Exam question 4 · Vikings, knights and the Middle Ages

Pursuant to the account of King Canute and the tide, identify the purpose for which the throne was set upon the shore.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, set, account · To what, where: purpose, throne, shore, King Canute

This is exam question 4 of lesson 18 «Vikings, knights and the Middle Ages» of the myths 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	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	_	12 identify	advmod
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 account	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 account	det
4	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pursuant	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 Canute	case
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Canute	compound
7	Canute	Canute	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 account	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 tide	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 tide	det
10	tide	tide	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 Canute	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Pursuant	punct
12	identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 purpose	det
14	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 identify	obj
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 which	case
16	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 set	obl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 throne	det
18	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 set	nsubj:pass
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 set	aux:pass
20	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 purpose	acl:relcl
21	upon	upon	ADP	_	23 shore	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 shore	det
23	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 set	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the purpose		pursuant property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme
2	set	past · passive		the throne	the shore	for the purpose	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme upon shore=Destination
3	account			King Canute and the tide			nom account «communication 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 right answer

To demonstrate to flattering courtiers that a king cannot command the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 demonstrate	mark
2	demonstrate	demonstrate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 courtiers	case
4	flattering	flattering	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 courtiers	amod
5	courtiers	courtier	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 demonstrate	obl
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 command	obj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 king	det
8	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 command	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 command	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 command	advmod
11	command	command	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 courtiers	acl:relcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sea	det
13	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 command	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demonstrate	to-infinitive						to flattering courtiers	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to courtier=Experiencer
2	not command	can	a king	flattering courtiers					tree rules

Option 2

To command the tide to recede by royal authority

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 command	mark
2	command	command	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tide	det
4	tide	tide	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 command	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 recede	mark
6	recede	recede	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 command	xcomp
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 authority	case
8	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 authority	amod
9	authority	authority	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 recede	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	command	to-infinitive		the tide					vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent tide=Recipient clause=Topic
2	recede not said to happen	to-infinitive						by royal authority	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

To bathe in the sea in the presence of the court

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 bathe	mark
2	bathe	bathe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 sea	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sea	det
5	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bathe	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 presence	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 presence	det
8	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bathe	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 court	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 court	det
11	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 presence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bathe	to-infinitive						in the presence of the court; in the sea	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in sea=Theme

Option 4

To observe the arrival of an invading fleet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 observe	mark
2	observe	observe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 arrival	det
4	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 observe	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 fleet	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 fleet	det
7	invading	invade	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 fleet	amod
8	fleet	fleet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 arrival	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	observe	to-infinitive		the arrival of a invading fleet	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent arrival=Topic
2	invade	gerund			tree rules
3	arrive		a invading fleet		nom arrival «act intransitive»: of=agent

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