Exam question 2 · Yellow Fairy Book, Minon-Minette, part 51: the princess es…
Which object did the princess discover in the fields, and what did it contain?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object, princess · What happens: do, discover, contain · To what, where: fields
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1662 «Yellow Fairy Book, Minon-Minette, part 51: the princess escapes the fairy on a magic fan and meets Souci in the air» 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 object | det |
| 2 | object | object | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 princess | det |
| 5 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 discover | nsubj |
| 6 | discover | discover | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 did | ccomp |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 fields | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 fields | det |
| 9 | fields | field | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 discover | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 contain | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 contain | cc |
| 12 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 15 contain | obj |
| 13 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 contain | aux |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 contain | nsubj |
| 15 | contain | contain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 discover | advcl |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | which object | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | discover | present | the princess | the fields | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | contain | past · do-support | object | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=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 golden fan that held a hidden message
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 fan | det |
| 2 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 fan | amod |
| 3 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 fan | amod |
| 4 | fan | fan | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 held | nsubj |
| 6 | held | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 fan | acl:relcl |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 message | det |
| 8 | hidden | hidden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 message | amod |
| 9 | message | message | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 held | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | past | a large golden fan | a hidden message | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme |
Option 2
A bright fan from which a note fell out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 fan | det |
| 2 | bright | bright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fan | amod |
| 3 | fan | fan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 fell | nsubj |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 note | case |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 note | nsubj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 note | det |
| 7 | note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fan | nmod |
| 8 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | out | out | ADP | _ | 8 fell | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall out | past | a bright fan from a note | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
A large fan from which a letter from her secret lover tumbled out onto the grass
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 fan | det |
| 2 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fan | amod |
| 3 | fan | fan | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 which | case |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 tumbled | obl |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 letter | det |
| 7 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 tumbled | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 lover | case |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 lover | nmod:poss |
| 10 | secret | secret | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 lover | amod |
| 11 | lover | lover | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 letter | nmod |
| 12 | tumbled | tumble | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 fan | acl:relcl |
| 13 | out | out | ADP | _ | 12 tumbled | compound:prt |
| 14 | onto | onto | ADP | _ | 16 grass | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 grass | det |
| 16 | grass | grass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 tumbled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tumble out | participle · passive | a letter from her secret lover | a large fan | onto the grass | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: subject=Extent from which=Initial_State |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A large fan, from which a letter from her lover fell
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 fan | det |
| 2 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fan | amod |
| 3 | fan | fan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 fell | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 letter | punct |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 which | case |
| 6 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 letter | obl |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 letter | det |
| 8 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fan | conj |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 lover | case |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 lover | nmod:poss |
| 11 | lover | lover | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 letter | nmod |
| 12 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | past | a large fan and a letter from her lover | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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