Exam question 4 · Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstalk: Jack outwits the Giant…
Which quality does the Fairy praise as having led Jack to rise?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: quality, Fairy praise, led Jack · What happens: do, have, lead, rise · To what, where: Fairy praise, led Jack
This is exam question 4 of lesson 1537 «Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstalk: Jack outwits the Giant and takes back his castle» 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 | DET | PronType=Int | 2 quality | det |
| 2 | quality | quality | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 does | nsubj |
| 3 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 praise | det |
| 5 | Fairy | fairy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 praise | amod |
| 6 | praise | praise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 does | obj |
| 7 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 8 having | mark |
| 8 | having | have | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 praise | acl |
| 9 | led | lead | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 Jack | amod |
| 10 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 having | obj |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 rise | mark |
| 12 | rise | rise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 having | xcomp |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 does | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | which quality | the Fairy praise | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent praise=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | have | gerund | the Fairy praise not said here | led Jack | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | lead | participle | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | ||||||
| 4 | rise | to-infinitive | led Jack not said here | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
An inquiring mind with courage
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 mind | det |
| 2 | inquiring | inquire | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 mind | amod |
| 3 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 courage | case |
| 5 | courage | courage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 mind | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | inquire speech: other | gerund | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
An inquiring mind with courage and great kindness
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 mind | det |
| 2 | inquiring | inquire | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 mind | amod |
| 3 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 courage | case |
| 5 | courage | courage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 mind | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 kindness | cc |
| 7 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 kindness | amod |
| 8 | kindness | kindness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 mind | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | inquire speech: other | gerund | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
An inquiring mind combined with courage and a bold spirit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 mind | det |
| 2 | inquiring | inquire | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 mind | amod |
| 3 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | combined | combine | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 mind | acl |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 courage | case |
| 6 | courage | courage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 combined | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 spirit | cc |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 spirit | det |
| 9 | bold | bold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 spirit | amod |
| 10 | spirit | spirit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 courage | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | inquire speech: other | gerund | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | combine | participle | a inquiring mind not said here | with courage and a bold spirit | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with courage=Co-Patient |
Option 4
A kind heart and great strength
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 heart | det |
| 2 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 heart | amod |
| 3 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 strength | cc |
| 5 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 strength | amod |
| 6 | strength | strength | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 heart | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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