Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales, The Princess in the Chest, part 10: the king…

What alternative did the king select from the three proposed by his daughter?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king · What happens: select, propose · To what, where: three

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1621 «Fairy Tales, The Princess in the Chest, part 10: the king breaks his word, the princess dies, and the sentinels vanish one by one» 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	6 select	obj
2	alternative	alternative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 What	xcomp
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 select	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 king	det
5	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 select	nsubj
6	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 three	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 three	det
9	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 select	obj
10	proposed	propose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 three	acl
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 daughter	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 daughter	nmod:poss
13	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 proposed	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	past · do-support	the king	the three					tree rules
2	propose	participle						by king's daughter	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

The burial of the princess in a golden coffin with a priest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 burial	det
2	burial	burial	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	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 burial	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 coffin	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 coffin	det
8	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 coffin	amod
9	coffin	coffin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 princess	nmod
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 priest	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 priest	det
12	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 coffin	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bury			the princess in a golden coffin with a priest					nom burial «event transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The interment of the princess in a plain chest with a sentinel and a lock

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 interment	det
2	interment	interment	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	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 interment	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 chest	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 chest	det
8	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 chest	amod
9	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 princess	nmod
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 sentinel	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 sentinel	det
12	sentinel	sentinel	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 chest	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 lock	cc
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 lock	det
15	lock	lock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 interment	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inter			the princess in a plain chest with a sentinel					nom interment «event transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The interment of the princess in a plain chest with a sentinel posted through every night of the year

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 interment	det
2	interment	interment	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	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 interment	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 chest	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 chest	det
8	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 chest	amod
9	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 princess	nmod
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 sentinel	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 sentinel	det
12	sentinel	sentinel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 interment	nmod
13	posted	post	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 interment	acl
14	through	through	ADP	_	16 night	case
15	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	16 night	det
16	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 posted	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 year	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 year	det
19	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 night	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	post	participle		the interment of the princess in a plain chest with a sentinel not said here			night		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	inter			the princess in a plain chest				with a sentinel	nom interment «event transitive»: of=patient with=obl

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The interment of the princess in a plain chest with a sentinel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 interment	det
2	interment	interment	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	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 interment	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 chest	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 chest	det
8	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 chest	amod
9	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 princess	nmod
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 sentinel	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 sentinel	det
12	sentinel	sentinel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 interment	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inter			the princess in a plain chest				with a sentinel	nom interment «event transitive»: of=patient with=obl

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