Exam question 2 · Fairy Book, The Old Woman and the Prince: a condemned yout…

Identify the person who first arranged the substitution of the royal heir, according to the young man's account before the court.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, person, royal heir, young man · What happens: identify, arrange, accord, substitute, account · To what, where: person, substitution, account

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1280 «Fairy Book, The Old Woman and the Prince: a condemned youth wins a strange marriage and proves he is the king's true son» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 person	det
3	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 arranged	nsubj
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 arranged	advmod
6	arranged	arrange	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 person	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 substitution	det
8	substitution	substitution	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 arranged	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 heir	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 heir	det
11	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 heir	amod
12	heir	heir	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 substitution	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 according	punct
14	according	accord	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Identify	advcl
15	to	to	ADP	_	20 account	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 man	det
17	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 man	amod
18	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 account	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 man	case
20	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 according	obl
21	before	before	ADP	_	23 court	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 court	det
23	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 according	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the person			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent person=Theme
2	arrange	past	the person	the substitution of the royal heir		first property	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent substitution=Product
3	accord	gerund	you not said here		before the court	to the young man's account goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to account=Goal
4	substitute		the royal heir				nom substitution «event intransitive»: of=agent
5	account		the young man				nom account «communication 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

The queen's own mother, who first proposed the whole scheme to the royal household during a long winter feast

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 queen	det
2	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mother	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 queen	case
4	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 mother	amod
5	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 proposed	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 proposed	punct
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 proposed	nsubj
8	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 proposed	advmod
9	proposed	propose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 scheme	det
11	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 scheme	amod
12	scheme	scheme	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 proposed	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	16 household	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 household	det
15	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 household	amod
16	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 proposed	obl
17	during	during	ADP	_	21 feast	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 feast	det
19	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 feast	amod
20	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 feast	compound
21	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 proposed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	propose	past	the queen's own mother	the whole scheme	the royal household		during a long winter feast	first property	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent scheme=Theme to household=Recipient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The queen, who adopted the infant of a poor quarryman

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 queen	det
2	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 adopted	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 adopted	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 adopted	nsubj
5	adopted	adopt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 infant	det
7	infant	infant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 adopted	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 quarryman	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 quarryman	det
10	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 quarryman	amod
11	quarryman	quarryman	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 infant	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	adopt	past	the queen	the infant of a poor quarryman					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent infant=Theme

Option 3

A nurse who swapped the infants at birth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 nurse	det
2	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 swapped	nsubj
4	swapped	swap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 nurse	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 infants	det
6	infants	infant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 swapped	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 birth	case
8	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swapped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swap	past	a nurse	the infants		birth			vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent infant=Theme

Option 4

The king's chamberlain, who swapped the babies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chamberlain	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 king	case
4	chamberlain	chamberlain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 swapped	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 swapped	punct
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 swapped	nsubj
7	swapped	swap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 babies	det
9	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 swapped	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swap	past	the king's chamberlain	the babies					vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Theme

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