Exam question 1 · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 14: Saphir get…

In what manner did Prince Saphir ultimately secure the object of his quest?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Prince · What happens: do, secure, quest · To what, where: manner, object

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1690 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 14: Saphir gets the bird's branch, then finds a maiden and a palace where the fountain was» 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	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 secure	nsubj
6	Saphir	Saphir	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Prince	flat
7	ultimately	ultimately	ADV	_	8 secure	advmod
8	secure	secure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 did	ccomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 object	det
10	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 secure	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 quest	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 quest	nmod:poss
13	quest	quest	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 object	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	past			what manner		tree rules
2	secure	past	Prince	the object of Prince's quest		ultimately property	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition object=Theme
3	quest		Prince				nom quest «cognition 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

By purchasing the bird from the lord of the castle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 purchasing	mark
2	purchasing	purchase	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bird	det
4	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 purchasing	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 lord	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lord	det
7	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 purchasing	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 castle	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 castle	det
10	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lord	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	purchase	gerund		the bird				from the lord of the castle	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent bird=Theme from lord=Source

Option 2

By capturing the bird within his painted nets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 capturing	mark
2	capturing	capture	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bird	det
4	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 capturing	obj
5	within	within	ADP	_	8 nets	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 nets	nmod:poss
7	painted	paint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 nets	amod
8	nets	net	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 capturing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	capture	gerund		the bird				within bird's painted nets	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme
2	paint	participle							vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

By severing the branch upon which the bird was perched

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 severing	mark
2	severing	sever	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 branch	det
4	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 severing	obj
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 perched	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bird	det
8	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 perched	nsubj:pass
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 perched	aux:pass
10	perched	perch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 severing	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sever	gerund		the branch					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent branch=Theme
2	perch	past · passive		the bird					vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme upon which=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

By following the Frog into the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 following	mark
2	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Frog	det
4	Frog	Frog	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 following	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 water	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 water	det
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 following	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund		the Frog		the water			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent frog=Theme into water=Trajectory

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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