Exam question 1 · Blue Fairy Book, The Star Gazer, part 2: Michael hides und…

Which magical means did the young servant employ in order to render himself invisible to the princesses?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: mean, do, render · To what, where: young servant employ, himself · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1505 «Blue Fairy Book, The Star Gazer, part 2: Michael hides under a bed, follows the princesses to a magic ball, and Lina catches on» 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	3 means	nsubj
2	magical	magical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 employ	det
6	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 employ	amod
7	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 employ	compound
8	employ	employ	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
9	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	12 render	mark
10	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 in	fixed
11	to	to	PART	_	12 render	mark
12	render	render	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 employ	acl:relcl
13	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	12 render	obj
14	invisible	invisible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 render	xcomp
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 princesses	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 princesses	det
17	princesses	princess	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 invisible	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	past	the young servant employ		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent employ=Eventuality
3	render	to-infinitive	himself = he	invisible property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=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

He rubbed a salve made from the lake reeds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rubbed	nsubj
2	rubbed	rub	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 salve	det
4	salve	salve	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 reeds	nsubj
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 salve	acl
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 lake	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lake	det
8	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obl
9	reeds	reed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 rubbed	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	rub	past	He			tree rules
2	make	participle		a salve not said here	the lake	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from lake=Material
3	reed	present	a salve			tree rules

Option 2

He gathered a white flower from the cherry laurel tree and pinned it on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gathered	nsubj
2	gathered	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 flower	det
4	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 flower	amod
5	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gathered	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	10 tree	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 tree	det
8	cherry	cherry	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 laurel	compound
9	laurel	laurel	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tree	compound
10	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gathered	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 pinned	cc
12	pinned	pin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 gathered	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 pinned	obj
14	on	on	ADP	_	12 pinned	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gather	past	He	a white flower		the laurel tree			vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent flower=Theme from tree=Source
2	pin on	past	He not said here	flower					vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He gathered a white flower from the cherry laurel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gathered	nsubj
2	gathered	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 flower	det
4	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 flower	amod
5	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gathered	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	9 laurel	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 laurel	det
8	cherry	cherry	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 laurel	compound
9	laurel	laurel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gathered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gather	past	He	a white flower		the cherry laurel			vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent flower=Theme from laurel=Source

Option 4

He picked a sprig of holly from the wall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 picked	nsubj
2	picked	pick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sprig	det
4	sprig	sprig	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 picked	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 holly	case
6	holly	holly	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sprig	nmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 wall	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wall	det
9	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 picked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick	past	He	a sprig of holly		the wall			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent sprig=Theme from wall=Source

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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