Exam question 3 · Old French Fairy Tales, Donkey-skin, part 18: the ring is…

By what means did the King attempt to identify the owner of the emerald ring?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: mean, do, identify · To what, where: King attempt, owner · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 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	By	by	SCONJ	_	3 means	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 attempt	det
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 attempt	compound
7	attempt	attempt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 identify	mark
9	identify	identify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 attempt	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 owner	det
11	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 identify	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 ring	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 ring	det
14	emerald	emerald	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 ring	compound
15	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 owner	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	past	the King attempt	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attempt=Eventuality
3	identify	to-infinitive	the owner of the emerald ring	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent owner=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

by sending a message to every noble house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 sending	mark
2	sending	send	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 message	det
4	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sending	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 house	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 house	det
7	noble	noble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 house	amod
8	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sending	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	gerund		a message		every noble house			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent message=Theme to house=Destination

Option 2

by sending heralds to every village and making each woman try the ring on her hand

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 sending	mark
2	sending	send	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 try	advcl
3	heralds	herald	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sending	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 village	case
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 village	det
6	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sending	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 making	cc
8	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 sending	conj
9	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	10 woman	det
10	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 making	obj
11	try	try	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 ring	det
13	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 try	obj
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 hand	case
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 hand	nmod:poss
16	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 try	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	send	gerund	you not said here	heralds	every village	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent herald=Theme to village=Destination
2	make	gerund	you not said here	each woman		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset woman=Product
3	try	imperative	you not said here	the ring	woman's hand	vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Eventuality

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

by proclaiming a trial upon every finger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 proclaiming	mark
2	proclaiming	proclaim	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 trial	det
4	trial	trial	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 proclaiming	obj
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 finger	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 finger	det
7	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 proclaiming	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	proclaim	gerund		a trial				upon every finger	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trial=Theme

Option 4

by ordering all his servants to search the castle rooms for the lady who lost it

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 ordering	mark
2	ordering	order	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 servants	det:predet
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 servants	nmod:poss
5	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 ordering	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 search	mark
7	search	search	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 ordering	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 rooms	det
9	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rooms	compound
10	rooms	room	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 search	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 lady	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 lady	det
13	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 search	obl
14	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 lost	nsubj
15	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 lady	acl:relcl
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 lost	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	order	gerund		his servants		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Theme
2	search	to-infinitive		the castle rooms	for the lady	vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent room=Location for lady=Theme
3	lose	past	the lady	it		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

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