Exam question 2 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Giant's Daughter, part 47: the pri…

With reference to the passage, identify the means by which the giant's youngest daughter identifies herself to the prince at the wedding.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, the, youngest daughter · What happens: identify, mean · To what, where: daughter, wedding · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1322 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Giant's Daughter, part 47: the prince and the giant's daughter escape on the blue-grey mare» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 identify	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 reference	punct
7	identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 means	nsubj
9	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 identify	ccomp
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 which	case
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 identifies	obl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 giant	det
13	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 daughter	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 giant	case
15	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	16 daughter	amod
16	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 identifies	nsubj
17	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 means	ccomp
18	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	17 identifies	obj
19	to	to	ADP	_	21 prince	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 prince	det
21	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 identifies	obl
22	at	at	ADP	_	24 wedding	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 wedding	det
24	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 identifies	obl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here			with reference to the passage	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	mean	present	the				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	identify	present	the giant's youngest daughter	daughter	the wedding	to the prince	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent herself=Theme to prince=be'

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 presence of a scar on her right arm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 presence	det
2	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 scar	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 scar	det
5	scar	scar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 presence	nmod
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 arm	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 arm	nmod:poss
8	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 arm	amod
9	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 presence	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

the absence of a little finger upon her right hand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 absence	det
2	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 finger	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 finger	det
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 finger	amod
6	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 absence	nmod
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 hand	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 hand	nmod:poss
9	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hand	amod
10	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 finger	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	absent			a little finger upon her right hand					nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

the absence of the little finger upon her right hand, as the prince had been told by the old woman

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 absence	det
2	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 finger	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 finger	det
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 finger	amod
6	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 absence	nmod
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 hand	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 hand	nmod:poss
9	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hand	amod
10	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 finger	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 told	punct
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	17 told	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 prince	det
14	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 told	nsubj:pass
15	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 told	aux
16	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	17 told	aux:pass
17	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 absence	acl
18	by	by	ADP	_	21 woman	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 woman	det
20	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 woman	amod
21	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 told	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past · perfect · passive	the old woman	the prince					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient
2	absent			the little finger upon her right hand					nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

the absence of a little finger upon her right hand, which the prince had noticed at the feast

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 absence	det
2	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 noticed	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 finger	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 finger	det
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 finger	amod
6	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 absence	nmod
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 hand	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 hand	nmod:poss
9	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hand	amod
10	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 noticed	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 noticed	punct
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 noticed	obj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 prince	det
14	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 noticed	nsubj:pass
15	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 noticed	aux
16	noticed	notice	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
17	at	at	ADP	_	19 feast	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 feast	det
19	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 noticed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	notice	past · perfect · passive		the absence of a little finger		the feast		upon her right hand	tree rules
2	absent			a little finger					nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient

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