Exam question 2 · Pink Fairy Book, The White Dove, part 1: two reckless prin…

Specify the task assigned to the youngest prince on the first morning of his servitude.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: specify, assign · To what, where: task, youngest prince

This is exam question 2 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	Specify	specify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 task	det
3	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Specify	obj
4	assigned	assign	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 task	acl
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 prince	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 prince	det
7	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 prince	amod
8	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 assigned	obl
9	on	on	ADP	_	12 morning	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 morning	det
11	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 morning	amod
12	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 assigned	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 servitude	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 servitude	nmod:poss
15	servitude	servitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 morning	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Specify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	specify	imperative	you not said here	the task					vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent task=Theme
2	assign	participle		the task not said here	the youngest prince		morning		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to prince=Goal

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

Splitting all the firewood in the yard into very small pieces before evening.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Splitting	split	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 firewood	det:predet
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 firewood	det
4	firewood	firewood	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Splitting	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 yard	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 yard	det
7	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Splitting	obl
8	into	into	ADP	_	11 pieces	case
9	very	very	ADV	_	10 small	advmod
10	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 pieces	amod
11	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Splitting	obl
12	before	before	ADP	_	13 evening	case
13	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Splitting	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Splitting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	split	gerund		all firewood			evening	into small pieces result; in the yard	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent firewood=Patient into piece=Result

Option 2

Gathering berries in the forest.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gathering	gather	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	berries	berry	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Gathering	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 forest	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 forest	det
5	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Gathering	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Gathering	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gather	gerund		berries		the forest			vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent berry=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Splitting firewood into small pieces.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Splitting	split	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	firewood	firewood	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Splitting	obj
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 pieces	case
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pieces	amod
5	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Splitting	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Splitting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	split	gerund		firewood				into small pieces result	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent firewood=Patient into piece=Result

Option 4

Picking feathers from the dove and then splitting firewood into small pieces for the stove.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Picking	pick	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Picking	obj
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 dove	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dove	det
5	dove	dove	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Picking	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 splitting	cc
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 splitting	advmod
8	splitting	split	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Picking	conj
9	firewood	firewood	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 splitting	obj
10	into	into	ADP	_	12 pieces	case
11	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 pieces	amod
12	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 splitting	obl
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 stove	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 stove	det
15	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pieces	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Picking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick	gerund		feathers		the dove			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent feather=Theme from dove=Source
2	split	gerund		firewood			then	into small pieces for the stove result	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent firewood=Patient into piece=Result

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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