Exam question 4 · Fairy Book, Toueno-Boueno, part 20: the boy tricks the far…
Which of the following describes the youngest princess's chosen husband?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe, choose · To what, where: chosen husband
This is exam question 4 of lesson 1295 «Fairy Book, Toueno-Boueno, part 20: the boy tricks the farmers and sends them to their deaths in the river, and a new tale, The Brown Bear of Norway, begins» 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 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 describes | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 5 describes | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 describes | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 describes | nsubj |
| 5 | describes | describe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 princess | det |
| 7 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 8 princess | amod |
| 8 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 husband | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 princess | case |
| 10 | chosen | choose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 husband | amod |
| 11 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 describes | obj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 describes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | describe | present | the youngest princess's chosen husband | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent husband=Theme | |||||
| 3 | choose | participle | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 Brown Bear of Norway, an enchanted prince who lived under the ice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Bear | det |
| 2 | Brown | brown | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 Bear | amod |
| 3 | Bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Norway | case |
| 5 | Norway | Norway | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Bear | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 prince | punct |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 prince | det |
| 8 | enchanted | enchant | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 prince | amod |
| 9 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 Bear | appos |
| 10 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 lived | nsubj |
| 11 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 prince | acl:relcl |
| 12 | under | under | ADP | _ | 14 ice | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 ice | det |
| 14 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 lived | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enchant | participle | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | live | past | a enchanted prince | the ice | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under ice=Location |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The Brown Bear of Norway, an enchanted prince
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Bear | det |
| 2 | Brown | brown | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 Bear | amod |
| 3 | Bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Norway | case |
| 5 | Norway | Norway | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Bear | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 prince | punct |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 prince | det |
| 8 | enchanted | enchant | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 prince | amod |
| 9 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 Bear | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enchant | participle | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
The Brown Wolf of Sweden, a wandering king
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Wolf | det |
| 2 | Brown | Brown | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Wolf | compound |
| 3 | Wolf | Wolf | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Sweden | case |
| 5 | Sweden | Sweden | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Wolf | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 king | punct |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 king | det |
| 8 | wandering | wonder | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 king | amod |
| 9 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 Wolf | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wonder speech: ask | gerund | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
The Brown Bear of Norway, a cursed prince who could take any shape he liked
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Bear | det |
| 2 | Brown | brown | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 Bear | amod |
| 3 | Bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Norway | case |
| 5 | Norway | Norway | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Bear | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 prince | punct |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 prince | det |
| 8 | cursed | curse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 prince | amod |
| 9 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 Bear | appos |
| 10 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 take | nsubj |
| 11 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 take | aux |
| 12 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 prince | acl:relcl |
| 13 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 14 shape | det |
| 14 | shape | shape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 take | obj |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 liked | nsubj |
| 16 | liked | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 shape | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | curse | participle | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | take | could | a cursed prince | any shape | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Theme | ||||
| 3 | like | past | Norway | any shape not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot shape=Theme |
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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