Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Briar Rose: the princess sleeps with…
Which of the following accurately describes the hour at which the enchantment was concluded?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe, conclude · To what, where: enchantment
This is exam question 2 of lesson 120 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Briar Rose: the princess sleeps with the whole palace until a prince's kiss wakes her» 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 | 6 describes | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 6 describes | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 describes | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 describes | nsubj |
| 5 | accurately | accurately | ADV | _ | 6 describes | advmod |
| 6 | describes | describe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 hour | det |
| 8 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 describes | obj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 which | case |
| 10 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 concluded | obl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 enchantment | det |
| 12 | enchantment | enchantment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 concluded | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 concluded | aux:pass |
| 14 | concluded | conclude | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 hour | acl:relcl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 describes | 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 | describe | present | hour | accurately property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | conclude | past · passive | the enchantment | at the hour | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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
The day on which the hundred years were completed and the castle woke up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 day | det |
| 2 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 woke | nsubj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 which | case |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 completed | obl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 years | det |
| 6 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 years | nummod |
| 7 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 completed | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 completed | aux:pass |
| 9 | completed | complete | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 day | acl:relcl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 castle | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 castle | det |
| 12 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 completed | conj |
| 13 | woke | wake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | up | up | ADP | _ | 13 woke | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | complete | past · passive | the hundred years | on the day | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | wake up | past | the day | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
The precise day on which the hundred years were fully completed by the clock
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 day | det |
| 2 | precise | precise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 day | amod |
| 3 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 which | case |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 completed | obl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 years | det |
| 7 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 years | nummod |
| 8 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 completed | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 completed | aux:pass |
| 10 | fully | fully | ADV | _ | 11 completed | advmod |
| 11 | completed | complete | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 day | acl:relcl |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 clock | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 clock | det |
| 14 | clock | clock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 completed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | complete | past · passive | the hundred years | on the precise day | by the clock; fully property | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The day on which the hundred years were completed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 day | det |
| 2 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 which | case |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 completed | obl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 years | det |
| 6 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 years | nummod |
| 7 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 completed | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 completed | aux:pass |
| 9 | completed | complete | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 day | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | complete | past · passive | the hundred years | on the day | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
Option 4
The evening after the great feast was held
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 evening | det |
| 2 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 held | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | after | after | ADP | _ | 6 feast | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 feast | det |
| 5 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 feast | amod |
| 6 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 evening | nmod |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 held | aux:pass |
| 8 | held | hold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | past · passive | the evening after the great feast | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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