Exam question 2 · Blue Fairy Book, Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princ…

Which of the following accurately states the reason for which the Prince quitted his kingdom?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Prince · What happens: follow, state, quitt · To what, where: reason, kingdom

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1417 «Blue Fairy Book, Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess, part 4: the Prince meets the old Fairy in a cave and she talks on about noses» 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	6 states	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 states	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 states	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 states	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 states	advmod
6	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reason	det
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 states	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 quitted	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Prince	det
12	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 quitted	nsubj
13	quitted	quitt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 reason	acl:relcl
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 kingdom	nmod:poss
15	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 quitted	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present		the reason	accurately property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
3	quitt	past	the Prince	Prince's kingdom	for the reason	tree rules

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

To hunt a dragon in the hills

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 hunt	mark
2	hunt	hunt	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dragon	det
4	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hunt	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 hills	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hills	det
7	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hunt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt	to-infinitive		a dragon		the hills			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent dragon=Theme in hill=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He sought the Princess after her abduction by the enchanter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sought	nsubj
2	sought	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Princess	det
4	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sought	obj
5	after	after	ADP	_	7 abduction	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 abduction	nmod:poss
7	abduction	abduction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sought	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 enchanter	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 enchanter	det
10	enchanter	enchanter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seek	past	He	the Princess			after Princess's abduction	by the enchanter	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent princess=Theme by enchanter=Location
2	abduct		Princess						nom abduction «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

To find a horse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 find	mark
2	find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 horse	det
4	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	to-infinitive		a horse					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Topic

Option 4

To rescue his father from war

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 rescue	mark
2	rescue	rescue	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 father	nmod:poss
4	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rescue	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 war	case
6	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rescue	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rescue	to-infinitive		his father		war			vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent father=Theme from war=Source

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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