Exam question 1 · Pink Fairy Book, The White Dove, part 1: two reckless prin…

State the material of the vessel encountered by the princes and identify its occupant.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: encounter, identify · To what, where: State material, occupant

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1653 «Pink Fairy Book, The White Dove, part 1: two reckless princes promise their unborn brother to a witch to escape a storm» 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 material	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 material	det
3	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 vessel	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 vessel	det
6	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 material	nmod
7	encountered	encounter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 material	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 princes	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 princes	det
10	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 encountered	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 identify	cc
12	identify	identify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 encountered	conj
13	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 occupant	nmod:poss
14	occupant	occupant	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 identify	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 material	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	encounter	participle		the State material of the vessel not said here				by the princes	vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer
2	identify	infinitive		vessel's occupant					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent occupant=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 · ← Mova's choice

A large wooden trough used for kneading bread, occupied by a very old and wicked woman from the forest.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 trough	det
2	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 trough	amod
3	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 trough	amod
4	trough	trough	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 trough	acl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 bread	case
7	kneading	kneading	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bread	compound
8	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 used	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 occupied	punct
10	occupied	occupy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 trough	acl
11	by	by	ADP	_	17 woman	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 woman	det
13	very	very	ADV	_	14 old	advmod
14	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 woman	amod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 wicked	cc
16	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 old	conj
17	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 occupied	obl
18	from	from	ADP	_	20 forest	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 forest	det
20	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 woman	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 trough	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	participle		a large wooden trough not said here				for kneading bread	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	occupy	participle		a large wooden trough not said here				by a old woman from the forest	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A dough-trough, occupied by an old woman.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 trough	det
2	dough	dough	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 trough	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 dough	punct
4	trough	trough	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 occupied	punct
6	occupied	occupy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 trough	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 woman	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 woman	det
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 woman	amod
10	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 occupied	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 trough	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occupy	participle		a dough trough not said here				by a old woman	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

A wicker basket, holding an old fisherman.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 basket	det
2	wicker	wicker	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 basket	amod
3	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 holding	punct
5	holding	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 basket	acl
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 fisherman	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 fisherman	amod
8	fisherman	fisherman	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 holding	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 basket	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	gerund	a wicker basket not said here	a old fisherman					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fisherman=Theme

Option 4

A battered dough-trough, floating on the waves, with an old woman seated inside it and waving at the princes.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 trough	det
2	battered	batter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 trough	amod
3	dough	dough	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 trough	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 dough	punct
5	trough	trough	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 floating	punct
7	floating	float	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 trough	conj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 waves	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 waves	det
10	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 floating	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 woman	punct
12	with	with	ADP	_	15 woman	case
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 woman	det
14	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 woman	amod
15	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 waves	nmod
16	seated	seat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 woman	acl
17	inside	inside	ADP	_	18 it	case
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 seated	obl
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 waving	cc
20	waving	wave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 floating	conj
21	at	at	ADP	_	23 princes	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 princes	det
23	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 waving	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 trough	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	batter	participle				vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
2	float	gerund		the waves with a old woman		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on wave=Trajectory
3	seat	participle	a old woman not said here	trough		vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location
4	wave	gerund			at the princes	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at prince=Location

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