surrender	surrender	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 coat	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 coat	nmod:poss
5	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 surrender	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 arms	case
7	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 coat	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	surrender			his coat of arms					nom surrender «feeling transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The payment of all peasants' wages

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 payment	det
2	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 wages	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 peasants	det
5	peasants	peasant	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 wages	nmod:poss
6	'	's	PART	_	5 peasants	case
7	wages	wage	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 payment	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay			all peasants's wages					nom payment «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The construction of cathedrals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 construction	det
2	construction	construction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 cathedrals	case
4	cathedrals	cathedral	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 construction	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	construct			cathedrals					nom construction «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The provision of soldiers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 provision	det
2	provision	provision	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 soldiers	case
4	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 provision	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provide		soldiers						nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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