Exam question 3 · Fairy Book, The Prince and the Bee, part 30: the bee-princ…
What condition did the king attach to the recovery of his sword?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: condition, sword · What happens: attach, recover
This is exam question 3 of lesson 1229 «Fairy Book, The Prince and the Bee, part 30: the bee-prince steals the sword, and the mermaid pulls him under the waves» 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 | What | what | DET | PronType=Int | 2 condition | det |
| 2 | condition | condition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 attach | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 attach | aux |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 king | det |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 attach | nsubj |
| 6 | attach | attach | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 recovery | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 recovery | det |
| 9 | recovery | recovery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 attach | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 sword | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 sword | nmod:poss |
| 12 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 recovery | nmod |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 attach | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | attach | past · do-support | what condition | to the recovery of king's sword | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to recovery=Co-Patient | ||||
| 2 | recover | king's sword | nom recovery «event intransitive»: of=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 right answer
The hand of his daughter and the succession to the throne
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 hand | det |
| 2 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 daughter | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 5 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hand | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 succession | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 succession | det |
| 8 | succession | succession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hand | conj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 throne | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 throne | det |
| 11 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 succession | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
The hand of a rich merchant and a seat on the council
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 hand | det |
| 2 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 merchant | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 merchant | det |
| 5 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 merchant | amod |
| 6 | merchant | merchant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hand | nmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 seat | cc |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 seat | det |
| 9 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 merchant | conj |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 council | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 council | det |
| 12 | council | council | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 seat | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
The hand of his daughter in marriage together with the crown and every royal estate in the kingdom
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 hand | det |
| 2 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 crown | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 daughter | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 5 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hand | nmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 marriage | case |
| 7 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 daughter | nmod |
| 8 | together | together | ADV | _ | 11 crown | advmod |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 crown | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 crown | det |
| 11 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 estate | cc |
| 13 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 15 estate | det |
| 14 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 estate | amod |
| 15 | estate | estate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 crown | conj |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 kingdom | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 kingdom | det |
| 18 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 estate | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The hand of his daughter, the throne, and half his treasury besides
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 hand | det |
| 2 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 daughter | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 5 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hand | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 throne | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 throne | det |
| 8 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hand | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 treasury | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 half | cc |
| 11 | half | half | DET | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind | 13 treasury | det:predet |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 treasury | nmod:poss |
| 13 | treasury | treasury | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hand | conj |
| 14 | besides | besides | PUNCT | _ | 2 hand | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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