Exam question 4 · The Brown Fairy Book, What the Rose did to the Cypress, pa…
Which of the following accurately describes the condition the princess Mihr-afruz imposed upon her suitors?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition · What happens: follow, describe, afruz, impose · To what, where: Mihr afruz
This is exam question 4 of lesson 1200 «The Brown Fairy Book, What the Rose did to the Cypress, part 1: a prince chases a deer, gets lost in the desert and meets a barefoot stranger who is a lost king» 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 | 4 following | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 following | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 following | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | accurately | accurately | ADV | _ | 6 describes | advmod |
| 6 | describes | describe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 following | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 condition | det |
| 8 | condition | condition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 afruz | nsubj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 princess | det |
| 10 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 afruz | nsubj |
| 11 | Mihr | Mihr | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 afruz | compound |
| 12 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 13 afruz | punct |
| 13 | afruz | afruz | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 describes | ccomp |
| 14 | imposed | impose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 afruz | acl |
| 15 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 17 suitors | case |
| 16 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 suitors | nmod:poss |
| 17 | suitors | suitor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 imposed | obl |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 following | 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 | accurately property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | afruz | the condition | tree rules | ||||||
| 4 | impose | participle | Mihr afruz not said here | upon princess's suitors | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: 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
a long journey to Turkistan with gifts, and a riddle to solve on arrival at the palace
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 journey | det |
| 2 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 journey | amod |
| 3 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 Turkistan | case |
| 5 | Turkistan | Turkistan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 journey | nmod |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 gifts | case |
| 7 | gifts | gift | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 journey | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 riddle | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 riddle | cc |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 riddle | det |
| 11 | riddle | riddle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 journey | conj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 solve | mark |
| 13 | solve | solve | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 riddle | acl |
| 14 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 arrival | case |
| 15 | arrival | arrival | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 solve | obl |
| 16 | at | at | ADP | _ | 18 palace | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 palace | det |
| 18 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 solve | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | solve | to-infinitive | arrival | at the palace | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
a marriage contract of great wealth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 contract | det |
| 2 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 contract | compound |
| 3 | contract | contract | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 wealth | case |
| 5 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 wealth | amod |
| 6 | wealth | wealth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 contract | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | contract | great wealth | nom contract «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
the solution of a riddle, on pain of rejection
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 solution | det |
| 2 | solution | solution | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 riddle | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 riddle | det |
| 5 | riddle | riddle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 solution | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 pain | punct |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 pain | case |
| 8 | pain | pain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 solution | appos |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 rejection | case |
| 10 | rejection | rejection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pain | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pain | rejection | nom pain «state transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4
the solution of a riddle, on pain of rejection and loss of all his property
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 solution | det |
| 2 | solution | solution | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 riddle | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 riddle | det |
| 5 | riddle | riddle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 solution | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 pain | punct |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 pain | case |
| 8 | pain | pain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 solution | appos |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 rejection | case |
| 10 | rejection | rejection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pain | nmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 loss | cc |
| 12 | loss | loss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 rejection | conj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 property | case |
| 14 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 16 property | det:predet |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 property | nmod:poss |
| 16 | property | property | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 loss | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pain | rejection and loss of his property | nom pain «state transitive»: of=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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