Exam question 1 · Blue Fairy Book, Felicia and the Pot of Pinks, part 1: a p…
Which objects did the father bequeath to Felicia upon his death?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Felicia · What happens: object, do, die · To what, where: father bequeath · Speech: someone speaks here
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1448 «Blue Fairy Book, Felicia and the Pot of Pinks, part 1: a poor girl is cheated of her pinks and is rewarded by a Queen with a golden pitcher» 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 | 2 objects | nsubj |
| 2 | objects | object | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 objects | ccomp |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bequeath | det |
| 5 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bequeath | compound |
| 6 | bequeath | bequeath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 Felicia | case |
| 8 | Felicia | Felicia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 bequeath | nmod |
| 9 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 11 death | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 death | nmod:poss |
| 11 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 objects | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | object speech: other | present | vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 2 | do | past | the father bequeath | to Felicia; upon Felicia's death | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bequeath=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | die | Felicia | nom death «event intransitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice
a golden cup and a brass key
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cup | det |
| 2 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cup | amod |
| 3 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 key | cc |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 key | det |
| 6 | brass | brass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 key | compound |
| 7 | key | key | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cup | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
a pot of pinks and a silver ring
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 pot | det |
| 2 | pot | pot | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 pinks | case |
| 4 | pinks | pink | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 pot | nmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 ring | cc |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 ring | det |
| 7 | silver | silver | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 ring | amod |
| 8 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pot | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
a pot of pinks, a silver ring, and the whole farm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 pot | det |
| 2 | pot | pot | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 pinks | case |
| 4 | pinks | pink | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 pot | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 ring | punct |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 ring | det |
| 7 | silver | silver | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 ring | amod |
| 8 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pot | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 pot | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 farm | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 farm | det |
| 12 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 farm | amod |
| 13 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pot | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
a bag of coins and a red hat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 bag | det |
| 2 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 coins | case |
| 4 | coins | coin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 bag | nmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 hat | cc |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 hat | det |
| 7 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 hat | amod |
| 8 | hat | hat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 coins | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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