Exam question 3 · Yellow Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percinet, part 38: the Duc…

Which garment did the nurse place upon the Princess before she was presented to the court?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: garment · What happens: do, present · To what, where: nurse place, garment, court

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1541 «Yellow Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percinet, part 38: the Duchess gets her gold and is thrown from the horse» 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 garment	det
2	garment	garment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 place	det
5	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 place	compound
6	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 Princess	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Princess	det
9	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obl
10	before	before	SCONJ	_	13 presented	mark
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 presented	nsubj:pass
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 presented	aux:pass
13	presented	present	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 did	advcl
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 court	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 court	det
16	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 presented	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	which garment	the nurse place				upon the Princess	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Eventuality
2	present	past · passive		garment	the court				vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to court=Recipient

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 dress of pale blue silk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dress	det
2	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 silk	case
4	pale	pale	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 silk	amod
5	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 silk	amod
6	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dress	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

a long mantle of pale green and gold brocade with a jewelled belt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 mantle	det
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 mantle	amod
3	mantle	mantle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	9 brocade	case
5	pale	pale	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 brocade	amod
6	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 brocade	amod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 gold	cc
8	gold	gold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 green	conj
9	brocade	brocade	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mantle	nmod
10	with	with	ADP	_	13 belt	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 belt	det
12	jewelled	jewell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 belt	amod
13	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 brocade	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jewell	participle							tree rules

Option 3

a gown of deep red velvet trim

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 gown	det
2	gown	gown	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 trim	case
4	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 trim	amod
5	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 trim	amod
6	velvet	velvet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 trim	compound
7	trim	trim	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gown	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

a robe of pale green and gold brocade

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 robe	det
2	robe	robe	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	8 brocade	case
4	pale	pale	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 brocade	amod
5	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 brocade	amod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 gold	cc
7	gold	gold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 green	conj
8	brocade	brocade	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 robe	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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