Exam question 1 · Yellow Fairy Book, The Pig King, part 26: the Princess str…
Which of the following obstacles did the Princess overcome on her journey towards the dwelling of the Sun?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: following obstacles, her · What happens: follow, do, journey · To what, where: Princess overcome, journey
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1529 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Pig King, part 26: the Princess struggles across deserts and mountains to the Sun's palace» 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 did | obj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 obstacles | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 obstacles | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 obstacles | amod |
| 5 | obstacles | obstacle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 did | nsubj |
| 6 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 overcome | det |
| 8 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 overcome | compound |
| 9 | overcome | overcome | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 did | obj |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 journey | case |
| 11 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 journey | nmod:poss |
| 12 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 did | obl |
| 13 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 15 dwelling | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 dwelling | det |
| 15 | dwelling | dwelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 did | obl |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 Sun | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 Sun | det |
| 18 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 dwelling | nmod |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | do | past | the following obstacles | the Princess overcome | her journey | towards the dwelling of the Sun | tree rules | ||
| 3 | journey | her = she | nom journey «act 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 · ← Mova's choice
sandy deserts, rocky mountains, swamps, a precipice and a burning river of fire
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sandy | sandy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 deserts | amod |
| 2 | deserts | desert | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 mountains | punct |
| 4 | rocky | rocky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 mountains | amod |
| 5 | mountains | mountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 deserts | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 swamps | punct |
| 7 | swamps | swamp | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 deserts | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 precipice | punct |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 precipice | det |
| 10 | precipice | precipice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 deserts | conj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 river | cc |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 river | det |
| 13 | burning | burn | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 14 river | amod |
| 14 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 precipice | conj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 fire | case |
| 16 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 river | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | burn | gerund | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
sandy deserts, rocky mountains, swamps and a precipice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sandy | sandy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 deserts | amod |
| 2 | deserts | desert | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 mountains | punct |
| 4 | rocky | rocky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 mountains | amod |
| 5 | mountains | mountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 deserts | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 swamps | punct |
| 7 | swamps | swamp | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 deserts | conj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 precipice | cc |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 precipice | det |
| 10 | precipice | precipice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 deserts | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
hot sand, sharp peaks, marshes and a cliff edge
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 sand | amod |
| 2 | sand | sand | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 peaks | punct |
| 4 | sharp | sharp | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 peaks | amod |
| 5 | peaks | peak | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 sand | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 marshes | punct |
| 7 | marshes | marsh | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 peaks | conj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 edge | cc |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 edge | det |
| 10 | cliff | cliff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 edge | compound |
| 11 | edge | edge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sand | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
sandy deserts, rocky mountains, forests and a canyon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sandy | sandy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 deserts | amod |
| 2 | deserts | desert | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 mountains | punct |
| 4 | rocky | rocky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 mountains | amod |
| 5 | mountains | mountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 deserts | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 forests | punct |
| 7 | forests | forest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 deserts | conj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 canyon | cc |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 canyon | det |
| 10 | canyon | canyon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 deserts | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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