Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Lion: the girl cuts the princes…

Which character was the first to request the lock of the princess's hair?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: character · What happens: be, request · To what, where: lock

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1646 «Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Lion: the girl cuts the princess's hair and frees the prince» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 character	det
2	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 first	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 first	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 first	det
5	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 request	mark
7	request	request	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 first	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lock	det
9	lock	lock	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 request	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	14 hair	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 princess	det
12	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 hair	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 princess	case
14	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lock	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 first	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	which character					first property	tree rules
2	request	to-infinitive		the lock of the princess's hair					vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent lock=Recipient

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 girl, having been given the task by the prince

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 given	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 girl	punct
4	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 given	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 given	aux:pass
6	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 task	det
8	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 given	obj
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 prince	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 prince	det
11	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 given	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	gerund · perfect · passive	the prince	the girl					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient task=Theme

Option 2

The girl's own mother, who had asked for the lock of hair before the prince arrived at the palace gates

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mother	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 girl	case
4	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 mother	amod
5	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 arrived	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 asked	punct
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 asked	nsubj:pass
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 asked	aux
9	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 mother	acl:relcl
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 lock	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 lock	det
12	lock	lock	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 asked	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 hair	case
14	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lock	nmod
15	before	before	ADP	_	17 prince	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 prince	det
17	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 asked	obl
18	arrived	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
19	at	at	ADP	_	22 gates	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 gates	det
21	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 gates	compound
22	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 arrived	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past · perfect · passive		the girl's own mother			before the prince	for the lock of hair	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
2	arrive	past	the girl's own mother			the palace gates			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The giant, who had demanded it from the girl

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 giant	det
2	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 demanded	csubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 demanded	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 demanded	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 demanded	aux
6	demanded	demand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 demanded	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 girl	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 girl	det
10	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 demanded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demand speech: request	past · perfect		it				from the girl	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Theme it=Precondition from girl=Source

Option 4

The girl, having been given the task by the prince and the giant together at the mountain

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 given	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 girl	punct
4	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 given	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 given	aux:pass
6	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 task	det
8	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 given	obj
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 prince	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 prince	det
11	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 given	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 giant	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 giant	det
14	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 given	conj
15	together	together	ADV	_	6 given	advmod
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 mountain	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 mountain	det
18	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 given	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	gerund · perfect · passive	the prince	the girl		the mountain		together property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient task=Theme at mountain=Asset

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