Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales, Donkeyskin, part 1: a dying Queen makes the K…
By what conveyance did the Princess journey to consult her godmother, the Lilac-fairy?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: conveyance · What happens: do, consult · To what, where: Princess journey, godmother
This is exam question 3 of lesson 1091 «Fairy Tales, Donkeyskin, part 1: a dying Queen makes the King swear, the King goes mad, and the Princess flees to her godmother» 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 | By | by | ADP | _ | 2 what | case |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 3 | conveyance | conveyance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 what | acl:relcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 journey | det |
| 6 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 journey | compound |
| 7 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 consult | mark |
| 9 | consult | consult | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 did | advcl |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 godmother | nmod:poss |
| 11 | godmother | godmother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 consult | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 fairy | punct |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 fairy | det |
| 14 | Lilac | lilac | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 fairy | amod |
| 15 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 Lilac | punct |
| 16 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 godmother | conj |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 what | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | conveyance | the Princess journey | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent journey=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | consult | to-infinitive | conveyance not said here | conveyance's godmother and the Lilac fairy | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent godmother=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
a gilded chariot drawn by a team of white horses
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 chariot | det |
| 2 | gilded | gild | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 chariot | amod |
| 3 | chariot | chariot | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | drawn | draw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 chariot | acl |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 team | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 team | det |
| 7 | team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 drawn | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 horses | case |
| 9 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 horses | amod |
| 10 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 team | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gild | participle | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | draw | participle | a gilded chariot not said here | by a team of white horses | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
a small carriage drawn by a sheep
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 carriage | det |
| 2 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 carriage | amod |
| 3 | carriage | carriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | drawn | draw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 carriage | acl |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 sheep | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 sheep | det |
| 7 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 drawn | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | participle | a small carriage not said here | by a sheep | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
a small trap drawn by a pony
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 trap | det |
| 2 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 trap | amod |
| 3 | trap | trap | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | drawn | draw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 trap | acl |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 pony | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 pony | det |
| 7 | pony | pony | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 drawn | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | participle | a small trap not said here | by a pony | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
a little coach pulled by a goat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 coach | det |
| 2 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 coach | amod |
| 3 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | pulled | pull | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 coach | acl |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 goat | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 goat | det |
| 7 | goat | goat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pulled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull | participle | a little coach not said here | by a goat | vn slide-11.2 «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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