Exam question 2 · Gutenberg 3282, Kisa the Cat, Kisa rescues Ingibjorg from…

What was the item used by Kisa to convey the princess from the cave to her dwelling?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, use, convey · To what, where: item, princess, cave

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1245 «Gutenberg 3282, Kisa the Cat, Kisa rescues Ingibjorg from the giant and claims her reward» 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 item	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 item	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 item	det
4	item	item	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 item	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 Kisa	case
7	Kisa	Kisa	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 used	obl:agent
8	to	to	PART	_	9 convey	mark
9	convey	convey	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 used	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 princess	det
11	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 convey	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 cave	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 cave	det
14	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 convey	obl
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 dwelling	case
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 dwelling	nmod:poss
17	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 convey	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 item	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the item			tree rules
2	use	participle	the item not said here			vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	convey	to-infinitive	the princess	the cave	to princess's dwelling	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent princess=Theme from cave=Initial_Location to dwelling=Destination

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 golden carriage with white horses that the king had sent for her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 carriage	det
2	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 carriage	amod
3	carriage	carriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 horses	case
5	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 horses	amod
6	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 carriage	nmod
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 sent	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 king	det
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sent	nsubj
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 sent	aux
11	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 horses	acl
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 her	case
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past · perfect	the king	white horses not said here				for her = she	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme

Option 2

A large wooden cart drawn by a fine grey horse from the palace stables

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 cart	det
2	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cart	amod
3	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cart	amod
4	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 cart	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	10 horse	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 horse	det
8	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 horse	amod
9	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 horse	amod
10	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drawn	obl
11	from	from	ADP	_	14 stables	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 stables	det
13	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 stables	compound
14	stables	stable	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 drawn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	participle		a large wooden cart not said here				by a fine grey horse; from the palace stables	vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from stable=Co-Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A cart drawn by a horse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cart	det
2	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 cart	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 horse	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 horse	det
6	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drawn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	participle		a cart not said here				by a horse	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

A carriage with a driver

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 carriage	det
2	carriage	carriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 driver	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 driver	det
5	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carriage	nmod

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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