Exam question 3 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Battle of the Birds, part 46: Pero…

By what stratagem does the queen contrive to deceive the giant regarding the identity of the boy presented to him?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: queen, giant identity · What happens: contrive, deceive, regard, present · To what, where: giant identity, stratagem

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1321 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Battle of the Birds, part 46: Peronnik saves Nantes with the magic bowl, then a king's son wins a bundle and a giant's bargain» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 contrive	obl
3	stratagem	stratagem	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 what	nsubj
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 contrive	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 queen	det
6	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 contrive	nsubj
7	contrive	contrive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 deceive	mark
9	deceive	deceive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 contrive	xcomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 identity	det
11	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 identity	amod
12	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 identity	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 identity	det
14	identity	identity	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 deceive	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 boy	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 boy	det
17	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 presented	obl
18	presented	present	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 identity	acl:relcl
19	to	to	ADP	_	20 him	case
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 presented	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 contrive	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	contrive	present · do-support	the queen				tree rules
2	deceive	to-infinitive	the queen not said here	the giant identity			vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent identity=Patient
3	regard	gerund					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	present	past	the giant identity not said here		stratagem	of the boy	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient

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

She conceals the prince in the kitchen and dresses the cook's son in the prince's finest clothes

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 conceals	nsubj
2	conceals	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 prince	det
4	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conceals	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 kitchen	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 kitchen	det
7	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conceals	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 dresses	cc
9	dresses	dress	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 conceals	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 cook	det
11	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 son	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 cook	case
13	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dresses	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	19 clothes	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 prince	det
16	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 clothes	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 prince	case
18	finest	fine	ADJ	Degree=Sup	19 clothes	amod
19	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	9 dresses	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	present	She	the prince		the kitchen			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent prince=Patient in kitchen=Location
2	dress	present	She not said here	the cook's son		the prince's finest clothes			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She dresses the cook's son in the prince's clothes and presents him as the king's heir

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dresses	nsubj
2	dresses	dress	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cook	det
4	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 son	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 cook	case
6	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dresses	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	11 clothes	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 prince	det
9	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 clothes	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 prince	case
11	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	2 dresses	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 presents	cc
13	presents	present	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 dresses	conj
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 presents	obj
15	as	as	ADP	_	19 heir	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 king	det
17	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 heir	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 king	case
19	heir	heir	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 presents	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dress	present	She	the cook's son		the prince's clothes			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient
2	present	present	She not said here	him = he				as the king's heir	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She dresses the cook's son in the prince's clothes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dresses	nsubj
2	dresses	dress	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cook	det
4	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 son	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 cook	case
6	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dresses	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	11 clothes	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 prince	det
9	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 clothes	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 prince	case
11	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	2 dresses	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dress	present	She	the cook's son		the prince's clothes			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient

Option 4

She hides the prince in the kitchen below

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hides	nsubj
2	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 prince	det
4	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hides	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 kitchen	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 kitchen	det
7	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hides	obl
8	below	below	ADV	_	7 kitchen	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present	She	the prince		the kitchen			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent prince=Patient in kitchen=Location

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