Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales (pg503), Prince Darling, part 66: a cursed pri…
Which event in the passage leads directly to the Prince's transformation into a dog?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: event, Prince · What happens: lead, transform
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1479 «Fairy Tales (pg503), Prince Darling, part 66: a cursed prince becomes a monster and then a little 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 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 event | det |
| 2 | event | event | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 leads | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 passage | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 passage | det |
| 5 | passage | passage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 event | nmod |
| 6 | leads | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | directly | directly | ADV | _ | 6 leads | advmod |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 transformation | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Prince | det |
| 10 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 transformation | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 Prince | case |
| 12 | transformation | transformation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 leads | obl |
| 13 | into | into | ADP | _ | 15 dog | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 dog | det |
| 15 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 leads | obl |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 leads | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lead | present | which event in the passage | to the Prince's transformation; into a dog; directly property | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to transformation=Patient | ||||
| 2 | transform | the Prince | nom transformation «event 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
The Fairy's sudden arrival in the Prince's room after the loud thunder crash and the lightning flash
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Fairy | det |
| 2 | Fairy | Fairy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 arrival | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Fairy | case |
| 4 | sudden | sudden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 arrival | amod |
| 5 | arrival | arrival | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 room | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Prince | det |
| 8 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 room | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 Prince | case |
| 10 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 arrival | nmod |
| 11 | after | after | ADP | _ | 15 crash | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 crash | det |
| 13 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 crash | amod |
| 14 | thunder | thunder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 crash | compound |
| 15 | crash | crash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 room | nmod |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 flash | cc |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 flash | det |
| 18 | lightning | lightning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 flash | compound |
| 19 | flash | flash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 crash | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | arrive | the Fairy | the Prince's room after the loud thunder crash and the lightning flash | nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=agent in=place |
Option 2
The Queen's gift of bread to the hungry dog in her palace room
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 gift | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Queen | case |
| 4 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 bread | case |
| 6 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gift | nmod |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 dog | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 dog | det |
| 9 | hungry | hungry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 dog | amod |
| 10 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gift | nmod |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 room | case |
| 12 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 room | nmod:poss |
| 13 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 room | compound |
| 14 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 dog | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gift | the Queen | bread | to the hungry dog in dog's palace room | nom gift «possession transitive»: poss=agent of=patient to=obl |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
The people's cutting off of the four courtiers' heads in the public square at noon
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 people | det |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 people | case |
| 4 | cutting | cut | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 people | acl |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 11 heads | case |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 off | fixed |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 courtiers | det |
| 8 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 courtiers | nummod |
| 9 | courtiers | courtier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 heads | nmod:poss |
| 10 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 9 courtiers | case |
| 11 | heads | head | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 cutting | obl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 square | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 square | det |
| 14 | public | public | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 square | amod |
| 15 | square | square | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cutting | obl |
| 16 | at | at | ADP | _ | 17 noon | case |
| 17 | noon | noon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cutting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cut off | gerund | the people not said here | the four courtiers's heads | the public square | noon | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector head=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The keeper's rescue from the tiger, for which the Fairy rewards the monster
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 keeper | det |
| 2 | keeper | keeper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rescue | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 keeper | case |
| 4 | rescue | rescue | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 tiger | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 tiger | det |
| 7 | tiger | tiger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rescue | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 rewards | punct |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 which | case |
| 10 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 rewards | nsubj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 rewards | det |
| 12 | Fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 rewards | compound |
| 13 | rewards | reward | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 rescue | conj |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 monster | det |
| 15 | monster | monster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 rewards | appos |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reward | the keeper's rescue from the tiger and the Fairy rewards | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | rescue | the keeper | from the tiger | nom rescue «act transitive»: poss=agent from=obl |
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