Exam question 1 · Household Stories, Rosemary, part 41: a maiden seeks her l…
Identify the object which the maiden extracted from the walnut and state its appropriate function in the narrative.
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, object · What happens: identify, maiden, extract · To what, where: object, maiden, walnut
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1652 «Household Stories, Rosemary, part 41: a maiden seeks her lost husband, helped by the Sun, the Moon and the Wind» 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 object | det |
| 3 | object | object | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 maiden | nsubj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 maiden | det |
| 6 | maiden | maiden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 object | appos |
| 7 | extracted | extract | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 maiden | acl |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 walnut | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 walnut | det |
| 10 | walnut | walnut | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 extracted | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 state | cc |
| 12 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 walnut | conj |
| 13 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 function | nmod:poss |
| 14 | appropriate | appropriate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 function | amod |
| 15 | function | function | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 walnut | conj |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 narrative | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 narrative | det |
| 18 | narrative | narrative | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 function | nmod |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the object | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme | ||||
| 2 | maiden | the object | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | extract | participle | the maiden not said here | the walnut and state and state's appropriate function in the narrative | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent from walnut=Initial_Location |
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
A beautiful mantle, which she offered to the princess for purchase
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 mantle | det |
| 2 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 mantle | amod |
| 3 | mantle | mantle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 offered | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 offered | punct |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 offered | obj |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 offered | nsubj |
| 7 | offered | offer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 princess | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 princess | det |
| 10 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 offered | obl |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 purchase | case |
| 12 | purchase | purchase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 offered | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | offer | past | a beautiful mantle | the princess | for purchase | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent which=Theme to princess=Goal |
Option 2
A beautiful mantle, which she offered to the princess for purchase at the market in town
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 mantle | det |
| 2 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 mantle | amod |
| 3 | mantle | mantle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 offered | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 offered | punct |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 offered | obj |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 offered | nsubj |
| 7 | offered | offer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 princess | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 princess | det |
| 10 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 offered | obl |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 purchase | case |
| 12 | purchase | purchase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 offered | obl |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 market | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 market | det |
| 15 | market | market | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 offered | obl |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 town | case |
| 17 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 market | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | offer | past | a beautiful mantle | the princess | the market in town | for purchase | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent which=Theme to princess=Goal |
Option 3
A silver key, which she hid under the palace stair
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 key | det |
| 2 | silver | silver | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 key | amod |
| 3 | key | key | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hid | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 hid | punct |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 hid | nsubj |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 hid | nsubj |
| 7 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | under | under | ADP | _ | 11 stair | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 stair | det |
| 10 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 stair | compound |
| 11 | stair | stair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past | a silver key | the palace stair | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under stair=Location |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
A golden ring, which she gave to the king
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 ring | det |
| 2 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 ring | amod |
| 3 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 gave | punct |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 gave | nsubj |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 gave | nsubj |
| 7 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 king | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 king | det |
| 10 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | a golden ring | the king | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to king=Recipient |
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