Exam question 3 · Tales of Past Times, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, part…

Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which the Prince first entered the enchanted castle?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Prince · What happens: follow, describe, enter, enchant · To what, where: manner, enchanted castle

This is exam question 3 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 manner	det
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 entered	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Prince	det
12	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 entered	nsubj
13	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	14 entered	advmod
14	entered	enter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 manner	acl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 castle	det
16	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 castle	amod
17	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 entered	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the manner		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
3	enter	past	the Prince	the enchanted castle	the manner	first property	vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme castle=Destination
4	enchant	participle					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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

He followed a deer through the trees

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 followed	nsubj
2	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 deer	det
4	deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 followed	obj
5	through	through	ADP	_	7 trees	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 trees	det
7	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 followed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	past	He	a deer		the trees			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent deer=Theme through tree=Trajectory

Option 2

He crawled under the thorns

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 crawled	nsubj
2	crawled	crawl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	under	under	ADP	_	5 thorns	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 thorns	det
5	thorns	thorn	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 crawled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crawl	past	He			the thorns			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under thorn=Trajectory

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

A dwarf guided him through the wood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dwarf	det
2	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 guided	nsubj
3	guided	guide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 guided	obj
5	through	through	ADP	_	7 wood	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wood	det
7	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 guided	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guide	past	a dwarf	him = he		the wood			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme through wood=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The trees and brambles gave way to let him pass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 trees	det
2	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 gave	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 brambles	cc
4	brambles	bramble	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 trees	conj
5	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gave	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 let	mark
8	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 way	acl
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 let	obj
10	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 let	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	give	past	the trees and brambles	way	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme
2	let	to-infinitive	the trees and brambles not said here	him = he	tree rules
3	pass	infinitive	him = he not said here		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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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