Exam question 1 · Tales from the Fjeld, Kari Woodengown: the golden shoe and…
Which garment did the Prince's servants instruct Kari Woodengown to wear before the trial of the golden shoe?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: garment, servants · What happens: do, instruct, wear, try · To what, where: Kari, golden shoe
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1550 «Tales from the Fjeld, Kari Woodengown: the golden shoe and the wedding» 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 | 5 Prince | det |
| 5 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 servants | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Prince | case |
| 7 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 instruct | nsubj |
| 8 | instruct | instruct | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 did | parataxis |
| 9 | Kari | Kari | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 instruct | obj |
| 10 | Woodengown | Woodengown | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Kari | flat |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 wear | mark |
| 12 | wear | wear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 instruct | advcl |
| 13 | before | before | ADP | _ | 15 trial | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 trial | det |
| 15 | trial | trial | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 wear | obl |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 shoe | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 shoe | det |
| 18 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 shoe | amod |
| 19 | shoe | shoe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 trial | nmod |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | which garment | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | instruct speech: other | present | the Prince's servants | Kari | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kari=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | wear | to-infinitive | the Prince's servants not said here | before the trial of the golden shoe | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | try | the golden shoe | nom trial «act transitive»: of=patient |
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 silver gown that gleamed brightly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 gown | det |
| 2 | silver | silver | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 gown | amod |
| 3 | gown | gown | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 gleamed | nsubj |
| 5 | gleamed | gleam | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 gown | acl:relcl |
| 6 | brightly | brightly | ADV | _ | 5 gleamed | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gleam | past | the silver gown | brightly property | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
The golden gown which flashed like sunshine and the gold shoe from the rock
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 gown | det |
| 2 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 gown | amod |
| 3 | gown | gown | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 flashed | nsubj |
| 5 | flashed | flash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 gown | acl:relcl |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 7 sunshine | case |
| 7 | sunshine | sunshine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 flashed | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 shoe | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 shoe | det |
| 10 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 shoe | compound |
| 11 | shoe | shoe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sunshine | conj |
| 12 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 rock | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 rock | det |
| 14 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 flashed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flash | past | the golden gown | the rock | like sunshine and the gold shoe | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The golden gown which flashed like sunshine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 gown | det |
| 2 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 gown | amod |
| 3 | gown | gown | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 flashed | nsubj |
| 5 | flashed | flash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 gown | acl:relcl |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 7 sunshine | case |
| 7 | sunshine | sunshine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 flashed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flash | past | the golden gown | like sunshine | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
The embroidered cloak of white silk
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 cloak | det |
| 2 | embroidered | embroider | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 cloak | amod |
| 3 | cloak | cloak | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 silk | case |
| 5 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 silk | amod |
| 6 | silk | silk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cloak | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | embroider | participle | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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