Exam question 1 · Old French Fairy Tales, Donkey-skin, part 18: the ring is…
Which object did the Prince request in order to restore his health?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object · What happens: do, restore · To what, where: Prince request, order, health
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1093 «Old French Fairy Tales, Donkey-skin, part 18: the ring is tried on every finger» 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 | DET | PronType=Int | 2 object | det |
| 2 | object | object | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 request | det |
| 5 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 request | compound |
| 6 | request | request | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 order | case |
| 8 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 restore | mark |
| 10 | restore | restore | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 did | advcl |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 health | nmod:poss |
| 12 | health | health | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 restore | obj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | which object | the Prince request | order | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent request=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | restore | to-infinitive | which object not said here | object's health | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent health=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 · ✓ the right answer
a cake prepared by Donkey-skin
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cake | det |
| 2 | cake | cake | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | prepared | prepare | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 cake | acl |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 skin | case |
| 5 | Donkey | Donkey | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 skin | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 Donkey | punct |
| 7 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 prepared | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prepare | participle | a cake not said here | by Donkey skin | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
a sweet pastry prepared secretly by the goose-girl in the palace kitchen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 pastry | det |
| 2 | sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 pastry | amod |
| 3 | pastry | pastry | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | prepared | prepare | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 pastry | acl |
| 5 | secretly | secretly | ADV | _ | 4 prepared | advmod |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 girl | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 girl | det |
| 8 | goose | goose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 girl | compound |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 goose | punct |
| 10 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 prepared | obl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 kitchen | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 kitchen | det |
| 13 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 kitchen | compound |
| 14 | kitchen | kitchen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 girl | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prepare | participle | a sweet pastry not said here | by the goose girl in the palace kitchen; secretly property | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
a dessert made by the royal chef
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 dessert | det |
| 2 | dessert | dessert | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 dessert | acl |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 chef | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 chef | det |
| 6 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 chef | amod |
| 7 | chef | chef | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | participle | a dessert not said here | by the royal chef | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
Option 4
a special cake baked by a servant from the farm and wrapped in silk
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cake | det |
| 2 | special | special | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cake | amod |
| 3 | cake | cake | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | baked | bake | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 cake | acl |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 servant | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 servant | det |
| 7 | servant | servant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 baked | obl |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 farm | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 farm | det |
| 10 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 baked | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 wrapped | cc |
| 12 | wrapped | wrap | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 baked | conj |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 silk | case |
| 14 | silk | silk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 wrapped | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bake | participle | a special cake not said here | the farm | by a servant | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent from farm=Material | |||
| 2 | wrap | participle | silk | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in silk=Destination |
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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