Exam question 1 · d'Aulnoy, Desiree, part 37: a crab-fairy's curse, a window…
Which of the following did the crab-fairy decree concerning the princess?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fairy decree · What happens: follow, concern · To what, where: princess
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1171 «d'Aulnoy, Desiree, part 37: a crab-fairy's curse, a windowless palace, a sick prince» 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 | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 decree | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 decree | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 decree | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 decree | case |
| 5 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 decree | aux |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 decree | det |
| 7 | crab | crab | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 fairy | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 crab | punct |
| 9 | fairy | fairy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 decree | amod |
| 10 | decree | decree | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 11 | concerning | concern | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 decree | acl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 princess | det |
| 13 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 concerning | obj |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 10 decree | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | concern | gerund | the fairy decree not said here | the princess | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus princess=Experiencer |
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
That she must not be crowned before her twentieth birthday
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 crowned | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 crowned | nsubj |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 crowned | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 crowned | advmod |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 crowned | aux:pass |
| 6 | crowned | crown | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | before | before | ADP | _ | 10 birthday | case |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 birthday | nmod:poss |
| 9 | twentieth | twentieth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 birthday | amod |
| 10 | birthday | birthday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 crowned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not crown | must · passive | That | before her twentieth birthday | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
That she must be kept from all men and women of the court until her eighteenth birthday arrives
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 kept | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 kept | nsubj |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 kept | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 kept | aux:pass |
| 5 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 men | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 men | det |
| 8 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 kept | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 women | cc |
| 10 | women | woman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 men | conj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 court | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 court | det |
| 13 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 women | nmod |
| 14 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 18 arrives | mark |
| 15 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 birthday | nmod:poss |
| 16 | eighteenth | eighteenth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 birthday | amod |
| 17 | birthday | birthday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 arrives | nsubj |
| 18 | arrives | arrive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 kept | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | must · passive | That | from all men and women of the court | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from man=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | arrive | present | her eighteenth birthday | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
That she must not see daylight before her fifteenth birthday
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 see | obj |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 see | nsubj |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 see | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 see | advmod |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | daylight | daylight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 see | obj |
| 7 | before | before | ADP | _ | 10 birthday | case |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 birthday | nmod:poss |
| 9 | fifteenth | fifteenth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 birthday | amod |
| 10 | birthday | birthday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 see | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not see | must | she | That | before her fifteenth birthday | tree rules |
Option 4
That she must not hear music before her fifteenth birthday
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 hear | obj |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 hear | nsubj |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 hear | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 hear | advmod |
| 5 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hear | obj |
| 7 | before | before | ADP | _ | 10 birthday | case |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 birthday | nmod:poss |
| 9 | fifteenth | fifteenth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 birthday | amod |
| 10 | birthday | birthday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hear | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not hear | must | she | That | before her fifteenth birthday | tree rules |
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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