Exam question 2 · Tales of Past Times, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, part…

Which of the following correctly states the reason the King caused the Princess to be carried to the finest apartment?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: King · What happens: follow, state, cause, carry · To what, where: reason, Princess, finest apartment

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1081 «Tales of Past Times, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, part 6: the Princess pricks her hand, the palace falls asleep, and the Prince finds her awake» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 states	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 states	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 states	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 states	nsubj
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	6 states	advmod
6	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reason	det
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 states	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 King	det
10	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 caused	nsubj
11	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 reason	acl:relcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Princess	det
13	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 caused	obj
14	to	to	PART	_	16 carried	mark
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 carried	aux:pass
16	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 Princess	acl
17	to	to	ADP	_	20 apartment	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 apartment	det
19	finest	fine	ADJ	Degree=Sup	20 apartment	amod
20	apartment	apartment	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 carried	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present		the reason		correctly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
3	cause	past	the King	the Princess			vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition princess=Patient
4	carry	to-infinitive · passive	the King not said here	the Princess not said here	the finest apartment		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: to apartment=Destination

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

He wanted to hide her from the spindle

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 hide	mark
4	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hide	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 spindle	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 spindle	det
8	spindle	spindle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hide	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	He						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	hide not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	her = she		the spindle			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent she=Patient from spindle=Beneficiary

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He recalled the prediction of the Fairies

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 recalled	nsubj
2	recalled	recall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 prediction	det
4	prediction	prediction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 recalled	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 Fairies	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Fairies	det
7	Fairies	Fairy	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 prediction	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recall	past	He	the prediction of the Fairies					vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prediction=Theme
2	predict			the Fairies					nom prediction «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

He wished to keep her safe from his guards

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 wished	nsubj
2	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 keep	mark
4	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wished	xcomp
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 keep	obj
6	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 keep	xcomp
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 guards	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 guards	nmod:poss
9	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 safe	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	past	He						vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	her = she				safe property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 4

He remembered a proclamation about spindles

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 remembered	nsubj
2	remembered	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 proclamation	det
4	proclamation	proclamation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remembered	obj
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 spindles	case
6	spindles	spindle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 proclamation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remember	past	He	a proclamation				about spindles	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent proclamation=Theme

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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