Exam question 2 · Irish Fairy Tales, Seven Inches, part 18: the sisters go d…
Upon which occasion did the youngest prince place a stone within the basket?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do · To what, where: youngest prince place
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1293 «Irish Fairy Tales, Seven Inches, part 18: the sisters go down the well, and the prince forges three crowns» 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 | Upon | upon | ADP | _ | 3 occasion | case |
| 2 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 3 occasion | det |
| 3 | occasion | occasion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obl |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 place | det |
| 6 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 8 place | amod |
| 7 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 place | compound |
| 8 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obj |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 stone | det |
| 10 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obj |
| 11 | within | within | ADP | _ | 13 basket | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 basket | det |
| 13 | basket | basket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the youngest prince place | upon which occasion; within the basket | 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
When the basket was to be drawn up from the pit, as the youngest princess cried
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 drawn | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 basket | det |
| 3 | basket | basket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 drawn | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 drawn | aux:pass |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 drawn | mark |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 drawn | aux:pass |
| 7 | drawn | draw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 cried | advcl |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 drawn | compound:prt |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 pit | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 pit | det |
| 11 | pit | pit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 drawn | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 cried | punct |
| 13 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 17 cried | mark |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 princess | det |
| 15 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 16 princess | amod |
| 16 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 cried | nsubj |
| 17 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw up | past · passive | the basket | the pit | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: subject=Theme from pit=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | cry speech: express | past | the youngest princess | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
When the basket was to be drawn up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 drawn | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 basket | det |
| 3 | basket | basket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 drawn | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 drawn | aux:pass |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 drawn | mark |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 drawn | aux:pass |
| 7 | drawn | draw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 drawn | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw up | past · passive | the basket | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3
When the basket was lowered down
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | When | when | SCONJ | _ | 5 lowered | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 basket | det |
| 3 | basket | basket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lowered | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 lowered | aux:pass |
| 5 | lowered | lower | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | down | down | ADP | _ | 5 lowered | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lower down | past · passive | the basket | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4
When the basket was to be drawn up, and the youngest princess had already climbed in
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 drawn | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 basket | det |
| 3 | basket | basket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 drawn | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 drawn | aux:pass |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 drawn | mark |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 drawn | aux:pass |
| 7 | drawn | draw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 drawn | compound:prt |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 climbed | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 climbed | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 princess | det |
| 12 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 13 princess | amod |
| 13 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 climbed | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 climbed | aux |
| 15 | already | already | ADV | _ | 16 climbed | advmod |
| 16 | climbed | climb | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 drawn | conj |
| 17 | in | in | ADV | _ | 16 climbed | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw up | past · passive | the basket | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | climb | past · perfect · passive | the youngest princess | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
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