Exam question 4 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Giant's Daughter, part 47: the pri…

With reference to the passage, state the animal upon which the prince and the giant's daughter escape from the castle.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: prince · What happens: escape · To what, where: castle

This is exam question 4 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	root	root
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	_	7 state	punct
7	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 passage	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 animal	det
9	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 state	appos
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 which	case
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 escape	obl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 prince	det
13	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 escape	nsubj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 daughter	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 giant	det
16	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 daughter	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 giant	case
18	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 prince	conj
19	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 animal	acl:relcl
20	from	from	ADP	_	22 castle	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 castle	det
22	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 escape	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 reference	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	escape	infinitive	the prince and the giant's daughter			the castle		upon the animal	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from castle=Initial_Location

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

the blue-grey mare taken from the stable at the back of the castle

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 mare	det
2	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 grey	amod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 blue	punct
4	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 mare	amod
5	mare	mare	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 mare	acl
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 stable	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 stable	det
9	stable	stable	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 taken	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 back	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 back	det
12	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 taken	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 castle	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 castle	det
15	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 back	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	participle		the grey mare not said here		the stable		at the back of the castle	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent from stable=Source at back=Asset

Option 2

the brown stallion kept near the gate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 stallion	det
2	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stallion	amod
3	stallion	stallion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 stallion	acl
5	near	near	ADP	_	7 gate	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gate	det
7	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	participle		the brown stallion not said here		the gate			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent near gate=Location

Option 3

the grey donkey in the byre

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 donkey	det
2	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 donkey	amod
3	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 byre	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 byre	det
6	byre	byre	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 donkey	nmod

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

the blue-grey mare taken from the stable

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 mare	det
2	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 grey	amod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 blue	punct
4	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 mare	amod
5	mare	mare	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 mare	acl
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 stable	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 stable	det
9	stable	stable	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 taken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	participle		the grey mare not said here		the stable			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from stable=Initial_Location

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