Exam question 1 · King David and King Solomon

Identify the principal reason for which the prophet Nathan recounted to King David the narrative of the poor man's lamb.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, prophet · What happens: identify, recount · To what, where: principal reason, narrative, David

This is exam question 1 of lesson 9 «King David and King Solomon» 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 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 recounted	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 prophet	det
8	prophet	prophet	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 recounted	nsubj
9	Nathan	Nathan	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 prophet	appos
10	recounted	recount	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	acl:relcl
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 David	case
12	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 David	nmod:desc
13	David	David	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 recounted	obl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 narrative	det
15	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 recounted	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	21 lamb	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 man	det
18	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 man	amod
19	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 lamb	nmod:poss
20	's	's	PART	_	19 man	case
21	lamb	lamb	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 narrative	nmod
22	.	.	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 principal reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	recount speech: other	past	the prophet	the narrative of the poor man's lamb	David King			for the principal reason	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent narrative=Topic to david=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 · ← Mova's choice

To entertain the royal court at a festival

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 entertain	mark
2	entertain	entertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 court	det
4	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 court	amod
5	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 entertain	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 festival	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 festival	det
8	festival	festival	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 entertain	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	entertain	to-infinitive		the royal court		a festival			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus court=Experiencer

Option 2

To announce the construction of the Temple

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 announce	mark
2	announce	announce	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 construction	det
4	construction	construction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 announce	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 Temple	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Temple	det
7	Temple	Temple	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 construction	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	announce speech: other	to-infinitive		the construction of the Temple					vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent construction=Theme
2	construct			the Temple					nom construction «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

To request compensation for a stolen animal on behalf of a poor man

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 request	mark
2	request	request	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	compensation	compensation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 request	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 animal	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 animal	det
6	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 animal	amod
7	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 request	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 behalf	case
9	behalf	behalf	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 request	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 man	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 man	det
12	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 man	amod
13	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 behalf	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	request	to-infinitive		compensation		behalf of a poor man		for a stolen animal	vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent compensation=Recipient
2	steal	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

To cause the king to recognise and condemn his own wrongdoing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 cause	mark
2	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cause	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 recognise	mark
6	recognise	recognise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 cause	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 condemn	cc
8	condemn	condemn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 recognise	conj
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 wrongdoing	nmod:poss
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 wrongdoing	amod
11	wrongdoing	wrongdoing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 condemn	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	cause	to-infinitive		the king	tree rules
2	recognise	to-infinitive	the king not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	condemn	infinitive	the king not said here	king's own wrongdoing	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wrongdoing=Theme

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