Exam question 3 · Fairy Book, The Red Knight: the prince proves his deeds an…

What evidence finally confirmed the identity of the true hero?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: evidence · What happens: confirm · To what, where: identity

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1230 «Fairy Book, The Red Knight: the prince proves his deeds and the wicked knight is hanged» 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	PRON	PronType=Int	4 confirmed	obj
2	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 confirmed	nsubj
3	finally	finally	ADV	_	4 confirmed	advmod
4	confirmed	confirm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 identity	det
6	identity	identity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 confirmed	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 hero	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hero	det
9	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hero	amod
10	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identity	nmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 confirmed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confirm	past	evidence	the identity of the true hero				finally property	tree rules

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 sword was engraved with his name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sword	det
2	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 engraved	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 engraved	aux:pass
4	engraved	engrave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 name	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 name	nmod:poss
7	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 engraved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	engrave	past · passive		the sword				with his name	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with name=Theme
2	name		his = he						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

The mermaid testified before the court

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mermaid	det
2	mermaid	mermaid	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	testified	testify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 mermaid	acl
4	before	before	ADP	_	6 court	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 court	det
6	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 testified	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	testify speech: other	participle		the mermaid not said here			before the court		vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

A letter sealed by the king was produced

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 letter	det
2	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 produced	nsubj:pass
3	sealed	seal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 letter	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 king	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sealed	obl
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 produced	aux:pass
8	produced	produce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seal	participle		a letter not said here				by the king	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	produce	past · passive		a letter					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The two halves of the broken gold ring fitted exactly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 halves	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 halves	nummod
3	halves	half	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 fitted	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 ring	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ring	det
6	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 ring	amod
7	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ring	compound
8	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 halves	nmod
9	fitted	fit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
10	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	9 fitted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	participle							vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	fit	participle	the two halves of the broken gold ring					exactly property	vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

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