Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, The White Cat: the Prince cuts off the cat's…
What is the principal consequence of the Queen's bargain with the old fairy?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Queen · What happens: be, bargain · To what, where: principal consequence
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1453 «Fairy Tales, The White Cat: the Prince cuts off the cat's head and the spell breaks» 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 consequence | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 consequence | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 consequence | det |
| 4 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 consequence | amod |
| 5 | consequence | consequence | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 bargain | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Queen | det |
| 8 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 bargain | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 Queen | case |
| 10 | bargain | bargain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 consequence | nmod |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 fairy | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 fairy | det |
| 13 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 fairy | amod |
| 14 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 bargain | nmod |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 consequence | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the principal consequence | of the Queen's bargain with the old fairy | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | bargain | the Queen | with the old fairy | nom bargain «communication intransitive»: poss=agent with=obl |
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 · ✓ the right answer
The Queen's daughter is removed to the fairies' tower
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 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Queen | case |
| 4 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 removed | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 removed | aux:pass |
| 6 | removed | remove | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 tower | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 fairies | det |
| 9 | fairies | fairy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 tower | nmod:poss |
| 10 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 9 fairies | case |
| 11 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 removed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remove | present · passive | the Queen's daughter | the fairies's tower | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to tower=Destination |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
The Queen gives up her realm
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 | 3 gives | nsubj |
| 3 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 gives | compound:prt |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 realm | nmod:poss |
| 6 | realm | realm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gives | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give up | present | the Queen | Queen's realm | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent realm=Source |
Option 3
The Queen loses her kingdoms
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 | 3 loses | nsubj |
| 3 | loses | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 kingdoms | nmod:poss |
| 5 | kingdoms | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 loses | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | present | the Queen | Queen's kingdoms | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Eventuality |
Option 4
The kingdom falls to the dragon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 kingdom | det |
| 2 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 falls | nsubj |
| 3 | falls | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 dragon | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 dragon | det |
| 6 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 falls | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | present | the kingdom | to the dragon | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to dragon=Pivot |
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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