Exam question 4 · Lang Fairy Book, The Clever Cat, part 22: a weaver's clums…
What did the magic stone grant the son, and what did he ask of his mother when he returned home?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: magic stone, stone · What happens: do, grant, ask, return · To what, where: son
This is exam question 4 of lesson 1156 «Lang Fairy Book, The Clever Cat, part 22: a weaver's clumsy mistake, a lost-seeming weaver, and a son who gets rich with a magic stone» 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 | 2 did | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 stone | det |
| 4 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stone | compound |
| 5 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 grant | nsubj |
| 6 | grant | grant | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 did | ccomp |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 son | det |
| 8 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 grant | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 ask | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 ask | cc |
| 11 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 14 ask | obj |
| 12 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 ask | aux |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 ask | nsubj |
| 14 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 grant | parataxis |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 mother | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 mother | nmod:poss |
| 17 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 ask | obl |
| 18 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 20 returned | advmod |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 returned | nsubj |
| 20 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 ask | advcl |
| 21 | home | home | ADV | _ | 20 returned | advmod |
| 22 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | grant | present | the magic stone | the son | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent son=Theme | ||||
| 3 | ask speech: ask | past · do-support | stone | of stone's mother | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient | ||||
| 4 | return | past | stone | home property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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
It granted all his wishes, and he begged her to ask the ogre for his silver back.
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 granted | nsubj |
| 2 | granted | grant | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 wishes | det:predet |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 wishes | nmod:poss |
| 5 | wishes | wish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 granted | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 begged | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 begged | cc |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 begged | nsubj |
| 9 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 granted | conj |
| 10 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 begged | obj |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 ask | mark |
| 12 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 begged | xcomp |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 ogre | det |
| 14 | ogre | ogre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 ask | obj |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 silver | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 silver | nmod:poss |
| 17 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 ask | obl |
| 18 | back | back | ADV | _ | 12 ask | advmod |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 granted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grant | past | It | his wishes | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent wish=Theme | ||||
| 2 | beg speech: request | past | he | her = she | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | ask speech: ask not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | the ogre | for his silver | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent ogre=Recipient | |||
| 4 | wish | his = he | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
It granted wishes, so he asked for gold.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 granted | nsubj |
| 2 | granted | grant | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | wishes | wish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 granted | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 asked | punct |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 asked | advmod |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 asked | nsubj |
| 7 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 granted | conj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 gold | case |
| 9 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 asked | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 granted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grant | past | It | wishes | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent wish=Theme | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | past | he | for gold | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It granted his wishes, and he asked her to petition the king for the princess's hand
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 granted | nsubj |
| 2 | granted | grant | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 wishes | nmod:poss |
| 4 | wishes | wish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 granted | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 asked | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 asked | cc |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 asked | nsubj |
| 8 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 granted | conj |
| 9 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 asked | iobj |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 petition | mark |
| 11 | petition | petition | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 asked | xcomp |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 king | det |
| 13 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 petition | obj |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 hand | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 princess | det |
| 16 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 hand | nmod:poss |
| 17 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 16 princess | case |
| 18 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 petition | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grant | past | It | his wishes | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent wish=Theme | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | past | he | her = she | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | petition not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | the king | for the princess's hand | tree rules | |||
| 4 | wish | his = he | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
It turned his stone to silver, and he asked her to beg the farmer for his daughter's hand.
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 turned | nsubj |
| 2 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 stone | nmod:poss |
| 4 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 turned | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 silver | mark |
| 6 | silver | silver | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 turned | advcl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 asked | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 asked | cc |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 asked | nsubj |
| 10 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 turned | conj |
| 11 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 asked | iobj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 beg | mark |
| 13 | beg | beg | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 asked | xcomp |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 farmer | det |
| 15 | farmer | farmer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 beg | obj |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 20 hand | case |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 18 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 hand | nmod:poss |
| 19 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 18 daughter | case |
| 20 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 beg | obl |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 turned | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | past | It | his stone | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme stone=Result | ||||
| 2 | silver | to-infinitive | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 3 | ask speech: ask | past | he | her = she | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | beg speech: request not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | the farmer | for farmer's daughter's hand | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent farmer=Recipient for hand=Topic |
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