Exam question 4 · The Green Fairy Book, The Little Green Frog, part 13: Prin…
What did the fairies intend when they placed the magic mirror in the Prince's room?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fairies · What happens: do, intend, place · To what, where: magic mirror, room
This is exam question 4 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 did | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 fairies | det |
| 4 | fairies | fairy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 intend | nsubj |
| 5 | intend | intend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 did | ccomp |
| 6 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 placed | advmod |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 placed | nsubj |
| 8 | placed | place | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 intend | ccomp |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 mirror | det |
| 10 | magic | magic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 mirror | amod |
| 11 | mirror | mirror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 placed | obj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 room | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Prince | det |
| 14 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 room | nmod:poss |
| 15 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 14 Prince | case |
| 16 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 placed | obl |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | intend | present | the fairies | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | place | past | fairies = fairy | the magic mirror | the Prince's room | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent mirror=Theme in room=Destination |
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 Prince from his father's sickroom and their magic
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 | 4 Prince | det |
| 4 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 keep | obj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 sickroom | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 father | nmod:poss |
| 7 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sickroom | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 father | case |
| 9 | sickroom | sickroom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 keep | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 magic | cc |
| 11 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 magic | nmod:poss |
| 12 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sickroom | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | to-infinitive | the Prince | his father's sickroom and sickroom's magic | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer prince=Beneficiary from sickroom=Eventuality |
Option 2
To make the Prince grow up faster than his father wanted
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 make | mark |
| 2 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 grow | advcl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Prince | det |
| 4 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 make | obj |
| 5 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 grow | compound:prt |
| 7 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 grow | advmod |
| 8 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 11 wanted | mark |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 father | nmod:poss |
| 10 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 wanted | nsubj |
| 11 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 faster | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | to-infinitive | the Prince | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset prince=Product | |||||
| 2 | grow up | present | fast property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | want | past | his father | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
Option 3
To amuse the Prince
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 amuse | mark |
| 2 | amuse | amuse | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Prince | det |
| 4 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 amuse | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | amuse | to-infinitive | the Prince | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus prince=Experiencer |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
To prevent his love for his father from interfering with their plans
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 prevent | mark |
| 2 | prevent | prevent | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 love | nmod:poss |
| 4 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 prevent | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 father | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 father | nmod:poss |
| 7 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 prevent | obl |
| 8 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 9 interfering | mark |
| 9 | interfering | interfere | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 prevent | advcl |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 plans | case |
| 11 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 plans | nmod:poss |
| 12 | plans | plan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 interfering | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prevent | to-infinitive | his love | for his father | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer love=Theme | ||||
| 2 | interfere | gerund | with their plans | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | love | his = he | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 4 | plan | their = they | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
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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