Exam question 3 · King David and King Solomon

It is given that two women each asserted maternity of a single infant. Determine the means by which Solomon ascertained the true mother.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, the, Solomon · What happens: give, assert, determine, mean, ascertain · To what, where: It, true mother · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 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

Sentence 1: It is given that two women each asserted maternity of a single infant.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	ADP	_	6 women	case
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 women	nummod
6	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 given	obl
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 maternity	det
8	asserted	assert	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 maternity	amod
9	maternity	maternity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 infant	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 infant	det
12	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 infant	amod
13	infant	infant	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 maternity	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It				that two women	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient maternity=Theme
2	assert	participle							vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: 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.

Sentence 2: Determine the means by which Solomon ascertained the true mother.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Determine	ccomp
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 ascertained	obl
6	Solomon	Solomon	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 ascertained	nsubj
7	ascertained	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mother	det
9	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 mother	amod
10	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ascertained	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here		vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	mean	present	the		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	ascertain	past	Solomon	the true mother	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mother=Topic

The options

Option 1

He required each woman to swear a solemn oath before the priests of the Temple

The tree, 15 words

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	2 required	nsubj
2	required	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	4 woman	det
4	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 required	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 swear	mark
6	swear	swear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 required	xcomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 oath	det
8	solemn	solemn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 oath	amod
9	oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swear	obj
10	before	before	ADP	_	12 priests	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 priests	det
12	priests	priest	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 swear	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 Temple	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Temple	det
15	Temple	Temple	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 priests	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	past	He	each woman					vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent woman=Recipient clause=Topic
2	swear	to-infinitive	He not said here	a solemn oath			before the priests of the Temple		vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent oath=Eventuality

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

He observed which claimant would relinquish the child to preserve its life

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	2 observed	nsubj
2	observed	observe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 relinquish	nsubj
4	claimant	claimant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 relinquish	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 relinquish	aux
6	relinquish	relinquish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 observed	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 relinquish	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 preserve	mark
10	preserve	preserve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 relinquish	advcl
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 life	nmod:poss
12	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 preserve	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	observe	past	He		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	relinquish	would		the child	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent child=Theme
3	preserve	to-infinitive		claimant's life	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Beneficiary

Option 3

He consulted the records of the Temple

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	2 consulted	nsubj
2	consulted	consult	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 records	det
4	records	record	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 consulted	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 records	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consult	past	He	the records of the Temple					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent record=Theme
2	record			the Temple					nom record «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

He awarded the child to the elder claimant

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	2 awarded	nsubj
2	awarded	award	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 child	det
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 awarded	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 claimant	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 claimant	det
7	elder	elder	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 claimant	amod
8	claimant	claimant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 awarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	award	past	He	the child				to the elder claimant goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent child=Theme to claimant=Goal

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