Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, Prince Souci, part 49: the king is robbed in…
Which action of the fairy Aveline first deprived the king of his means of defence and transport?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: action, king, fairy · What happens: deprive, mean, act · To what, where: king
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1660 «Fairy Tales, Prince Souci, part 49: the king is robbed in the forest and made to carry a bundle» 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 action | det |
| 2 | action | action | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 deprived | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 fairy | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 fairy | det |
| 5 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 action | nmod |
| 6 | Aveline | Aveline | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 fairy | appos |
| 7 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 deprived | advmod |
| 8 | deprived | deprive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 king | det |
| 10 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 deprived | obj |
| 11 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 13 means | mark |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 means | nmod:poss |
| 13 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 king | acl:relcl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 defence | case |
| 15 | defence | defence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 means | obl |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 transport | cc |
| 17 | transport | transport | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 defence | conj |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 deprived | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deprive | past | which action of the fairy | the king | first property | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Source | |||
| 2 | mean | present | the king not said here | of defence and transport | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | act | the fairy | nom action «act intransitive»: of=agent |
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
She stole his horse.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 stole | nsubj |
| 2 | stole | steal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 horse | nmod:poss |
| 4 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stole | obj |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 stole | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | steal | past | She | his horse | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location horse=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
She removed his sword and his horse while he slept.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 removed | nsubj |
| 2 | removed | remove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 sword | nmod:poss |
| 4 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 removed | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 horse | cc |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 horse | nmod:poss |
| 7 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sword | conj |
| 8 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 10 slept | mark |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 slept | nsubj |
| 10 | slept | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 removed | advcl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 removed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remove | past | She | his sword and his horse | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | ||||
| 2 | sleep | past | horse | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
She took his cloak and food at night.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 took | nsubj |
| 2 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 cloak | nmod:poss |
| 4 | cloak | cloak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 took | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 food | cc |
| 6 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cloak | conj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 night | case |
| 8 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 took | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 took | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | She | his cloak and food | night | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloak=Theme |
Option 4
She stole his boots while he slept.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 stole | nsubj |
| 2 | stole | steal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 boots | nmod:poss |
| 4 | boots | boot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 stole | obj |
| 5 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 7 slept | mark |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 slept | nsubj |
| 7 | slept | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 stole | advcl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 stole | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | steal | past | She | his boots | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location boot=Theme | ||||
| 2 | sleep | past | he | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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