Exam question 4 · King David and King Solomon

State the consequence for the kingdom which ensued subsequent to the reign of Solomon.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, kingdom · What happens: state, ensue · To what, where: consequence

This is exam question 4 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 consequence	det
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 kingdom	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kingdom	det
6	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obl
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 ensued	nsubj
8	ensued	ensue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 kingdom	acl:relcl
9	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 ensued	xcomp
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 reign	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 reign	det
12	reign	reign	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ensued	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 Solomon	case
14	Solomon	Solomon	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 reign	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the consequence				for the kingdom	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic
2	ensue	past	the kingdom					to the reign of Solomon; subsequent property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Its expansion to the River Euphrates

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 expansion	nmod:poss
2	expansion	expansion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	6 Euphrates	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Euphrates	det
5	River	River	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Euphrates	compound
6	Euphrates	Euphrates	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 expansion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	expand		Its = it					to the River Euphrates	nom expansion «act transitive»: poss=agent to=obl

Option 2

Its absorption, in its entirety, into the empire of Egypt under Pharaoh

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 absorption	nmod:poss
2	absorption	absorption	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 entirety	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 entirety	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 entirety	nmod:poss
6	entirety	entirety	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 absorption	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 empire	punct
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 empire	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 empire	det
10	empire	empire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 absorption	appos
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 Egypt	case
12	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 empire	nmod
13	under	under	ADP	_	14 Pharaoh	case
14	Pharaoh	Pharaoh	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 empire	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	absorb		Its = it						nom absorption «process transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Its division into Israel in the north and Judah in the south

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 division	nmod:poss
2	division	division	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	4 Israel	case
4	Israel	Israel	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 division	nmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 north	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 north	det
7	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 division	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 Judah	cc
9	Judah	Judah	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 north	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 south	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 south	det
12	south	south	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 north	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Its transfer to the house of Saul

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 transfer	nmod:poss
2	transfer	transfer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 house	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 house	det
5	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 transfer	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Saul	case
7	Saul	Saul	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 house	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transfer		Its = it					to the house of Saul	nom transfer «act transitive»: poss=agent to=obl

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