Exam question 1 · Grimm's Household Tales, The Iron Stove, part 1: the princ…
Which of the following describes the action of the Princess in the underground palace?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Princess · What happens: follow, describe, act · To what, where: action, underground palace
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1685 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Iron Stove, part 1: the princess promises help and loses her way home» 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 | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 describes | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 5 describes | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 describes | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 describes | nsubj |
| 5 | describes | describe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 action | det |
| 7 | action | action | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 describes | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Princess | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Princess | det |
| 10 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 action | nmod |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 palace | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 palace | det |
| 13 | underground | underground | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 palace | amod |
| 14 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 describes | obl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 describes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | describe | present | the action of the Princess | the underground palace | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent action=Theme | ||||
| 3 | act | the Princess | nom action «act 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
She fled from the palace and returned to her father
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem 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 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 palace | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 palace | det |
| 5 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 fled | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 returned | cc |
| 7 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 fled | conj |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 father | case |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 father | nmod:poss |
| 10 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 returned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flee | past | She | the palace | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from palace=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | return | past | She not said here | to her father result | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to father=Result |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
She hid behind the picture and then embraced her husband
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 hid | nsubj |
| 2 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 5 picture | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 picture | det |
| 5 | picture | picture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hid | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 embraced | cc |
| 7 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 embraced | advmod |
| 8 | embraced | embrace | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 hid | conj |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 husband | nmod:poss |
| 10 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 embraced | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past | She | the picture | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind picture=Location | ||||
| 2 | embrace | past | She not said here | her husband | then | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Co-Agent |
Option 3
She remained in the wood and awaited the eagles
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 remained | nsubj |
| 2 | remained | remain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 wood | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 wood | det |
| 5 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 remained | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 awaited | cc |
| 7 | awaited | await | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 remained | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 eagles | det |
| 9 | eagles | eagle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 awaited | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remain | past | She | the wood | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=Location | ||||
| 2 | await | past | She not said here | the eagles | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
She summoned the toads to attend the wedding
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 summoned | nsubj |
| 2 | summoned | summon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 toads | det |
| 4 | toads | toad | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 summoned | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 attend | mark |
| 6 | attend | attend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 summoned | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 wedding | det |
| 8 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 attend | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | summon | past | She | the toads | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toad=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | attend | to-infinitive | She not said here | the wedding | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wedding=Goal |
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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