Exam question 4 · White Cat, Princess Felicia: a magic wedding and a palace…
State the reason the Prince was unable to declare his love earlier.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: State, his · What happens: be, declare, love · To what, where: love
This is exam question 4 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 | State | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 unable | nsubj |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 reason | det |
| 3 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 State | nmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Prince | det |
| 5 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 reason | appos |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 unable | cop |
| 7 | unable | unable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 declare | mark |
| 9 | declare | declare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 unable | xcomp |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 love | nmod:poss |
| 11 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 declare | obj |
| 12 | earlier | early | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 9 declare | advmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 unable | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | State the reason | unable property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | declare speech: other | to-infinitive | State the reason not said here | his love | early property | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent love=Attribute | |||
| 3 | love | his = he | nom love «feeling 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
He was bound by an enchantment that kept him silent
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 bound | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 bound | aux:pass |
| 3 | bound | bind | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 enchantment | case |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 enchantment | det |
| 6 | enchantment | enchantment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bound | obl |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 kept | nsubj |
| 8 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 enchantment | acl:relcl |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 kept | obj |
| 10 | silent | silent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 kept | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bind | past · passive | a enchantment | He | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | keep | past | a enchantment | him = he | silent property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 2
He had been turned into a cabbage by the Queen's magic wand
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 turned | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 turned | aux |
| 3 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 turned | aux:pass |
| 4 | turned | turn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 cabbage | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 cabbage | det |
| 7 | cabbage | cabbage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 turned | obl |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 wand | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Queen | det |
| 10 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 wand | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 Queen | case |
| 12 | magic | magic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 wand | amod |
| 13 | wand | wand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 turned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | past · perfect · passive | the Queen's magic wand | He | a cabbage | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent subject=Theme into cabbage=Trajectory |
Option 3
The Queen had cursed him to forget all his words and wander the forest for years
The tree, 16 words
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 | 4 cursed | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 cursed | aux |
| 4 | cursed | curse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 cursed | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 forget | mark |
| 7 | forget | forget | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 cursed | advcl |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 words | det:predet |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 words | nmod:poss |
| 10 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 forget | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 wander | cc |
| 12 | wander | wander | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 forget | conj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 forest | det |
| 14 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 wander | obj |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 years | case |
| 16 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 wander | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | curse | past · perfect | the Queen | him = he | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 2 | forget | to-infinitive | the Queen not said here | his words | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | wander | infinitive | the Queen not said here | the forest | year | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme forest=Trajectory | |||
| 4 | word | his = he | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
A wicked fairy had cursed his tongue long ago
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 fairy | det |
| 2 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fairy | amod |
| 3 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cursed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 cursed | aux |
| 5 | cursed | curse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 tongue | nmod:poss |
| 7 | tongue | tongue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cursed | obj |
| 8 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 9 ago | advmod |
| 9 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 5 cursed | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | curse | past · perfect · passive | a wicked fairy | ago property | tree rules |
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