Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, Donkeyskin, part 1: a dying Queen makes the K…
What was the principal motive of the Druid-priest in advising the King?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: principal motive, Druid priest · What happens: be, advise · To what, where: King
This is exam question 4 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 motive | det |
| 4 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 motive | amod |
| 5 | motive | motive | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 priest | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 priest | det |
| 8 | Druid | Druid | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 priest | compound |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 Druid | punct |
| 10 | priest | priest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 motive | nmod |
| 11 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 12 advising | mark |
| 12 | advising | advise | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 priest | acl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 King | det |
| 14 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 advising | obj |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the principal motive of the Druid priest | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | advise speech: other | gerund | the Druid priest not said here | the King | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=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 · ✓ the right answer
ambition and the favour of a great monarch
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ambition | ambition | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 favour | cc |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 favour | det |
| 4 | favour | favour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 ambition | conj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 monarch | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 monarch | det |
| 7 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 monarch | amod |
| 8 | monarch | monarch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 favour | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | favour | a great monarch | nom favour «feeling transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2
a desire for power and the King's regard
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 desire | det |
| 2 | desire | desire | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 power | case |
| 4 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 desire | nmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 regard | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 King | det |
| 7 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 regard | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 King | case |
| 9 | regard | regard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 desire | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | regard | the King | nom regard «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
a wish to rule the kingdom through the King's weakness
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 wish | det |
| 2 | wish | wish | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 rule | mark |
| 4 | rule | rule | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wish | acl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 kingdom | det |
| 6 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rule | obj |
| 7 | through | through | ADP | _ | 11 weakness | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 King | det |
| 9 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 weakness | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 King | case |
| 11 | weakness | weakness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rule | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rule | to-infinitive | the kingdom | the King's weakness | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
a hope that the King would marry his own niece and give him great lands
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 hope | det |
| 2 | hope | hope | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 marry | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 King | det |
| 5 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 marry | nsubj |
| 6 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 marry | aux |
| 7 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 hope | acl |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 niece | nmod:poss |
| 9 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 niece | amod |
| 10 | niece | niece | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 marry | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 give | cc |
| 12 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 marry | conj |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 give | iobj |
| 14 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 lands | amod |
| 15 | lands | land | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 give | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | marry | would | the King | King's own niece | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent niece=Patient | ||||
| 2 | give | infinitive | the King not said here | great lands | King | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient land=Theme |
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