Exam question 1 · Solomon and the Queen of Sheba: one story in many books, a…

Identify the principal object of the visit paid by the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, according to the Bible.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, pay, accord · To what, where: principal object, visit, King Solomon

This is exam question 1 of lesson 101 «Solomon and the Queen of Sheba: one story in many books, and the legends of the ring and the jinn» of the religion ethics 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	4 object	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 object	amod
4	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 visit	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 visit	det
7	visit	visit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 object	nmod
8	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 visit	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 Queen	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Queen	det
11	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 paid	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 Sheba	case
13	Sheba	Sheba	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Queen	nmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 Solomon	case
15	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Solomon	compound
16	Solomon	Solomon	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 paid	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 Bible	punct
18	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	21 Bible	case
19	to	to	ADP	_	18 according	fixed
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Bible	det
21	Bible	Bible	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal object of the visit		accord the Bible	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme
2	pay	participle		the visit not said here	King Solomon	by the Queen of Sheba	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	accord	gerund					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

The negotiation of a military alliance against Egypt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 negotiation	det
2	negotiation	negotiation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 alliance	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 alliance	det
5	military	military	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 alliance	amod
6	alliance	alliance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 negotiation	nmod
7	against	against	ADP	_	8 Egypt	case
8	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 alliance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	negotiate			a military alliance against Egypt					nom negotiation «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The purchase of horses and chariots for her army

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 purchase	det
2	purchase	purchase	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 horses	case
4	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 purchase	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 chariots	cc
6	chariots	chariot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 horses	conj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 army	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 army	nmod:poss
9	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 purchase	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	purchase			horses and chariots				for her army	nom purchase «act transitive»: of=patient for=obl

Option 3

The arrangement of a marriage between their children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 arrangement	det
2	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 marriage	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 marriage	det
5	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arrangement	nmod
6	between	between	ADP	_	8 children	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 children	nmod:poss
8	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 marriage	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrange			a marriage between their children					nom arrangement «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The testing of his reputed wisdom by means of difficult questions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 testing	det
2	testing	testing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 means	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 wisdom	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 wisdom	nmod:poss
5	reputed	repute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 wisdom	amod
6	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 testing	nmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 means	case
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 questions	case
10	difficult	difficult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 questions	amod
11	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 means	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	repute	participle				vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	mean	present	the testing of testing's reputed wisdom		of difficult questions	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	test			testing's reputed wisdom		nom testing «act transitive»: of=patient

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