Exam question 1 · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Princess Desiree, part 38: the fal…
Which of the following did the lady in waiting present to the king?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: lady · What happens: follow, wait · To what, where: present
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1172 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Princess Desiree, part 38: the false bride is taken to the palace and exposed» 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 | 7 lady | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 lady | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 lady | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 lady | case |
| 5 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 lady | aux |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 lady | det |
| 7 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 9 waiting | mark |
| 9 | waiting | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 lady | acl |
| 10 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 waiting | obj |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 king | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 king | det |
| 13 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 waiting | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 lady | 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 | wait | gerund | the lady not said here | present | to the king | tree rules |
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 · ✓ the right answer
The letters and the casket of jewels
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 letters | det |
| 2 | letters | letter | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 casket | cc |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 casket | det |
| 5 | casket | casket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 letters | conj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 jewels | case |
| 7 | jewels | jewel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 casket | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
The silver veil and the letters
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 veil | det |
| 2 | silver | silver | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 veil | amod |
| 3 | veil | veil | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 letters | cc |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 letters | det |
| 6 | letters | letter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 veil | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
The letters, the casket of jewels, and the silver brocade cushion
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 letters | det |
| 2 | letters | letter | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 casket | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 casket | det |
| 5 | casket | casket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 letters | conj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 jewels | case |
| 7 | jewels | jewel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 casket | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 cushion | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 cushion | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 brocade | det |
| 11 | silver | silver | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 brocade | amod |
| 12 | brocade | brocade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 cushion | compound |
| 13 | cushion | cushion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 letters | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The wedding veil, the letters and the casket of gold coins from the queen
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 veil | det |
| 2 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 veil | compound |
| 3 | veil | veil | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 letters | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 letters | det |
| 6 | letters | letter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 veil | conj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 casket | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 casket | det |
| 9 | casket | casket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 veil | conj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 coins | case |
| 11 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 coins | compound |
| 12 | coins | coin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 casket | nmod |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 15 queen | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 queen | det |
| 15 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 coins | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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