Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, Jack and the Magic Table: Jack takes three ma…
How was Jack rewarded at the close of the tale?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: reward · To what, where: Jack, close
This is exam question 4 of lesson 1167 «Fairy Tales, Jack and the Magic Table: Jack takes three magic gifts, tricks his way to the top, and wins the king's daughter» 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 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 rewarded | advmod |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 rewarded | aux:pass |
| 3 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 rewarded | nsubj |
| 4 | rewarded | reward | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 close | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 close | det |
| 7 | close | close | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rewarded | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 tale | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 tale | det |
| 10 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 close | nmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 rewarded | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reward | past · passive | Jack | the close of the tale | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=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 · ← Mova's choice
He was made a duke and given a large country estate.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 made | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 made | aux:pass |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 duke | det |
| 5 | duke | duke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 given | cc |
| 7 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 made | conj |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 estate | det |
| 9 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 estate | amod |
| 10 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 estate | compound |
| 11 | estate | estate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 given | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past · passive | He | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary duke=Product | |||||
| 2 | give | participle | a large country estate | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent estate=Theme |
Option 2
He wed the king's daughter and owned the royal lands.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wed | nsubj |
| 2 | wed | w | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 king | det |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 king | case |
| 6 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wed | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 owned | cc |
| 8 | owned | own | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 wed | conj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 lands | det |
| 10 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 lands | amod |
| 11 | lands | land | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 owned | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | w | past | He | the king's daughter | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | own | past | He not said here | the royal lands | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot land=Theme |
Option 3
He received the princess as his bride, a castle of treasure, and a seat on the royal council.
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 received | nsubj |
| 2 | received | receive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 princess | det |
| 4 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 received | obj |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 bride | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 bride | nmod:poss |
| 7 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 received | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 castle | punct |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 castle | det |
| 10 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bride | conj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 treasure | case |
| 12 | treasure | treasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 castle | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 seat | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 seat | cc |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 seat | det |
| 16 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 received | obl |
| 17 | on | on | ADP | _ | 20 council | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 council | det |
| 19 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 council | amod |
| 20 | council | council | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 seat | nmod |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 received | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | receive | past | He | the princess | as his bride and a castle of treasure; a seat on the royal council obl | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
He received the princess as his bride and a castle of treasure.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 received | nsubj |
| 2 | received | receive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 princess | det |
| 4 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 received | obj |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 bride | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 bride | nmod:poss |
| 7 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 received | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 castle | cc |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 castle | det |
| 10 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bride | conj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 treasure | case |
| 12 | treasure | treasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 castle | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 received | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | receive | past | He | the princess | as his bride and a castle of treasure | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme |
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