Exam question 3 · White Cat, Princess Felicia: a magic wedding and a palace…

Identify the material from which the walls of the second castle were constructed.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, construct · To what, where: material, walls

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1450 «White Cat, Princess Felicia: a magic wedding and a palace for Bruno» 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	3 material	det
3	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 constructed	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 walls	det
7	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 constructed	nsubj:pass
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 castle	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 castle	det
10	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 castle	amod
11	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 walls	nmod
12	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 constructed	aux:pass
13	constructed	construct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 material	acl:relcl
14	.	.	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 material					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent material=Theme
2	construct	past · passive		the walls of the second castle		the material			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: subject=Result from which=Material

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

Gold covered with carbuncles and precious stones of every colour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Gold	acl
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 carbuncles	case
4	carbuncles	carbuncle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 covered	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 stones	cc
6	precious	precious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stones	amod
7	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 carbuncles	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 colour	case
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 colour	det
10	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stones	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	participle		Gold not said here				with carbuncles and precious stones of every colour	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with carbuncle=Theme

Option 2

Polished silver painted with blue flowers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Polished	polish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 silver	amod
2	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 painted	nsubj
3	painted	paint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 flowers	case
5	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 flowers	amod
6	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 painted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	polish	participle							vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent
2	paint	participle	Polished silver					with blue flowers	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with flower=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Fine porcelain painted in delicate colours

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 porcelain	amod
2	porcelain	porcelain	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	painted	paint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 porcelain	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 colours	case
5	delicate	delicate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 colours	amod
6	colours	colour	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 painted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paint	participle		Fine porcelain not said here		delicate colours			vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent in colour=Destination

Option 4

Fine porcelain decorated with silver rivers and carbuncle lights throughout the hall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 porcelain	amod
2	porcelain	porcelain	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	decorated	decorate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 porcelain	acl
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 rivers	case
5	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rivers	compound
6	rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 decorated	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 lights	cc
8	carbuncle	carbuncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lights	compound
9	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 rivers	conj
10	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	12 hall	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hall	det
12	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 decorated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decorate	participle		Fine porcelain not said here			throughout the hall	with silver rivers and carbuncle lights	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with river=Theme

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