Exam question 3 · Blue Fairy Book, The White Cat, part 38: the Prince dines…

In what manner does the Prince finally bring his dog before the King?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: bring · To what, where: dog

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1451 «Blue Fairy Book, The White Cat, part 38: the Prince dines with the White Cat and goes home with a tiny dog» 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	In	in	SCONJ	_	4 does	mark
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	nsubj
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 bring	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Prince	det
6	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
7	finally	finally	ADV	_	8 bring	advmod
8	bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 dog	nmod:poss
10	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bring	obj
11	before	before	ADP	_	13 King	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 King	det
13	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 bring	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 bring	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	present · do-support		manner's dog			before the King	finally property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent dog=Theme before king=Destination

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

He leads a mule that carries the dog on its back

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	2 leads	nsubj
2	leads	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 mule	det
4	mule	mule	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leads	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 carries	nsubj
6	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mule	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dog	det
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 carries	obj
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 back	case
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 back	nmod:poss
11	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 carries	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	present	He	a mule					vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mule=Theme
2	carry	present	a mule	the dog		dog's back			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He carries the acorn, and the tiny dog is heard within it

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	2 carries	nsubj
2	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 acorn	det
4	acorn	acorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carries	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 heard	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 heard	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dog	det
8	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 dog	amod
9	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 heard	nsubj:pass
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 heard	aux:pass
11	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 carries	conj
12	within	within	ADP	_	13 it	case
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 heard	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present	He	the acorn					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent acorn=Theme
2	hear	present · passive		the tiny dog				within acorn	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He carries the acorn in his hand, and the tiny dog is heard barking within it before the whole court

The tree, 20 words

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	2 carries	nsubj
2	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 acorn	det
4	acorn	acorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carries	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 hand	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 hand	nmod:poss
7	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carries	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 heard	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 heard	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 dog	det
11	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 dog	amod
12	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 heard	nsubj:pass
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 heard	aux:pass
14	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 carries	parataxis
15	barking	bark	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 heard	xcomp
16	within	within	ADP	_	17 it	case
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 barking	obl
18	before	before	ADP	_	21 court	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 court	det
20	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 court	amod
21	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 barking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present	He	the acorn	his hand			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent acorn=Value in hand=Location
2	hear	present · passive		the tiny dog				tree rules
3	bark	gerund	the tiny dog not said here			before the whole court	within dog	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He carries the acorn, and the tiny dog is heard within it while the court listens closely

The tree, 17 words

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	2 carries	nsubj
2	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 acorn	det
4	acorn	acorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carries	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 heard	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 heard	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dog	det
8	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 dog	amod
9	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 heard	nsubj:pass
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 heard	aux:pass
11	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 carries	conj
12	within	within	ADP	_	13 it	case
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 heard	obl
14	while	while	SCONJ	_	17 listens	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 court	det
16	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 listens	nsubj
17	listens	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 carries	advcl
18	closely	closely	ADV	_	17 listens	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	carry	present	He	the acorn		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent acorn=Theme
2	hear	present · passive		the tiny dog	within acorn	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus
3	listen	present	the court		closely property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

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