Exam question 2 · Fairy Book (pg3027), The White Slipper, part 61: Andras ki…

By what means did the physician assert that the slipper would remain durable?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: physician, slipper · What happens: mean, assert, remain

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1195 «Fairy Book (pg3027), The White Slipper, part 61: Andras kills the Stalo's dog and takes his gold, then the sick king gets a magic slipper» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 assert	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 assert	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 physician	det
6	physician	physician	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 assert	nsubj
7	assert	assert	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 remain	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 slipper	det
10	slipper	slipper	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 remain	nsubj
11	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 remain	aux
12	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 assert	advcl
13	durable	durable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 remain	xcomp
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 assert	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	assert	past · do-support	the physician		vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	remain	would	the slipper	durable property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

By a varnish that hardens the leather

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 varnish	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 varnish	det
3	varnish	varnish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 hardens	nsubj
5	hardens	harden	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 varnish	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 leather	det
7	leather	leather	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hardens	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	harden	present	a varnish	the leather					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent leather=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

By a balsam that strengthens its material

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 balsam	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 balsam	det
3	balsam	balsam	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 strengthens	nsubj
5	strengthens	strengthen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 balsam	acl:relcl
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 material	nmod:poss
7	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 strengthens	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strengthen	present	a balsam	balsam's material					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent material=Patient

Option 3

By a balsam that strengthens its material and keeps out all water and dirt forever

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 balsam	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 balsam	det
3	balsam	balsam	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 strengthens	nsubj
5	strengthens	strengthen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 balsam	acl:relcl
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 material	nmod:poss
7	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 strengthens	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 keeps	cc
9	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 strengthens	conj
10	out	out	ADP	_	9 keeps	compound:prt
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 water	det
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 keeps	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 dirt	cc
14	dirt	dirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 water	conj
15	forever	forever	ADV	_	9 keeps	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strengthen	present	a balsam	balsam's material					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent material=Patient
2	keep out	present	a balsam not said here	all water and dirt				forever property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme

Option 4

By a secret that shrinks the sole

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 secret	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 secret	det
3	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 shrinks	nsubj
5	shrinks	shrink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 secret	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sole	det
7	sole	sole	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shrinks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shrink	present	a secret	the sole					vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sole=Patient

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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