Exam question 3 · The Green Fairy Book, The Little Green Frog, part 13: Prin…

Which natural feature is described as surrounding the Prince upon his arrival at the final forest?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: his · What happens: describe, surround, arrive · To what, where: Prince, final forest

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1689 «The Green Fairy Book, The Little Green Frog, part 13: Prince Saphir sets out to find the magic bird that cured his father» 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 described	nsubj:pass
2	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 feature	amod
3	feature	feature	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 described	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 described	aux:pass
5	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 surrounding	mark
7	surrounding	surround	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 described	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Prince	det
9	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 surrounding	obj
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 arrival	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 arrival	nmod:poss
12	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 surrounding	obl
13	at	at	ADP	_	16 forest	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 forest	det
15	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 forest	amod
16	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 surrounding	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 described	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	describe	present · passive					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme
2	surround	gerund		the Prince	the final forest	upon his arrival	vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme prince=Co-Theme
3	arrive		his = he				nom arrival «act intransitive»: 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 · ✓ the right answer

A woodland composed entirely of cedars, beneath which the grass was soft

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 woodland	det
2	woodland	woodland	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 soft	nsubj
3	composed	compose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 woodland	acl
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	3 composed	advmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 cedars	case
6	cedars	cedar	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 composed	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 grass	punct
8	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 grass	obl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 grass	det
11	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 woodland	conj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 soft	cop
13	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compose	participle		a woodland and the grass not said here				of cedars; entirely property	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	a woodland and the grass					soft property	tree rules

Option 2

A woodland composed entirely of cedars, beneath which the grass was soft and covered with rare flowers

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 woodland	det
2	woodland	woodland	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	composed	compose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 woodland	acl
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	3 composed	advmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 cedars	case
6	cedars	cedar	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 composed	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 soft	punct
8	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 soft	obl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 grass	det
11	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 soft	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 soft	cop
13	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 woodland	conj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 covered	cc
15	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 soft	conj
16	with	with	ADP	_	18 flowers	case
17	rare	rare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 flowers	amod
18	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 covered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	compose	participle		a woodland not said here	of cedars; entirely property	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the grass		beneath a woodland; soft property	tree rules
3	cover	participle	the grass not said here		with rare flowers	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with flower=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

A vast woodland of ancient cedars and pines, through which a warm wind blew and birds sang overhead

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 woodland	det
2	vast	vast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 woodland	amod
3	woodland	woodland	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 sang	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 cedars	case
5	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cedars	amod
6	cedars	cedar	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 woodland	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 pines	cc
8	pines	pine	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cedars	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 blew	punct
10	through	through	ADP	_	11 which	case
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 blew	obl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 wind	det
13	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 wind	amod
14	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 blew	nsubj
15	blew	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 cedars	conj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 birds	cc
17	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cedars	conj
18	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
19	overhead	overhead	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 sang	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	past	a warm wind			ancient cedars and pines and birds			vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
2	sing speech: express	past	a vast woodland of ancient cedars and pines and birds	overhead					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location overhead=Theme

Option 4

A wood of pale birches where the soil was rich and the air was sweet

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 wood	det
2	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rich	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 birches	case
4	pale	pale	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 birches	amod
5	birches	birch	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wood	nmod
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 rich	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 soil	det
8	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rich	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 rich	cop
10	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 sweet	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 air	det
13	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sweet	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 sweet	cop
15	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 rich	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	a wood of pale birches					rich property	tree rules
2	is	past	the air					sweet property	tree rules

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