Exam question 4 · The Blue Fairy Book, Blue Beard, part 1: a hungry dog beco…

Which of the following best describes the setting in which the Prince found Celia after his long flight?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Prince · What happens: follow, describe, find · To what, where: setting, Celia

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1480 «The Blue Fairy Book, Blue Beard, part 1: a hungry dog becomes a dove, and Blue Beard leaves his wife the keys» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 setting	det
8	setting	setting	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 found	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Prince	det
12	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 found	nsubj
13	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 setting	acl:relcl
14	Celia	Celia	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 found	obj
15	after	after	ADP	_	18 flight	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 flight	nmod:poss
17	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 flight	amod
18	flight	flight	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 found	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the setting			of the best	tree rules
3	find	past	the Prince	Celia	the setting	after Prince's long flight		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent celia=Topic

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

A seaside village, where she sat in a market selling bread

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 village	det
2	seaside	seaside	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 village	amod
3	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 sat	punct
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 sat	advmod
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 sat	nsubj
7	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 village	acl:relcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 market	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 market	det
10	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sat	obl
11	selling	sell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 market	acl
12	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 selling	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	she			a market			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in market=Location
2	sell	gerund	a market not said here	bread					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

A dark forest, where she sat alone beneath a golden tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 forest	det
2	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 forest	amod
3	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sat	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 forest	punct
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 sat	advmod
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 sat	nsubj
7	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	alone	alone	ADV	_	7 sat	advmod
9	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	12 tree	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 tree	det
11	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 tree	amod
12	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	a dark forest			a golden tree		alone property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beneath tree=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A desert, where she sat in a cavern sharing breakfast with an old hermit

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 desert	det
2	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sat	punct
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	6 sat	advmod
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sat	nsubj
6	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 desert	acl:relcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 cavern	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 cavern	det
9	cavern	cavern	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sat	obl
10	sharing	share	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 cavern	acl
11	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sharing	obj
12	with	with	ADP	_	15 hermit	case
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 hermit	det
14	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 hermit	amod
15	hermit	hermit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sharing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	she			a cavern			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cavern=Location
2	share	gerund	a cavern not said here	breakfast				with a old hermit	tree rules

Option 4

A walled garden, where she sat beside a fountain with the Fairy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 garden	det
2	walled	wall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 garden	amod
3	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sat	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 garden	punct
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 sat	advmod
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 sat	nsubj
7	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	beside	beside	ADP	_	10 fountain	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 fountain	det
10	fountain	fountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sat	obl
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 Fairy	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Fairy	det
13	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wall	participle							tree rules
2	sit	past	a walled garden			a fountain		with the Fairy	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside fountain=Location

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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