Exam question 2 · Italian Popular Tales, Ciccu, part 63: the princess drops…
In what manner did the talking horse convey the princess and Ciccu from the castle courtyard?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: talking horse · What happens: convey · To what, where: princess, manner
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1674 «Italian Popular Tales, Ciccu, part 63: the princess drops her veil and ring, and Ciccu must fetch the veil» 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 | 8 convey | obl |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 convey | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 horse | det |
| 6 | talking | talking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 horse | compound |
| 7 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 convey | nsubj |
| 8 | convey | convey | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 princess | det |
| 10 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 convey | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 Ciccu | cc |
| 12 | Ciccu | Ciccu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 princess | conj |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 16 courtyard | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 courtyard | det |
| 15 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 courtyard | compound |
| 16 | courtyard | courtyard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 convey | obl |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 convey | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | convey | past · do-support | the talking horse | the princess and Ciccu | what manner | from the castle courtyard | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent princess=Theme from courtyard=Initial_Location |
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
At a gallop, carrying both through the forest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 3 gallop | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 gallop | det |
| 3 | gallop | gallop | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 carrying | punct |
| 5 | carrying | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 gallop | acl |
| 6 | both | both | ADV | _ | 5 carrying | advmod |
| 7 | through | through | ADP | _ | 9 forest | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 forest | det |
| 9 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 carrying | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | gerund | a gallop not said here | the forest | both property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
At a gallop, carrying both away across the countryside
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 3 gallop | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 gallop | det |
| 3 | gallop | gallop | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 carrying | punct |
| 5 | carrying | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 gallop | acl |
| 6 | both | both | ADV | _ | 7 away | advmod |
| 7 | away | away | ADV | _ | 5 carrying | advmod |
| 8 | across | across | ADP | _ | 10 countryside | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 countryside | det |
| 10 | countryside | countryside | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 carrying | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | gerund | a gallop not said here | the countryside | away property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
By galloping at great speed, carrying both of them far across the wide countryside
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | SCONJ | _ | 2 galloping | mark |
| 2 | galloping | gallop | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 speed | case |
| 4 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 speed | amod |
| 5 | speed | speed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 galloping | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 carrying | punct |
| 7 | carrying | carry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 galloping | conj |
| 8 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 carrying | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 them | case |
| 10 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 both | nmod |
| 11 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 carrying | advmod |
| 12 | across | across | ADP | _ | 15 countryside | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 countryside | det |
| 14 | wide | wide | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 countryside | amod |
| 15 | countryside | countryside | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 carrying | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gallop | gerund | great speed | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at speed=Trajectory | |||||
| 2 | carry | gerund | both | the wide countryside | far property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent both=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
At a gallop, carrying both away across the countryside to the sea
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 3 gallop | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 gallop | det |
| 3 | gallop | gallop | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 carrying | punct |
| 5 | carrying | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 gallop | acl |
| 6 | both | both | ADV | _ | 7 away | advmod |
| 7 | away | away | ADV | _ | 5 carrying | advmod |
| 8 | across | across | ADP | _ | 10 countryside | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 countryside | det |
| 10 | countryside | countryside | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 carrying | obl |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 sea | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 sea | det |
| 13 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 carrying | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | gerund | a gallop not said here | the countryside | to the sea; away property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to sea=Destination |
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