Exam question 2 · Crimson Fairy Book, The Grateful Beasts, part 1: a hungry…

By what means does the Queen come to bear a child, according to the passage?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Queen · What happens: mean, come, bear, accord · To what, where: child

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1692 «Crimson Fairy Book, The Grateful Beasts, part 1: a hungry youth is robbed of his bread and maimed by his brothers» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 come	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 come	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Queen	det
6	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 come	nsubj
7	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 bear	mark
9	bear	bear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 come	xcomp
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 child	det
11	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bear	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 passage	punct
13	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 passage	case
14	to	to	ADP	_	13 according	fixed
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 passage	det
16	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bear	conj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	come	present · do-support	the Queen		tree rules
3	bear	to-infinitive	the Queen not said here	a child	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient
4	accord	gerund			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=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 a royal decree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	4 decree	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 decree	det
3	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 decree	amod
4	decree	decree	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

By kissing a frog given to her by a servant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 kissing	mark
2	kissing	kiss	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 frog	det
4	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kissing	obj
5	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 frog	acl
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 her	case
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 given	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 servant	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 servant	det
10	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 given	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kiss	gerund		a frog					vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frog=Co-Agent
2	give	participle		a frog not said here	frog			by a servant	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient

Option 3

By drinking a potion made by a wise healer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 drinking	mark
2	drinking	drink	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 potion	det
4	potion	potion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drinking	obj
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 potion	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 healer	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 healer	det
8	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 healer	amod
9	healer	healer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	gerund		a potion					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent potion=Patient
2	make	participle		a potion not said here				by a wise healer	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

By consuming an apple purchased from an elderly woman

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 consuming	mark
2	consuming	consume	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 apple	det
4	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consuming	obj
5	purchased	purchase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 apple	acl
6	from	from	ADP	_	9 woman	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 woman	det
8	elderly	elderly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 woman	amod
9	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 purchased	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	gerund		a apple					vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apple=Asset
2	purchase	participle		a apple not said here				from a elderly woman	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from woman=Source

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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