Exam question 4 · Blue Fairy Book, Goldenhair, part 1: a prince wins a bride…

How many kingdoms did the Princess declare she possessed before offering the King a gift of one of them?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: many kingdoms, Princess, she · What happens: do, declare, possess, offer · To what, where: gift, King

This is exam question 4 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	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 many	advmod
2	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 kingdoms	amod
3	kingdoms	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Princess	det
6	Princess	Princes	PROPN	Number=Plur	7 declare	nsubj
7	declare	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 possessed	nsubj
9	possessed	possess	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 declare	parataxis
10	before	before	SCONJ	_	11 offering	mark
11	offering	offer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 possessed	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 King	det
13	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 offering	obj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 gift	det
15	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 offering	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 one	case
17	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 gift	nmod
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 them	case
19	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 one	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	do	past	many kingdoms			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	declare speech: other	present	the Princess			vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
3	possess	participle	she			vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
4	offer	gerund	she not said here	a gift of one of Princess	the King	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent king=Goal gift=Theme

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

She claimed she ruled four lands and seas.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 claimed	nsubj
2	claimed	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ruled	nsubj
4	ruled	rule	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 claimed	ccomp
5	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 lands	nummod
6	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 ruled	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 seas	cc
8	seas	sea	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 lands	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 claimed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	claim speech: other	past	She						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	rule	past	she	four lands and seas					vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme

Option 2

She announced she had six palaces in all.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 announced	nsubj
2	announced	announce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 announced	ccomp
5	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 palaces	nummod
6	palaces	palace	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 had	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 palaces	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 announced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	announce speech: other	past	She						vn order-58.3 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have	past	she	six palaces		all			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She declared that she had six kingdoms.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 declared	nsubj
2	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 had	mark
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 had	nsubj
5	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 declared	ccomp
6	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 kingdoms	nummod
7	kingdoms	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 had	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 declared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	declare speech: other	past	She						vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	have	past	she	six kingdoms					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Patient

Option 4

Six kingdoms, she said.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 kingdoms	nummod
2	kingdoms	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 said	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 kingdoms	punct
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Six kingdoms						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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