Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, Beauty and the Beast, part 24: the little man…

Which of the following best describes the manner in which the Queen identifies the little man's true name?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Queen, little man · What happens: follow, describe, identify, name · To what, where: manner, true name

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1437 «Fairy Tales, Beauty and the Beast, part 24: the little man tears himself in two, and the merchant finds a magic castle» 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 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 manner	det
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 identifies	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Queen	det
12	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 identifies	nsubj
13	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 manner	acl:relcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 man	det
15	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 man	amod
16	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 name	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 man	case
18	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 name	amod
19	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 identifies	obj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the manner		of the best	tree rules
3	identify	present	the Queen	the little man's true name	the manner		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent name=Theme
4	name		the little man				nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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

By remembering a name from her old books

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 remembering	mark
2	remembering	remember	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 name	det
4	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remembering	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 books	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 books	nmod:poss
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 books	amod
8	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 remembering	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remember	gerund		a name		her old books			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent name=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

By recalling a name overheard from the messenger's report

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 recalling	mark
2	recalling	recall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 name	det
4	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 recalling	obj
5	overheard	overhear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 name	acl
6	from	from	ADP	_	10 report	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 messenger	det
8	messenger	messenger	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 report	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 messenger	case
10	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 overheard	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	recall	gerund		a name		vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme
2	overhear	participle		a name not said here	the messenger's report	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer
3	report		the messenger			nom report «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

By using a magic mirror to see his true name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 using	mark
2	using	use	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 mirror	det
4	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mirror	compound
5	mirror	mirror	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 using	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 see	mark
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 using	advcl
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 name	nmod:poss
9	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 name	amod
10	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	use	gerund		a magic mirror	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mirror=Patient
2	see	to-infinitive		his true name	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus
3	name		his = he		nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

By guessing at random

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 guessing	mark
2	guessing	guess	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 random	case
4	random	random	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 guessing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guess	gerund				random			vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent at random=Value

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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