Exam question 3 · Blue Fairy Book, The Star Gazer, part 2: Michael hides und…
What substance was the philtre administered to the princes said to have produced in them?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: philtre, princes · What happens: be, say, produce · Speech: someone speaks here
This is exam question 3 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 administered | obj |
| 2 | substance | substance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 administered | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 philtre | det |
| 5 | philtre | philtre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 administered | nsubj |
| 6 | administered | administer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | SCONJ | _ | 10 said | mark |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 princes | det |
| 9 | princes | prince | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 said | nsubj |
| 10 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 administered | advcl |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 produced | mark |
| 12 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 13 produced | aux |
| 13 | produced | produce | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 10 said | ccomp |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 them | case |
| 15 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 produced | obl |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 administered | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the philtre | administer property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the princes | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | produce | to-infinitive · perfect | in princes = prince | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=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
A coldness of the heart leaving only a love of dancing and feasting all night
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 coldness | det |
| 2 | coldness | coldness | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 heart | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 heart | det |
| 5 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 coldness | nmod |
| 6 | leaving | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 heart | acl |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 love | advmod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 love | det |
| 9 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 leaving | obj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 dancing | case |
| 11 | dancing | dancing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 love | nmod |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 feasting | cc |
| 13 | feasting | feast | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 leaving | conj |
| 14 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 15 night | det |
| 15 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 feasting | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | gerund | the heart not said here | a love of dancing | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent love=Theme | ||||
| 2 | feast | gerund | the heart not said here | night | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | love | dancing | nom love «feeling transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A coldness of the heart leaving only a love of dancing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 coldness | det |
| 2 | coldness | coldness | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 heart | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 heart | det |
| 5 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 coldness | nmod |
| 6 | leaving | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 heart | acl |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 love | advmod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 love | det |
| 9 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 leaving | obj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 dancing | case |
| 11 | dancing | dancing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 love | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | gerund | the heart not said here | a love of dancing | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent love=Theme | ||||
| 2 | love | dancing | nom love «feeling transitive»: of=patient |
Option 3
A stiffness of the limbs and a love of feasting
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 stiffness | det |
| 2 | stiffness | stiffness | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 limbs | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 limbs | det |
| 5 | limbs | limb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 stiffness | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 love | cc |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 love | det |
| 8 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 limbs | conj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 feasting | case |
| 10 | feasting | feasting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 love | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | feasting | nom love «feeling transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4
A coldness of the heart leaving only a love of dancing and song
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 coldness | det |
| 2 | coldness | coldness | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 heart | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 heart | det |
| 5 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 coldness | nmod |
| 6 | leaving | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 heart | acl |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 love | advmod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 love | det |
| 9 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 leaving | obj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 dancing | case |
| 11 | dancing | dancing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 love | nmod |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 song | cc |
| 13 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 dancing | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | gerund | the heart not said here | a love of dancing and song | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent love=Theme | ||||
| 2 | love | dancing and song | nom love «feeling transitive»: of=patient |
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