Exam question 3 · Lang Fairy Tales, The Knights of the Fish, part 1: a magic…
What was the purpose of the mirror employed by the Knight of the Fish against the dragon?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: purpose, mirror · What happens: be, employ, purpose · To what, where: mirror
This is exam question 3 of lesson 1262 «Lang Fairy Tales, The Knights of the Fish, part 1: a magic fish gives a poor cobbler two sons who go looking for adventure» 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 | root | root |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 purpose | det |
| 4 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 mirror | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 mirror | det |
| 7 | mirror | mirror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 purpose | nmod |
| 8 | employed | employ | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 mirror | acl |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 Knight | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Knight | det |
| 11 | Knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 employed | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 Fish | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Fish | det |
| 14 | Fish | Fish | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Knight | nmod |
| 15 | against | against | ADP | _ | 17 dragon | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 dragon | det |
| 17 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 employed | obl |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the purpose of the mirror | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | employ | participle | the mirror not said here | by the Knight of the Fish; against the dragon | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | purpose | the mirror | nom purpose «cognition 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
To blind the dragon with light
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 blind | mark |
| 2 | blind | blind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 dragon | amod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 dragon | det |
| 4 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 light | case |
| 6 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dragon | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
To trick the dragon into seeing a second beast that could challenge it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 trick | mark |
| 2 | trick | trick | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 dragon | det |
| 4 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 trick | obj |
| 5 | into | into | SCONJ | _ | 6 seeing | mark |
| 6 | seeing | see | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 trick | advcl |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 beast | det |
| 8 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 9 beast | amod |
| 9 | beast | beast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 seeing | obj |
| 10 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 challenge | nsubj |
| 11 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 challenge | aux |
| 12 | challenge | challenge | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 beast | acl:relcl |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 challenge | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trick | to-infinitive | the dragon | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dragon=Patient | |||||
| 2 | see | gerund | a second beast | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer beast=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | challenge | could | a second beast | beast | tree rules |
Option 3
To make the dragon fight its own image and tire itself out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 make | mark |
| 2 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 dragon | det |
| 4 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 make | obj |
| 5 | fight | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 make | xcomp |
| 6 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 image | nmod:poss |
| 7 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 image | amod |
| 8 | image | image | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fight | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 tire | cc |
| 10 | tire | tire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 image | conj |
| 11 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 10 tire | nmod:unmarked |
| 12 | out | out | ADP | _ | 5 fight | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | to-infinitive | the dragon | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | fight out | infinitive | the dragon not said here | dragon's own image and tire dragon | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent image=Co-Agent | ||||
| 3 | image | dragon | nom image «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
To cause the dragon to perceive a rival of equal size and strength
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 cause | mark |
| 2 | cause | cause | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 dragon | det |
| 4 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cause | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 perceive | mark |
| 6 | perceive | perceive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 cause | xcomp |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 rival | det |
| 8 | rival | rival | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 perceive | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 size | case |
| 10 | equal | equal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 size | amod |
| 11 | size | size | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 rival | nmod |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 strength | cc |
| 13 | strength | strength | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 size | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | to-infinitive | the dragon | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | perceive | to-infinitive | the dragon not said here | a rival of equal size and strength | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer rival=Stimulus |
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