Exam question 3 · Blue Fairy Book, Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princ…
Which of the following identifies the circumstance in which the Prince came upon the Fairy?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Prince · What happens: follow, identify, come · To what, where: circumstance
This is exam question 3 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 | 5 identifies | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 5 identifies | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 identifies | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 identifies | nsubj |
| 5 | identifies | identify | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 circumstance | det |
| 7 | circumstance | circumstance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 identifies | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 which | case |
| 9 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 came | obl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Prince | det |
| 11 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 came | nsubj |
| 12 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 circumstance | acl:relcl |
| 13 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 15 Fairy | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Fairy | det |
| 15 | Fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 came | obl |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 identifies | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | identify | present | the circumstance | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent circumstance=Theme | |||||
| 3 | come | past | the Prince | the circumstance | upon the Fairy | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=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
He stumbled on her in a field
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 stumbled | nsubj |
| 2 | stumbled | stumble | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 her | case |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 stumbled | obl |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 field | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 field | det |
| 7 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stumbled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stumble | past | He | a field | on her = she | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on she=Trajectory |
Option 2
He came upon her beside a frozen lake at dawn
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 came | nsubj |
| 2 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 4 her | case |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 came | obl |
| 5 | beside | beside | ADP | _ | 8 lake | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 lake | det |
| 7 | frozen | freeze | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 lake | amod |
| 8 | lake | lake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 came | obl |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 dawn | case |
| 10 | dawn | dawn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 lake | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | He | a frozen lake at dawn | upon her = she | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon she=Location | |||
| 2 | freeze | participle | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
He arrived at a cavern at nightfall, following a light
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 arrived | nsubj |
| 2 | arrived | arrive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 cavern | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 cavern | det |
| 5 | cavern | cavern | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 arrived | obl |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 nightfall | case |
| 7 | nightfall | nightfall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 arrived | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 following | punct |
| 9 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 arrived | advcl |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 light | det |
| 11 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 following | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | arrive | past | He | a cavern | at nightfall | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | follow | gerund | He not said here | a light | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
He arrived at a cavern at nightfall, following a glowing light that led him up a steep mountain path
The tree, 19 words
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 arrived | nsubj |
| 2 | arrived | arrive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 cavern | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 cavern | det |
| 5 | cavern | cavern | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 arrived | obl |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 nightfall | case |
| 7 | nightfall | nightfall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 arrived | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 following | punct |
| 9 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 light | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 light | det |
| 11 | glowing | glow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 light | amod |
| 12 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 arrived | obl |
| 13 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 led | nsubj |
| 14 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 light | acl:relcl |
| 15 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 led | obj |
| 16 | up | up | ADP | _ | 14 led | compound:prt |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 path | det |
| 18 | steep | steep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 path | amod |
| 19 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 path | compound |
| 20 | path | path | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 led | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | arrive | past | He | a cavern | at nightfall; follow a glowing light | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | glow | gerund | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | lead up | past | a glowing light | him = he | a steep mountain path obl:unmarked | tree rules |
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