Exam question 4 · Blue Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 1: Jack trad…
Describe the lawful claim Jack holds over the castle and its treasures.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Jack, claim · What happens: describe, hold, treasure · To what, where: lawful claim, castle
This is exam question 4 of lesson 1535 «Blue Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 1: Jack trades the cow for magic beans» 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 | Describe | describe | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 claim | det |
| 3 | lawful | lawful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 claim | amod |
| 4 | claim | claim | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Describe | obj |
| 5 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 holds | nsubj |
| 6 | holds | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 claim | acl:relcl |
| 7 | over | over | ADP | _ | 9 castle | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 castle | det |
| 9 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 holds | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 treasures | cc |
| 11 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 treasures | nmod:poss |
| 12 | treasures | treasure | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 castle | conj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Describe | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | describe | imperative | you not said here | the lawful claim | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent claim=Theme | ||||
| 2 | hold | present | Jack | the lawful claim not said here | the castle and claim's treasures | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent claim=Theme over castle=Location | |||
| 3 | treasure | claim | nom treasure «possession 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
He has legal papers from the king that name him heir to the castle and its treasures
The tree, 17 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 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | legal | legal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 papers | amod |
| 4 | papers | paper | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 heir | nsubj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 king | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 king | det |
| 7 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 papers | nmod |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 name | nsubj |
| 9 | name | name | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 king | acl:relcl |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 name | obj |
| 11 | heir | heir | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 has | ccomp |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 castle | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 castle | det |
| 14 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 heir | obl |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 treasures | cc |
| 16 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 treasures | nmod:poss |
| 17 | treasures | treasure | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 castle | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | He | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | name | present | the king | king | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 3 | heir | infinitive | legal papers from the king | to the castle and its treasures | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | treasure | its = it | nom treasure «possession transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
He is the son of the rightful knight
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 | 4 son | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 son | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 son | det |
| 4 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 knight | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 knight | det |
| 7 | rightful | rightful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 knight | amod |
| 8 | knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 son | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | He | the son | of the rightful knight | tree rules |
Option 3
He owns it by his father's right
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 owns | nsubj |
| 2 | owns | own | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 owns | obj |
| 4 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 8 right | mark |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 father | nmod:poss |
| 6 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 right | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 father | case |
| 8 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 owns | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | own | present | He | it | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme |
Option 4
He is the only living son of the rightful knight who first built the castle walls
The tree, 16 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 | 6 son | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 son | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 son | det |
| 4 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 son | amod |
| 5 | living | living | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 son | amod |
| 6 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 knight | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 knight | det |
| 9 | rightful | rightful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 knight | amod |
| 10 | knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 son | nmod |
| 11 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 built | nsubj |
| 12 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 13 built | advmod |
| 13 | built | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 knight | acl:relcl |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 walls | det |
| 15 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 walls | compound |
| 16 | walls | wall | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 built | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | He | the only living son | of the rightful knight | tree rules | |||
| 2 | build | past | the rightful knight | the castle walls | first property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wall=Product |
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