Exam question 2 · Blue Fairy Book, Goldenhair, part 1: a prince wins a bride…

What was the material of the chair in which the Princess was conveyed to the meeting place?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: material · What happens: be, convey · To what, where: Princess, meeting place, chair

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1454 «Blue Fairy Book, Goldenhair, part 1: a prince wins a bride, then three maidens and a raven's message» 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	root	root
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 material	det
4	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 chair	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 chair	det
7	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 material	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 conveyed	obl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Princess	det
11	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 conveyed	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 conveyed	aux:pass
13	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 chair	acl:relcl
14	to	to	ADP	_	17 place	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 place	det
16	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 place	compound
17	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 conveyed	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the material of the chair						tree rules
2	convey	past · passive		the Princess	the meeting place	the chair			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to place=Recipient

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

It was cut from one large block of ivory.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 cut	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cut	aux:pass
3	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 block	case
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 block	nummod
6	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 block	amod
7	block	block	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cut	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 ivory	case
9	ivory	ivory	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 block	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 cut	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	past · passive		It		one large block of ivory			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from block=Material

Option 2

It was hewn from one splendid crystal, clear as ice, by the dwarves of the north.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hewn	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hewn	cop
3	hewn	hewn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 crystal	case
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 crystal	nummod
6	splendid	splendid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 crystal	amod
7	crystal	crystal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hewn	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 clear	punct
9	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 crystal	amod
10	as	as	ADP	_	11 ice	case
11	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 clear	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 dwarves	punct
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 dwarves	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 dwarves	det
15	dwarves	dwarve	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hewn	conj
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 north	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 north	det
18	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 dwarves	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hewn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	It			one splendid crystal		hewn property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It was hewn from one splendid crystal.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hewn	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hewn	cop
3	hewn	hewn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 crystal	case
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 crystal	nummod
6	splendid	splendid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 crystal	amod
7	crystal	crystal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hewn	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hewn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	It			one splendid crystal		hewn property	tree rules

Option 4

It was fashioned from one golden ingot.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fashioned	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 fashioned	cop
3	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 ingot	case
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 ingot	nummod
6	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ingot	amod
7	ingot	ingot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fashioned	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 fashioned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	It			one golden ingot		fashioned property	tree rules

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