Exam question 2 · Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring, part 1: the gardener's s…

Which of the two suitors is provided with a splendid horse and a purse of gold?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: provide

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1414 «Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring, part 1: the gardener's son cures the old King and asks for a ring» 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	7 provided	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 suitors	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 suitors	det
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 suitors	nummod
5	suitors	suitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 provided	obl
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 provided	aux:pass
7	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 horse	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 horse	det
10	splendid	splendid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 horse	amod
11	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 provided	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 purse	cc
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 purse	det
14	purse	purse	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 horse	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 gold	case
16	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 purse	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 provided	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provide	present · passive						of the two suitors; with a splendid horse and a purse of gold	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: which=Recipient with horse=Theme

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 right answer

The son of the prime minister

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 son	det
2	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 minister	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 minister	det
5	prime	prime	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 minister	amod
6	minister	minister	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 son	nmod

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

Option 2

The gardener's son, who was given the old lame horse and copper money instead

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	2 gardener	det
2	gardener	gardener	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 son	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 gardener	case
4	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 given	punct
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 given	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 given	aux:pass
8	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 son	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 horse	det
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 horse	amod
11	lame	lame	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 horse	amod
12	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 given	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 money	cc
14	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 money	compound
15	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 horse	conj
16	instead	instead	ADV	_	8 given	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past · passive		the gardener's son				instead property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient horse=Theme

Option 3

The son of the chancellor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 son	det
2	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 chancellor	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 chancellor	det
5	chancellor	chancellor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 son	nmod

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

Option 4

The son of the prime minister, a proud young man of noble birth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 son	det
2	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 minister	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 minister	det
5	prime	prime	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 minister	amod
6	minister	minister	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 son	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 man	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 man	det
9	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 man	amod
10	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 man	amod
11	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 son	appos
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 birth	case
13	noble	noble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 birth	amod
14	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 man	nmod

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

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