Exam question 3 · Pink Fairy Book, The White Dove, part 1: two reckless prin…

Identify the creature that aided the prince in the second task.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, creature · What happens: identify, aid · To what, where: creature, prince, second task

This is exam question 3 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 creature	det
3	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 aided	nsubj
5	aided	aid	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 creature	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 prince	det
7	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 aided	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 task	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 task	det
10	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 task	amod
11	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 aided	obl
12	.	.	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 creature					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent creature=Theme
2	aid	past	the creature		the prince	the second task			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Beneficiary

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

A talking white dove that flew down from the roof and split every log in the yard with its strong beak.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dove	det
2	talking	talking	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dove	compound
3	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dove	amod
4	dove	dove	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 flew	nsubj
6	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dove	acl:relcl
7	down	down	ADV	_	6 flew	advmod
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 roof	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 roof	det
10	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 flew	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 split	cc
12	split	split	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 flew	conj
13	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	14 log	det
14	log	log	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 split	obj
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 yard	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 yard	det
17	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 split	obl
18	with	with	ADP	_	21 beak	case
19	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 beak	nmod:poss
20	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 beak	amod
21	beak	beak	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 split	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 dove	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly down	past	a talking white dove			the roof		down property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from roof=Trajectory
2	split	infinitive	a talking white dove not said here	every log				in the yard; with yard's strong beak	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent log=Patient with beak=Instrument

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

A grey pigeon that sang sweetly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pigeon	det
2	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pigeon	amod
3	pigeon	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 sang	nsubj
5	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 pigeon	acl:relcl
6	sweetly	sweetly	ADV	_	5 sang	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 pigeon	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	a grey pigeon					sweetly property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A white dove that split the wood with its beak.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 dove	det
2	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dove	amod
3	dove	dove	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 split	nsubj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 split	nsubj
5	split	split	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wood	det
7	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 split	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 beak	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 beak	nmod:poss
10	beak	beak	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 split	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 split	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	split	past	a white dove	the wood				with dove's beak	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent wood=Patient with beak=Instrument

Option 4

A white dove that split the wood with its beak and then sat on the prince's shoulder for the rest of the day.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 dove	det
2	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dove	amod
3	dove	dove	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 split	nsubj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 split	nsubj
5	split	split	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wood	det
7	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 split	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 beak	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 beak	nmod:poss
10	beak	beak	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 split	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 sat	cc
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 sat	advmod
13	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 split	conj
14	on	on	ADP	_	18 shoulder	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 prince	det
16	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 shoulder	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 prince	case
18	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sat	obl
19	for	for	ADP	_	21 rest	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 rest	det
21	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sat	obl
22	of	of	ADP	_	24 day	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 day	det
24	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 rest	nmod
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 split	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	split	past	a white dove	the wood				with dove's beak	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent wood=Patient with beak=Instrument
2	sit	past	a white dove not said here			the prince's shoulder	then	for the rest of the day	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on shoulder=Location

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