Exam question 1 · Blue Fairy Book, Prince Pink, part 36: Felicia hears her t…
Identify the principal character of the passage who is revealed to be of royal birth.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, reveal, be · To what, where: principal character, passage
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1449 «Blue Fairy Book, Prince Pink, part 36: Felicia hears her true story and wins back her pinks» 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 character | det |
| 3 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 character | amod |
| 4 | character | character | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 passage | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 passage | det |
| 7 | passage | passage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 character | nmod |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 revealed | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 revealed | aux:pass |
| 10 | revealed | reveal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 passage | acl:relcl |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 birth | mark |
| 12 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 15 birth | cop |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 birth | case |
| 14 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 birth | amod |
| 15 | birth | birth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 revealed | xcomp |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the principal character of the passage | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent character=Theme | ||||
| 2 | reveal | present · passive | the passage | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | |||||
| 3 | is | to-infinitive | of royal birth | tree rules |
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
Prince Pink, who is the son of the King
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Pink | compound |
| 2 | Pink | Pink | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 son | punct |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 son | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 son | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 son | det |
| 7 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Pink | appos |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 King | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 King | det |
| 10 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 son | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Prince Pink | the son | of the King | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Felicia, the foundling, who is the daughter of the Queen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Felicia | Felicia | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 foundling | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 foundling | det |
| 4 | foundling | foundling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Felicia | appos |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 daughter | punct |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 daughter | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 daughter | cop |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 daughter | det |
| 9 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 foundling | conj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 Queen | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Queen | det |
| 12 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 daughter | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the foundling and the daughter | the daughter | of the Queen | tree rules |
Option 3
Felicia, the laborer's child, who is the niece of the King
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Felicia | Felicia | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 child | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 laborer | det |
| 4 | laborer | laborer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 child | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 laborer | case |
| 6 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Felicia | appos |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 niece | punct |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 niece | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 niece | cop |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 niece | det |
| 11 | niece | niece | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Felicia | appos |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 King | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 King | det |
| 14 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 niece | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Felicia | the niece | of the King | tree rules |
Option 4
The Queen, the mother of the Prince
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Queen | det |
| 2 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 mother | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 mother | det |
| 5 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Queen | appos |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Prince | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Prince | det |
| 8 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 mother | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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