Exam question 2 · d'Aulnoy, Desiree, part 37: a crab-fairy's curse, a window…

In what manner was the palace in which the princess was reared constructed?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, rear, construct · To what, where: palace, manner, princess

This is exam question 2 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 palace	obl
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 palace	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 palace	det
6	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 which	case
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 reared	obl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 princess	det
10	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 reared	nsubj:pass
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 reared	aux:pass
12	reared	rear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 palace	acl:relcl
13	constructed	construct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 reared	xcomp
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 palace	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	past	the palace	what manner	tree rules
2	rear	past · passive	the princess	the palace	tree rules
3	construct	participle			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

It was a grand palace of white marble with a thousand windows facing the sea and gardens in every direction

The tree, 20 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	5 palace	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 palace	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 palace	det
4	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 palace	amod
5	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 marble	case
7	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 marble	amod
8	marble	marble	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 palace	nmod
9	with	with	ADP	_	12 windows	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 thousand	det
11	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 windows	nummod
12	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 marble	nmod
13	facing	face	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 windows	acl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 sea	det
15	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 facing	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 gardens	cc
17	gardens	garden	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 windows	conj
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 direction	case
19	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	20 direction	det
20	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 palace	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a grand palace		every direction		of white marble with thousand windows and gardens	tree rules
2	face	gerund	thousand windows and gardens not said here	the sea					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sea=Destination

Option 2

It was lit by windows and entered by a gate set into the old stone wall

The tree, 16 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	3 lit	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lit	aux:pass
3	lit	lit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 windows	case
5	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lit	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 entered	cc
7	entered	enter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 lit	conj
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 gate	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 gate	det
10	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 entered	obl
11	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 gate	acl
12	into	into	ADP	_	16 wall	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 wall	det
14	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 wall	amod
15	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 wall	compound
16	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 set	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	lit	past · passive	windows	It			tree rules
2	enter	participle	windows not said here			by a gate	vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	set	participle		a gate not said here	the old stone wall		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It contained no windows and was entered by a door beneath the earth

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 contained	nsubj
2	contained	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 windows	det
4	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 contained	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 entered	cc
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 entered	aux:pass
7	entered	enter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 contained	conj
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 door	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 door	det
10	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 entered	obl
11	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	13 earth	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 earth	det
13	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 entered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	past	It	no windows					vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot window=Theme
2	enter	past · passive	a door					beneath the earth	vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It was constructed of gold and silver with towers, gates, and windows built atop the hills to catch the sun

The tree, 20 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	3 constructed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 constructed	aux:pass
3	constructed	construct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 gold	case
5	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 constructed	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 silver	cc
7	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gold	conj
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 towers	case
9	towers	tower	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 constructed	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 gates	punct
11	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 towers	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 built	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 built	cc
14	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 built	nsubj
15	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 constructed	conj
16	atop	atop	ADP	_	18 hills	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 hills	det
18	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 built	obl
19	to	to	PART	_	20 catch	mark
20	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 built	advcl
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 sun	det
22	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 catch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	construct	past · passive		It	of gold and silver; with towers and gates	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with tower=Instrument
2	build	past	windows		atop the hills	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	catch	to-infinitive	windows not said here	the sun		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sun=Theme

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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