Exam question 2 · Blue Fairy Book, Minnikin, part 71: Minnikin fights the se…
Which of the following accurately records the precise instructions Minnikin gave to the Princess concerning the wedding feast?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Minnikin, Princess · What happens: follow, record, give, concern · To what, where: precise instructions, Princess, wedding feast
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1574 «Blue Fairy Book, Minnikin, part 71: Minnikin fights the second and third Trolls, and the Princess wins her rescuer» 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 | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 records | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 6 records | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 records | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 records | nsubj |
| 5 | accurately | accurately | ADV | _ | 6 records | advmod |
| 6 | records | record | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 instructions | det |
| 8 | precise | precise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 instructions | amod |
| 9 | instructions | instruction | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 records | obj |
| 10 | Minnikin | Minnikin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 gave | nsubj |
| 11 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 instructions | acl:relcl |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 Princess | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Princess | det |
| 14 | Princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 gave | obl |
| 15 | concerning | concern | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 14 Princess | acl |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 feast | det |
| 17 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 feast | compound |
| 18 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 concerning | obj |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 records | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | record | present | the precise instructions | accurately property | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent instruction=Theme | ||||
| 3 | give | past | Minnikin | the precise instructions not said here | the Princess | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent instruction=Theme to princess=Recipient | |||
| 4 | concern | gerund | the Princess not said here | the wedding feast | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus feast=Experiencer |
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
She was to choose the ragged boy as her page
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 choose | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 choose | cop |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 choose | mark |
| 4 | choose | choose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 boy | det |
| 6 | ragged | ragged | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 boy | amod |
| 7 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 choose | obj |
| 8 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 page | case |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 page | nmod:poss |
| 10 | page | page | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 choose | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | She | as her page; choose property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | page | her = she | nom page «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
She was to name the ragged boy as her chosen cup-bearer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 name | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 name | cop |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 name | mark |
| 4 | name | name | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 boy | det |
| 6 | ragged | ragged | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 boy | amod |
| 7 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 name | obj |
| 8 | as | as | ADP | _ | 13 bearer | case |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 bearer | nmod:poss |
| 10 | chosen | choose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 bearer | amod |
| 11 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 bearer | compound |
| 12 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 cup | punct |
| 13 | bearer | bearer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 name | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | She | as her chosen cup bearer; name property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | choose | participle | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
She was to name the ragged lad as her steward
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 name | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 name | cop |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 name | mark |
| 4 | name | name | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 lad | det |
| 6 | ragged | ragged | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 lad | amod |
| 7 | lad | lad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 name | obj |
| 8 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 steward | case |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 steward | nmod:poss |
| 10 | steward | steward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 name | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | She | as her steward; name property | tree rules |
Option 4
Name him as her cup-bearer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Name | name | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Name | obj |
| 3 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 bearer | case |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 bearer | nmod:poss |
| 5 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bearer | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 cup | punct |
| 7 | bearer | bearer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Name | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | name | imperative | you not said here | him = he | as her cup bearer | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme as bearer=Attribute |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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