Exam question 3 · Yellow Dwarf, The Yellow Dwarf, part 11: the Fairy carries…

What is the principal purpose of the Fairy in conveying the King to her palace?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: principal purpose, Fairy · What happens: be, convey, purpose · To what, where: King, palace

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1424 «Yellow Dwarf, The Yellow Dwarf, part 11: the Fairy carries the King away, and a mermaid offers to save him» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 purpose	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 purpose	amod
5	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 Fairy	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Fairy	det
8	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 purpose	nmod
9	in	in	SCONJ	_	10 conveying	mark
10	conveying	convey	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 Fairy	acl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 King	det
12	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 conveying	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 palace	case
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 palace	nmod:poss
15	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conveying	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	is a	present	the principal purpose of the Fairy			tree rules
2	convey	gerund	the Fairy not said here	the King	Fairy's palace	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Topic to palace=Recipient
3	purpose		the Fairy			nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

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

To make him forget his kingdom and his wife so she can keep him for ever

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 make	obj
4	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 make	xcomp
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 kingdom	nmod:poss
6	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 forget	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wife	cc
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 wife	nmod:poss
9	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kingdom	conj
10	so	so	SCONJ	_	13 keep	mark
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 keep	nsubj
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 keep	aux
13	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 make	advcl
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 keep	obj
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 ever	case
16	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	13 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive		him = he	tree rules
2	forget	infinitive	him = he not said here	his kingdom and his wife	tree rules
3	keep	can	wife	him = he	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2

To test his loyalty and courage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 test	mark
2	test	test	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 loyalty	nmod:poss
4	loyalty	loyalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 test	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 courage	cc
6	courage	courage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 loyalty	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	test	to-infinitive		his loyalty and courage					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loyalty=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To win his affection and retain him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 win	mark
2	win	win	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 affection	nmod:poss
4	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 win	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 retain	cc
6	retain	retain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 win	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 retain	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	to-infinitive		his affection					vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent affection=Eventuality
2	retain	infinitive		him = he					tree rules

Option 4

To prove her power over mortals and then to cast him back into the sea

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 prove	mark
2	prove	prove	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 power	nmod:poss
4	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prove	obj
5	over	over	ADP	_	6 mortals	case
6	mortals	mortal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 prove	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 cast	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 cast	advmod
9	to	to	PART	_	10 cast	mark
10	cast	cast	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 prove	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 cast	obj
12	back	back	ADV	_	10 cast	advmod
13	into	into	ADP	_	15 sea	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 sea	det
15	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cast	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	to-infinitive		her power		mortals			vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Theme
2	cast back	to-infinitive		him = he		the sea	then		vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent he=Material into sea=Product

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