Exam question 1 · Andrew Lang's fairy book, The Prince and the Mermaid, part…
Which item did the prince select from the queen's offerings to carry his provisions during his journey?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: item, queen, prince · What happens: select, carry, offer, provide, journey · To what, where: offerings, provisions
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1228 «Andrew Lang's fairy book, The Prince and the Mermaid, part 29: the prince runs from the mermaid and becomes a lion and a bear» 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 | DET | PronType=Int | 2 item | det |
| 2 | item | item | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 select | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 select | aux |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 prince | det |
| 5 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 select | nsubj |
| 6 | select | select | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 offerings | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 queen | det |
| 9 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 offerings | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 queen | case |
| 11 | offerings | offering | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 select | obl |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 carry | mark |
| 13 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 select | advcl |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 provisions | nmod:poss |
| 15 | provisions | provision | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 carry | obj |
| 16 | during | during | ADP | _ | 18 journey | case |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 journey | nmod:poss |
| 18 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 carry | obl |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | select | past · do-support | which item | the queen's offerings | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from offering=Source | ||||
| 2 | carry | to-infinitive | which item not said here | prince's provisions | during prince's journey | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent provision=Theme | |||
| 3 | offer | the queen | nom offering «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 4 | provide | prince | nom provision «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 5 | journey | prince | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=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
A woven straw basket
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 basket | det |
| 2 | woven | weave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 basket | amod |
| 3 | straw | straw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 basket | compound |
| 4 | basket | basket | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | weave | participle | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
A velvet silk purse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 purse | det |
| 2 | velvet | velvet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 silk | compound |
| 3 | silk | silk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 purse | compound |
| 4 | purse | purse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A large embroidered leather satchel with silver buckles
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 satchel | det |
| 2 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 satchel | amod |
| 3 | embroidered | embroider | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 satchel | amod |
| 4 | leather | leather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 satchel | compound |
| 5 | satchel | satchel | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 buckles | case |
| 7 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 buckles | compound |
| 8 | buckles | buckle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 satchel | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | embroider | participle | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A leather knapsack
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 knapsack | det |
| 2 | leather | leather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 knapsack | compound |
| 3 | knapsack | knapsack | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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