Exam question 3 · Italian Popular Tales, Ciccu, part 63: the princess drops…
What was the purpose of the mosquitoes released by the old women in the wood?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: purpose, mosquitoes · What happens: be, release, purpose · To what, where: mosquitoes
This is exam question 3 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 purpose | det |
| 4 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 mosquitoes | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 mosquitoes | det |
| 7 | mosquitoes | mosquito | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 purpose | nmod |
| 8 | released | release | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 mosquitoes | acl |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 women | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 women | det |
| 11 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 women | amod |
| 12 | women | woman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 released | obl:agent |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 wood | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 wood | det |
| 15 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 women | nmod |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the purpose of the mosquitoes | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | release | participle | the mosquitoes not said here | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer | |||||
| 3 | purpose | the mosquitoes | nom purpose «cognition 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 · ← Mova's choice
To keep the Man-eater busy so Ciccu could sleep
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 keep | mark |
| 2 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 eater | det |
| 4 | Man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 eater | compound |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 Man | punct |
| 6 | eater | eater | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 keep | obj |
| 7 | busy | busy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 keep | xcomp |
| 8 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 11 sleep | mark |
| 9 | Ciccu | Ciccu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 sleep | nsubj |
| 10 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 sleep | aux |
| 11 | sleep | sleep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 keep | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | to-infinitive | the Man eater | busy property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eater=Theme | ||||
| 2 | sleep | could | Ciccu | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
To keep the Man-eater awake so Ciccu could take the sword
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 keep | mark |
| 2 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 eater | det |
| 4 | Man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 eater | compound |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 Man | punct |
| 6 | eater | eater | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 keep | obj |
| 7 | awake | awake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 keep | xcomp |
| 8 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 11 take | mark |
| 9 | Ciccu | Ciccu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 take | nsubj |
| 10 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 take | aux |
| 11 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 keep | advcl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 sword | det |
| 13 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 take | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | to-infinitive | the Man eater | awake property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eater=Theme | ||||
| 2 | take | could | Ciccu | the sword | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme |
Option 3
To keep the Man-eater awake all night so Ciccu could take the sword unnoticed
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 keep | mark |
| 2 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 eater | det |
| 4 | Man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 eater | compound |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 Man | punct |
| 6 | eater | eater | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 keep | obj |
| 7 | awake | awake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 keep | xcomp |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 night | det |
| 9 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 keep | obl:unmarked |
| 10 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 13 take | mark |
| 11 | Ciccu | Ciccu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 take | nsubj |
| 12 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 take | aux |
| 13 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 keep | advcl |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 sword | det |
| 15 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 take | obj |
| 16 | unnoticed | unnoticed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 take | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | to-infinitive | the Man eater | night | awake property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eater=Theme | |||
| 2 | take | could | Ciccu | the sword | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme |
Option 4
To keep the Man-eater awake so that Ciccu could take the sword and escape the castle safely
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 keep | mark |
| 2 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 eater | det |
| 4 | Man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 eater | compound |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 Man | punct |
| 6 | eater | eater | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 keep | obj |
| 7 | awake | awake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 keep | xcomp |
| 8 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 12 take | mark |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 so | fixed |
| 10 | Ciccu | Ciccu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 take | nsubj |
| 11 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 take | aux |
| 12 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 keep | advcl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 sword | det |
| 14 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 take | obj |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 escape | cc |
| 16 | escape | escape | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 take | conj |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 castle | det |
| 18 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 escape | obj |
| 19 | safely | safely | ADV | _ | 16 escape | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | to-infinitive | the Man eater | awake property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eater=Theme | ||||
| 2 | take | could | Ciccu | the sword | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | ||||
| 3 | escape | infinitive | Ciccu not said here | the castle | safely property | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme castle=Initial_Location |
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