Exam question 1 · Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad, part 78: Cinderla…
Which of the following best describes the reward the King offered to a youth who succeeded in watching the seven foals for a whole day?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: King, youth · What happens: follow, describe, offer, succeed, watch · To what, where: reward, youth, seven foals
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1581 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad, part 78: Cinderlad sets out to watch the seven foals and meets the old hag» 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 | 4 following | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 following | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 following | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 describes | amod |
| 6 | describes | describe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 following | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 reward | det |
| 8 | reward | reward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 describes | obj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 King | det |
| 10 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 offered | nsubj |
| 11 | offered | offer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 reward | acl:relcl |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 youth | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 youth | det |
| 14 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 offered | obl |
| 15 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 succeeded | nsubj |
| 16 | succeeded | succeed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 youth | acl:relcl |
| 17 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 18 watching | mark |
| 18 | watching | watch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 16 succeeded | advcl |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 foals | det |
| 20 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 21 foals | nummod |
| 21 | foals | foal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 watching | obj |
| 22 | for | for | ADP | _ | 25 day | case |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 day | det |
| 24 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 day | amod |
| 25 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 watching | obl |
| 26 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 following | 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 | describe | present | the reward | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reward=Theme | |||||
| 3 | offer | past | the King | the reward not said here | to a youth goal | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent reward=Theme to youth=Goal | |||
| 4 | succeed | past | a youth | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | watch | gerund | a youth not said here | the seven foals | day | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foal=Theme |
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 · ✓ the right answer
The hand of the Princess together with half of the kingdom
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 hand | det |
| 2 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Princess | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Princess | det |
| 5 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 hand | nmod |
| 6 | together | together | ADV | _ | 2 hand | advmod |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 half | case |
| 8 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 2 hand | nmod |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 kingdom | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 kingdom | det |
| 11 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 half | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
A horse of pure gold and a fine castle to live in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 horse | det |
| 2 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 gold | case |
| 4 | pure | pure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 gold | amod |
| 5 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 horse | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 castle | cc |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 castle | det |
| 8 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 castle | amod |
| 9 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gold | conj |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 live | mark |
| 11 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 castle | acl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live in | to-infinitive | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
A fine castle and the hand of a noble lady
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 castle | det |
| 2 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 castle | amod |
| 3 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 hand | cc |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 hand | det |
| 6 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 castle | conj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 lady | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 lady | det |
| 9 | noble | noble | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 lady | amod |
| 10 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hand | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
The royal horse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 horse | det |
| 2 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 horse | amod |
| 3 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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