Exam question 1 · Hungarian Fairy Tales, Ferko, part 18: a flower palace, th…

exam: What was the nature of the second task set to the stranger by the King?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: exam · What happens: be, set · To what, where: nature, second task

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1694 «Hungarian Fairy Tales, Ferko, part 18: a flower palace, the grain heap and the wolves on the hill» 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	exam	exam	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 nature	punct
3	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 nature	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 nature	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 nature	det
6	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 exam	appos
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 task	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 task	det
9	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 task	amod
10	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 nature	nmod
11	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 task	acl
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 stranger	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 stranger	det
14	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 set	obl
15	by	by	ADP	_	17 King	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 King	det
17	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 set	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 exam	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	exam	the nature				of the second task	tree rules
2	set	participle		the second task not said here				to the stranger; by the King	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by king=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

To drive all the wolves of the kingdom to the hill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 drive	mark
2	drive	drive	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 wolves	det:predet
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wolves	det
5	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 drive	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 kingdom	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 kingdom	det
8	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wolves	nmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 hill	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hill	det
11	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drive	to-infinitive		all wolves of the kingdom		the hill			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent wolf=Theme to hill=Trajectory

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To gather all the grain of the kingdom into one heap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 gather	mark
2	gather	gather	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 grain	det:predet
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 grain	det
5	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gather	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 kingdom	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 kingdom	det
8	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grain	nmod
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 heap	case
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 heap	nummod
11	heap	heap	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gather	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gather	to-infinitive		all grain of the kingdom				into one heap	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent grain=Patient into heap=Co-Patient

Option 3

To rescue the Princess from the high tower

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 rescue	mark
2	rescue	rescue	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Princess	det
4	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rescue	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 tower	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tower	det
7	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 tower	amod
8	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rescue	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rescue	to-infinitive		the Princess		the high tower			vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent princess=Theme from tower=Source

Option 4

To construct a palace of flowers upon the hill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 construct	mark
2	construct	construct	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 palace	det
4	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 construct	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 flowers	case
6	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 palace	nmod
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 hill	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hill	det
9	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 construct	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	construct	to-infinitive		a palace of flowers				upon the hill	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Result

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