Exam question 1 · Norse Tales, The Master-Maid, part 30: the Prince fetches…
By what means did the Master-maid deceive the giant regarding the fate of the Prince?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Master maid · What happens: mean, deceive, regard, fate · To what, where: giant fate, Prince · Speech: someone speaks here
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1443 «Norse Tales, The Master-Maid, part 30: the Prince fetches the taxes and tricks the giant» 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 | By | by | SCONJ | _ | 3 means | mark |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 means | nsubj |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 deceive | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 maid | det |
| 6 | Master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 maid | compound |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 Master | punct |
| 8 | maid | maid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 deceive | nsubj |
| 9 | deceive | deceive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 means | ccomp |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 fate | det |
| 11 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 fate | amod |
| 12 | regarding | regard | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 fate | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 fate | det |
| 14 | fate | fate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 deceive | obj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 Prince | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Prince | det |
| 17 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 fate | nmod |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 2 | deceive | past · do-support | the Master maid | the giant fate of the Prince | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fate=Patient | ||||
| 3 | regard | gerund | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | fate | the Prince | nom fate «event transitive»: of=patient |
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 dropping the Prince's blood upon a stool and lying to the giant about it
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 2 dropping | mark |
| 2 | dropping | drop | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Prince | det |
| 4 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 blood | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Prince | case |
| 6 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 dropping | obj |
| 7 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 9 stool | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 stool | det |
| 9 | stool | stool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 dropping | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 lying | cc |
| 11 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 dropping | conj |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 giant | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 giant | det |
| 14 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 lying | xcomp |
| 15 | about | about | ADP | _ | 16 it | case |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 giant | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drop | gerund | the Prince's blood | a stool | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent blood=Theme upon stool=Destination | ||||
| 2 | lie | gerund | giant property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
by dropping the Prince's blood upon a stool
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 2 dropping | mark |
| 2 | dropping | drop | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Prince | det |
| 4 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 blood | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Prince | case |
| 6 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 dropping | obj |
| 7 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 9 stool | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 stool | det |
| 9 | stool | stool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 dropping | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drop | gerund | the Prince's blood | a stool | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent blood=Theme upon stool=Destination |
Option 3
by hiding the Prince in a barrel
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 2 hiding | mark |
| 2 | hiding | hide | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Prince | det |
| 4 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 hiding | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 barrel | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 barrel | det |
| 7 | barrel | barrel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hiding | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | gerund | the Prince | a barrel | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent prince=Patient in barrel=Location |
Option 4
by burying the Prince's clothes and swearing the boy had died in the sea
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 2 burying | mark |
| 2 | burying | bury | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 died | advcl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Prince | det |
| 4 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 clothes | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Prince | case |
| 6 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 2 burying | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 swearing | cc |
| 8 | swearing | swear | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 burying | conj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 boy | det |
| 10 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 died | nsubj |
| 11 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 died | aux |
| 12 | died | die | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 sea | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 sea | det |
| 15 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 died | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bury | gerund | the boy not said here | the Prince's clothes | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme | ||||
| 2 | swear | gerund | the boy not said here | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | die | past · perfect | the boy | in the sea | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in sea=Attribute |
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