Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, part 20: a secret poem…
What action did the Prince of the Air take in order to obtain Rosalie?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action, Prince · What happens: do, take in, obtain · To what, where: order, Rosalie
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1696 «Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, part 20: a secret poem for Rosalie» 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 | 3 did | obj |
| 2 | action | action | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Prince | det |
| 5 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 take | nsubj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Air | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Air | det |
| 8 | Air | Air | PROPN | Number=Plur | 5 Prince | nmod |
| 9 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 did | parataxis |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 take | compound:prt |
| 11 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 take | obj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 obtain | mark |
| 13 | obtain | obtain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 take | advcl |
| 14 | Rosalie | Rosalie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 obtain | obj |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | action | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | take in | present | the Prince of the Air | order | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme | ||||
| 3 | obtain | to-infinitive | the Prince of the Air not said here | Rosalie | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rosalie=Theme |
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
He caused her to be seized and conveyed to his palace in the clouds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 caused | nsubj |
| 2 | caused | cause | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 caused | iobj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 seized | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 seized | aux:pass |
| 6 | seized | seize | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 caused | advcl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 conveyed | cc |
| 8 | conveyed | convey | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 seized | conj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 palace | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 palace | nmod:poss |
| 11 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 conveyed | obl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 clouds | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 clouds | det |
| 14 | clouds | cloud | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 palace | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | past | He | her = she | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition she=Patient | ||||
| 2 | seize | to-infinitive · passive | He not said here | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP» | |||||
| 3 | convey | participle | He not said here | his palace in the clouds | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to palace=Recipient |
Option 2
He had his servant spirits carry her away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 had | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 carry | aux |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 spirits | nmod:poss |
| 4 | servant | servant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 spirits | compound |
| 5 | spirits | spirit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 carry | nsubj |
| 6 | carry | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 carry | obj |
| 8 | away | away | ADV | _ | 6 carry | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry away | past | his servant spirits | her = she | away property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
He caused her to be conveyed away by his attendant spirits
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 caused | nsubj |
| 2 | caused | cause | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 caused | iobj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 conveyed | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 conveyed | aux:pass |
| 6 | conveyed | convey | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 caused | xcomp |
| 7 | away | away | ADV | _ | 6 conveyed | advmod |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 spirits | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 spirits | nmod:poss |
| 10 | attendant | attendant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 spirits | compound |
| 11 | spirits | spirit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 conveyed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | past | He | her = she | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | convey away | to-infinitive · passive | his attendant spirits | away property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
He sent spirits to carry her off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 sent | nsubj |
| 2 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | spirits | spirit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 sent | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 carry | mark |
| 5 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 sent | advcl |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 carry | obj |
| 7 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 carry | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | past | He | spirits | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spirit=Theme | ||||
| 2 | carry off | to-infinitive | He not said here | her = she | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
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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