Exam question 2 · Orange Fairy Book, Prince Désiré and Princess Zizi, part 6…

Identify the means by which the Princess Zizi was released from her enchanted form.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, the, her · What happens: identify, mean, release, enchant, form · To what, where: Princess Zizi, enchanted form · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1564 «Orange Fairy Book, Prince Désiré and Princess Zizi, part 61: the last orange holds a thirsty canary, then Titty comes to the well» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	ccomp
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 released	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Zizi	det
7	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Zizi	compound
8	Zizi	Zizi	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 released	nsubj:pass
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 released	aux:pass
10	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 means	ccomp
11	from	from	ADP	_	14 form	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 form	nmod:poss
13	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 form	amod
14	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 released	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	mean	present	the			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	release	past · passive		the Princess Zizi	her enchanted form	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source
4	enchant	participle				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
5	form		her = she			nom form «communication 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

Désiré gave her water to drink from the palm of his hand after the first canary asked for it and the second begged too

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Désiré	Désiré	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 water	nmod:poss
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 drink	mark
6	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 gave	advcl
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 palm	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 palm	det
9	palm	palm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drink	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 hand	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 hand	nmod:poss
12	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 palm	nmod
13	after	after	SCONJ	_	17 asked	mark
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 canary	det
15	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	16 canary	amod
16	canary	canary	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 asked	nsubj
17	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 drink	advcl
18	for	for	ADP	_	19 it	case
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 asked	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 begged	cc
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 second	det
22	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	23 begged	obl:unmarked
23	begged	beg	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 gave	conj
24	too	too	ADV	_	23 begged	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	give	past	Désiré	Désiré's water			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme
2	drink	to-infinitive	Désiré not said here		the palm of his hand		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from palm=Source
3	ask speech: ask	past	the first canary			for hand	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	beg speech: request	participle	Désiré not said here	the second			vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Désiré carried her to the castle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Désiré	Désiré	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 carried	nsubj
2	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 carried	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 castle	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 castle	det
6	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	Désiré	her = she		the castle			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to castle=Destination

Option 3

Désiré gave her water to drink from the palm of his hand after the first canary asked for it

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Désiré	Désiré	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 water	nmod:poss
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 drink	mark
6	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 gave	advcl
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 palm	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 palm	det
9	palm	palm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drink	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 hand	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 hand	nmod:poss
12	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 palm	nmod
13	after	after	SCONJ	_	17 asked	mark
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 canary	det
15	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	16 canary	amod
16	canary	canary	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 asked	nsubj
17	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 drink	advcl
18	for	for	ADP	_	19 it	case
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 asked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	give	past	Désiré	Désiré's water			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme
2	drink	to-infinitive	Désiré not said here		the palm of his hand		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from palm=Source
3	ask speech: ask	past	the first canary			for hand	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Désiré gave her water to drink from his palm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Désiré	Désiré	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 water	nmod:poss
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 drink	mark
6	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 gave	advcl
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 palm	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 palm	nmod:poss
9	palm	palm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drink	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	Désiré	Désiré's water					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme
2	drink	to-infinitive	Désiré not said here			his palm			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from palm=Source

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