Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans, part 234: Eliza sp…

Identify the material from which the eleven garments must be fashioned, as stipulated in the instructions given to the protagonist.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, eleven garments · What happens: identify, be, stipulate, give · To what, where: material, instructions, protagonist

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1023 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans, part 234: Eliza spins nettles in silence, is taken to the king's castle, and is made queen while she still cannot speak.» of the books 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	3 material	det
3	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 fashioned	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 garments	det
7	eleven	eleven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 garments	nummod
8	garments	garment	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 fashioned	nsubj
9	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 fashioned	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 fashioned	cop
11	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 material	acl:relcl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 stipulated	punct
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 stipulated	mark
14	stipulated	stipulate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 fashioned	conj
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 instructions	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 instructions	det
17	instructions	instruction	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 stipulated	obl
18	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 instructions	acl
19	to	to	ADP	_	21 protagonist	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 protagonist	det
21	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 given	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the material				vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent material=Theme
2	is	must	the eleven garments			the material	fashioned property	tree rules
3	stipulate	participle	the eleven garments not said here			the instructions		tree rules
4	give	participle		the instructions not said here	the protagonist			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to protagonist=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

Linen cloth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Linen	linen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cloth	amod
2	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 2

Silk woven from spider webs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	woven	weave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Silk	acl
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 webs	case
4	spider	spider	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 webs	compound
5	webs	web	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 woven	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weave	participle		Silk not said here		spider webs			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from web=Trajectory

Option 3

Hemp woven from river reeds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hemp	hemp	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	woven	weave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Hemp	acl
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 reeds	case
4	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reeds	compound
5	reeds	reed	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 woven	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weave	participle		Hemp not said here		river reeds			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from reed=Trajectory

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Flax spun from stinging nettles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Flax	flax	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	spun	spin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Flax	acl
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 nettles	case
4	stinging	sting	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 nettles	amod
5	nettles	nettle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 spun	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spin	participle		Flax not said here		stinging nettles			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from nettle=Trajectory
2	sting	gerund							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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