Exam question 4 · Yellow Fairy Book, Minon-Minette, part 51: the princess es…
What was the eventual fate of the Iron King following the battle?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: eventual fate · What happens: be, follow · To what, where: eventual fate, battle
This is exam question 4 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 fate | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 fate | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 fate | det |
| 4 | eventual | eventual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 fate | amod |
| 5 | fate | fate | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 King | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 King | det |
| 8 | Iron | Iron | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 King | compound |
| 9 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 fate | nmod |
| 10 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 fate | acl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 battle | det |
| 12 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 following | obj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 fate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the eventual fate | of the Iron King | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | follow | gerund | the eventual fate not said here | the battle | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battle=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
He fled the kingdom and was never seen again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 fled | nsubj |
| 2 | fled | flee | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 kingdom | det |
| 4 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 fled | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 seen | cc |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 seen | aux:pass |
| 7 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 8 seen | advmod |
| 8 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 fled | conj |
| 9 | again | again | ADV | _ | 8 seen | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flee | past | He | the kingdom | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme kingdom=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | not see | past · passive | He not said here | again | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» |
Option 2
He was executed and his lands were given away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 executed | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 executed | aux:pass |
| 3 | executed | execute | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 given | cc |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 lands | nmod:poss |
| 6 | lands | land | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 given | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 given | aux:pass |
| 8 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 executed | conj |
| 9 | away | away | ADV | _ | 8 given | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | execute | past · passive | He | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 2 | give away | past · passive | his lands | away property | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme |
Option 3
He was imprisoned
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 imprisoned | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 imprisoned | aux:pass |
| 3 | imprisoned | imprison | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | imprison | past · passive | He | vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
He surrendered and was set to keep King Souci's sheep
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 surrendered | nsubj |
| 2 | surrendered | surrender | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 set | cc |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 set | aux:pass |
| 5 | set | set | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 surrendered | conj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 keep | mark |
| 7 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 set | advcl |
| 8 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 sheep | nmod:poss |
| 9 | Souci | Souci | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 King | flat |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 King | case |
| 11 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 keep | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | surrender | past | He | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | set | past · passive | He not said here | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V» | |||||
| 3 | keep | to-infinitive | He not said here | King's sheep | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=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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