Exam question 3 · Fairy Book, The Frog and the Lion Fairy, part 1: the siste…
Identify the reason the queen gave for leaving the castle to hunt.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, queen · What happens: identify, give, leave, hunt · To what, where: reason, castle
This is exam question 3 of lesson 1178 «Fairy Book, The Frog and the Lion Fairy, part 1: the sisters free their husbands, and the queen's chariot crashes» 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 reason | det |
| 3 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 queen | det |
| 5 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gave | nsubj |
| 6 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 reason | acl:relcl |
| 7 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 8 leaving | mark |
| 8 | leaving | leave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 gave | advcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 castle | det |
| 10 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 leaving | obj |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 hunt | mark |
| 12 | hunt | hunt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 castle | acl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the reason | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | ||||
| 2 | give | past | the queen | the reason not said here | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | ||||
| 3 | leave | gerund | the queen not said here | the castle | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent castle=Theme | ||||
| 4 | hunt | to-infinitive | the queen not said here | the castle not said here | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: 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
The king had asked her to go on the hunt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 asked | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 asked | aux |
| 4 | asked | ask | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 asked | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 go | mark |
| 7 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 asked | xcomp |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 hunt | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 hunt | det |
| 10 | hunt | hunt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | past · perfect | the king | her = she | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | go not said to happen | to-infinitive | the king not said here | the hunt | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on hunt=Location |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
She was tired of being always in the castle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 tired | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 tired | cop |
| 3 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 castle | case |
| 5 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 castle | cop |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 9 castle | advmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 castle | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 castle | det |
| 9 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tired | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | She | tired property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | gerund | of the castle; always property | tree rules |
Option 3
Her husband had ordered her out so that the guards could prepare the walls for an attack by the neighbours
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 husband | nmod:poss |
| 2 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ordered | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 ordered | aux |
| 4 | ordered | order | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 ordered | obj |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 ordered | compound:prt |
| 7 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 12 prepare | mark |
| 8 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 12 prepare | mark |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 guards | det |
| 10 | guards | guard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 prepare | nsubj |
| 11 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 prepare | aux |
| 12 | prepare | prepare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 ordered | xcomp |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 walls | det |
| 14 | walls | wall | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 prepare | obj |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 attack | case |
| 16 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 attack | det |
| 17 | attack | attack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 prepare | obl |
| 18 | by | by | ADP | _ | 20 neighbours | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 neighbours | det |
| 20 | neighbours | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 prepare | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | order out | past · perfect · passive | Her husband | her = she | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | prepare not said to happen | could | the guards | the walls | for a attack; by the neighbours | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent wall=Product for attack=Beneficiary |
Option 4
She wanted to see the sea for the first time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 see | mark |
| 4 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wanted | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 sea | det |
| 6 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 see | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 time | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 time | det |
| 9 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 10 time | amod |
| 10 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 see | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | She | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | see not said to happen | to-infinitive | She not said here | the sea | time | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sea=Stimulus |
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