Exam question 4 · Fairy Book, The Wounded Lion, part 34: the sister wins the…
Through whose consent did the prince obtain permission to marry the maiden?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: prince · What happens: do, obtain, marry · To what, where: consent, permission, maiden
This is exam question 4 of lesson 1645 «Fairy Book, The Wounded Lion, part 34: the sister wins the water of life, then a girl follows a wounded lion» 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 | Through | through | ADP | _ | 3 consent | case |
| 2 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 3 consent | nmod:poss |
| 3 | consent | consent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obl |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 prince | det |
| 6 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 obtain | nsubj |
| 7 | obtain | obtain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 did | parataxis |
| 8 | permission | permission | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 obtain | obj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 marry | mark |
| 10 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 obtain | advcl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 maiden | det |
| 12 | maiden | maiden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 marry | obj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | consent | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | obtain | present | the prince | permission | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent permission=Theme | ||||
| 3 | marry | to-infinitive | the prince not said here | the maiden | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maiden=Patient |
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
his parents' consent
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 parents | nmod:poss |
| 2 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 consent | nmod:poss |
| 3 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 2 parents | case |
| 4 | consent | consent | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | consent | his parents | nom consent «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
the queen's kind wish
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 queen | det |
| 2 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wish | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 queen | case |
| 4 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 wish | amod |
| 5 | wish | wish | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wish | the queen | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
her father's word
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 father | nmod:poss |
| 2 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 word | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 father | case |
| 4 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | word | her father | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
the king's word
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 word | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 king | case |
| 4 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | word | the king | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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