Exam question 1 · Fairy Book, The Rover of the Plain, part 34: a proud king'…

Which object did the bride specifically request from her parents as her personal servant?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object · What happens: do · To what, where: bride

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1168 «Fairy Book, The Rover of the Plain, part 34: a proud king's magic is ruined, and a bride asks for a buffalo» 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	5 bride	det
5	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
6	specifically	specifically	ADV	_	7 request	advmod
7	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obl
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 parents	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 parents	nmod:poss
10	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 request	nmod
11	as	as	ADP	_	14 servant	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 servant	nmod:poss
13	personal	personal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 servant	amod
14	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	which object	the bride				as object's personal servant; request from object's parents obl	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bride=Eventuality

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 buffalo known as the Rover of the Plain, along with all of the herd that followed him

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 buffalo	det
2	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 buffalo	acl
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 Rover	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Rover	det
6	Rover	Rover	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 known	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 Plain	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Plain	det
9	Plain	Plain	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Rover	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 all	punct
11	along	along	ADP	_	13 all	case
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 all	case
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 buffalo	conj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 herd	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 herd	det
16	herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 all	nmod
17	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 followed	nsubj
18	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 herd	acl:relcl
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 followed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	participle		the buffalo not said here				as the Rover of the Plain	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as rover=Attribute
2	follow	past	the herd	him = he					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

the buffalo known as the Rover of the Plain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 buffalo	det
2	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 buffalo	acl
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 Rover	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Rover	det
6	Rover	Rover	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 known	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 Plain	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Plain	det
9	Plain	Plain	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Rover	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	participle		the buffalo not said here				as the Rover of the Plain	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as rover=Attribute

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

the horse known as the Wind of the East

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 horse	det
2	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 horse	acl
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 Wind	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Wind	det
6	Wind	Wind	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 known	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 East	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 East	det
9	East	East	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Wind	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	participle		the horse not said here				as the Wind of the East	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as wind=Attribute

Option 4

the great black buffalo known as the Rover of the Plain, who was her family's prize animal

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 buffalo	det
2	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 buffalo	amod
3	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 buffalo	amod
4	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 buffalo	acl
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 Rover	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Rover	det
8	Rover	Rover	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 known	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 Plain	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Plain	det
11	Plain	Plain	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Rover	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 animal	punct
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 animal	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 animal	cop
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 family	nmod:poss
16	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 animal	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 family	case
18	prize	prize	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 animal	compound
19	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 buffalo	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	participle		the great black buffalo and her family's prize animal not said here				as the Rover of the Plain	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as rover=Attribute
2	is a	past	the great black buffalo and her family's prize animal	her family's prize animal					tree rules

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