Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, part 20: a secret poem…

By what means did the Invisible Prince conceal himself from the inhabitants of the palace?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Invisible Prince · What happens: mean, conceal · To what, where: Prince, inhabitants

This is exam question 2 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 conceal	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Prince	det
6	Invisible	Invisible	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Prince	compound
7	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 conceal	nsubj
8	conceal	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
9	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	8 conceal	obj
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 inhabitants	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 inhabitants	det
12	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 conceal	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 palace	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 palace	det
15	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 inhabitants	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	conceal	past · do-support	the Invisible Prince	Prince		the inhabitants of the palace			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent himself=Patient from inhabitant=Beneficiary

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

By wearing a cloak of shadows

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 wearing	mark
2	wearing	wear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 cloak	det
4	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wearing	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 shadows	case
6	shadows	shadow	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cloak	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	gerund		a cloak of shadows					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent cloak=Theme

Option 2

By keeping a magic pebble in his mouth and hiding in the far corners

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 keeping	mark
2	keeping	keep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pebble	det
4	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pebble	amod
5	pebble	pebble	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeping	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 mouth	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 mouth	nmod:poss
8	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pebble	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 hiding	cc
10	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 keeping	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 corners	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 corners	det
13	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 corners	amod
14	corners	corner	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 hiding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	gerund		a magic pebble		his mouth			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent pebble=Theme in mouth=Location
2	hide	gerund				the far corners			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in corner=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

By keeping the magic pebble within his mouth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 keeping	mark
2	keeping	keep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pebble	det
4	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pebble	amod
5	pebble	pebble	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeping	obj
6	within	within	ADP	_	8 mouth	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 mouth	nmod:poss
8	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	gerund		the magic pebble				within his mouth	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pebble=Theme

Option 4

By hiding in the dark corners

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 hiding	mark
2	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 corners	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 corners	det
5	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 corners	amod
6	corners	corner	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hiding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	gerund				the dark corners			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in corner=Location

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