Exam question 2 · Popular Tales from the Norse, Prince Lindorm, part 54: the…

In what manner did the maiden prepare for her marriage in the bridal chamber?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: maiden · What happens: prepare, marry · To what, where: manner

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1665 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Prince Lindorm, part 54: the maiden breaks the lindorm's spell and the prince is freed» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 prepare	obl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 prepare	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 maiden	det
6	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 prepare	nsubj
7	prepare	prepare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 marriage	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 marriage	nmod:poss
10	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 prepare	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 chamber	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 chamber	det
13	bridal	bridal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 chamber	amod
14	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 prepare	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 prepare	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prepare	past · do-support	the maiden			what manner		for maiden's marriage; in the bridal chamber	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for marriage=Beneficiary
2	marry		maiden						nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice

By arranging lye, brushes, and seven shirts beside the bed for the night

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 arranging	mark
2	arranging	arrange	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	lye	lye	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arranging	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 brushes	punct
5	brushes	brush	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lye	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 shirts	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 shirts	cc
8	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 shirts	nummod
9	shirts	shirt	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 arranging	obl
10	beside	beside	ADP	_	12 bed	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bed	det
12	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shirts	nmod
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 night	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 night	det
15	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arranging	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrange	gerund		lye and brushes			night	seven shirts beside the bed obl	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lye=Product

Option 2

By gathering herbs, lye, several brushes, and a set of seven shirts from the chests

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 herbs	case
2	gathering	gather	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 herbs	amod
3	herbs	herb	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 lye	punct
5	lye	lye	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 herbs	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 brushes	punct
7	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 brushes	amod
8	brushes	brush	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 herbs	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 set	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 set	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 set	det
12	set	set	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 herbs	conj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 shirts	case
14	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 shirts	nummod
15	shirts	shirt	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 set	nmod
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 chests	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 chests	det
18	chests	chest	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 shirts	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gather	gerund							vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

By arranging lye, brushes, and seven shirts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 arranging	mark
2	arranging	arrange	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	lye	lye	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arranging	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 brushes	punct
5	brushes	brush	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lye	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 shirts	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 shirts	cc
8	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 shirts	nummod
9	shirts	shirt	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 arranging	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrange	gerund		lye and brushes				seven shirts obl	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lye=Product

Option 4

By sewing seven linen dresses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 sewing	mark
2	sewing	sew	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 dresses	nummod
4	linen	linen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dresses	amod
5	dresses	dress	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sewing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sew	gerund		seven linen dresses					vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dress=Product

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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