Exam question 2 · Yellow Fairy Book, The Three Oranges, part 60: Désiré oils…
What was the principal reason the servants returned to the paternal residence?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: servants · What happens: be, return · To what, where: principal reason, paternal residence
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1563 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Three Oranges, part 60: Désiré oils the gate, pleases the helpers, and reaches a thirsty sandy plain» 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 reason | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 reason | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 reason | det |
| 4 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 reason | amod |
| 5 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 servants | det |
| 7 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 returned | nsubj |
| 8 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 reason | acl:relcl |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 residence | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 residence | det |
| 11 | paternal | paternal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 residence | amod |
| 12 | residence | residence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 returned | obl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 reason | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the principal reason | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | return | past | the servants | the principal reason not said here | the paternal residence | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent reason=Theme to residence=Destination |
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
They had lost the Prince's trail after the river and gave up searching at dusk
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 lost | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 lost | aux |
| 3 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Prince | det |
| 5 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 trail | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Prince | case |
| 7 | trail | trail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lost | obj |
| 8 | after | after | ADP | _ | 10 river | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 river | det |
| 10 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lost | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 gave | cc |
| 12 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 lost | conj |
| 13 | up | up | ADP | _ | 12 gave | compound:prt |
| 14 | searching | search | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 gave | advcl |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 dusk | case |
| 16 | dusk | dusk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 searching | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | past · perfect | They | the Prince's trail | after the river | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trail=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | give up | past | They not said here | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | search | gerund | They not said here | dusk | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
They had followed the wrong trail
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 followed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 followed | aux |
| 3 | followed | follow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 trail | det |
| 5 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 trail | amod |
| 6 | trail | trail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 followed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | past · perfect · passive | They | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: subject=Theme trail=Attribute |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
They had pursued the Prince along the incorrect route
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 pursued | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 pursued | aux |
| 3 | pursued | pursue | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Prince | det |
| 5 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 pursued | obj |
| 6 | along | along | ADP | _ | 9 route | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 route | det |
| 8 | incorrect | incorrect | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 route | amod |
| 9 | route | route | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pursued | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pursue | past · perfect | They | the Prince | the incorrect route | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent prince=Theme along route=Trajectory |
Option 4
They had pursued the Prince along a road that led to the sea, far from his route
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 pursued | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 pursued | aux |
| 3 | pursued | pursue | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Prince | det |
| 5 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 pursued | obj |
| 6 | along | along | ADP | _ | 8 road | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 road | det |
| 8 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pursued | obl |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 led | nsubj |
| 10 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 road | acl:relcl |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 sea | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 sea | det |
| 13 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 led | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 far | punct |
| 15 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 pursued | advmod |
| 16 | from | from | ADP | _ | 18 route | case |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 route | nmod:poss |
| 18 | route | route | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 far | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pursue | past · perfect | They | the Prince | a road | far property | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent prince=Theme along road=Trajectory | ||
| 2 | lead | past | a road | to the sea | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to sea=Patient |
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