Exam question 1 · Grimm, Cinderella, part 30: three feasts, three tasks and…

In which manner did the Prince identify the owner of the lost articles, and what was the purpose of the banquet proclaimed for the fourth day?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Prince, purpose · What happens: do, identify, lose, be, proclaim · To what, where: manner, owner, purpose

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1533 «Grimm, Cinderella, part 30: three feasts, three tasks and a lost ring, slipper and circlet» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Prince	det
6	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 identify	nsubj
7	identify	identify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 did	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 owner	det
9	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 identify	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 articles	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 articles	det
12	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 articles	amod
13	articles	article	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 owner	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 purpose	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 purpose	cc
16	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 purpose	nsubj
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 purpose	cop
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 purpose	det
19	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 proclaimed	nsubj
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 banquet	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 banquet	det
22	banquet	banquet	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 purpose	nmod
23	proclaimed	proclaim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
24	for	for	ADP	_	27 day	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 day	det
26	fourth	fourth	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	27 day	amod
27	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 proclaimed	obl
28	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past			which manner			tree rules
2	identify	infinitive	the Prince	the owner of the lost articles				vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent owner=Theme
3	lose	participle						vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is a	past		the purpose			of the banquet	tree rules
5	proclaim	past	the purpose			day		vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: 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

He returned them, no feast

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 returned	nsubj
2	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 returned	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 feast	punct
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 feast	det
6	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 returned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	past	He	them = they				no feast obl	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 2

He kept them

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 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 kept	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	He	them = they					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He kept the articles and summoned all the people to a feast in the great hall of the palace

The tree, 19 words

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 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 articles	det
4	articles	article	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 kept	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 summoned	cc
6	summoned	summon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 kept	conj
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 people	det:predet
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 people	det
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 summoned	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 feast	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 feast	det
12	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 summoned	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 hall	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 hall	det
15	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 hall	amod
16	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 summoned	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 palace	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 palace	det
19	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 hall	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	He	the articles					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent article=Theme
2	summon	past	He not said here		all people	the great hall of the palace		to a feast	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He retained the articles and convened all the people to the palace for a banquet

The tree, 15 words

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 retained	nsubj
2	retained	retain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 articles	det
4	articles	article	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 retained	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 people	cc
6	convened	convene	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 people	amod
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 people	det:predet
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 people	det
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 articles	conj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 palace	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 palace	det
12	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 retained	obl
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 banquet	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 banquet	det
15	banquet	banquet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 retained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retain	past	He	the articles and all convened people				to the palace; for a banquet	tree rules
2	convene	participle							vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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