Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, part 20: a secret poem…
For what reason did the Invisible Prince defer his communication with Rosalie until nightfall?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: reason, Invisible Prince, Prince · What happens: do, defer, communicate · To what, where: communication
This is exam question 3 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 | For | for | ADP | _ | 2 what | case |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 defer | obl |
| 3 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 what | acl:relcl |
| 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 defer | nsubj |
| 8 | defer | defer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 communication | nmod:poss |
| 10 | communication | communication | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 defer | obj |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 Rosalie | case |
| 12 | Rosalie | Rosalie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 defer | obl |
| 13 | until | until | ADP | _ | 14 nightfall | case |
| 14 | nightfall | nightfall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 defer | obl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 defer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | reason | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | defer | present | the Invisible Prince | Prince's communication | until nightfall | with Rosalie | vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent communication=Source | ||
| 3 | communicate | Prince | nom communication «communication 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 · ✓ the right answer
He apprehended discovery in the presence of others
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 apprehended | nsubj |
| 2 | apprehended | apprehend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | discovery | discovery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 apprehended | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 presence | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 presence | det |
| 6 | presence | presence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 apprehended | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 others | case |
| 8 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 presence | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | apprehend | past | He | discovery | the presence of others | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer discovery=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
He feared being discovered in the presence of her servants and courtiers
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 | 4 discovered | nsubj |
| 2 | feared | fear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 discovered | aux:pass |
| 3 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 discovered | aux:pass |
| 4 | discovered | discover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 presence | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 presence | det |
| 7 | presence | presence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 discovered | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 servants | case |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 servants | nmod:poss |
| 10 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 presence | nmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 courtiers | cc |
| 12 | courtiers | courtier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 servants | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | discover | past · passive | He | the presence of her servants and courtiers | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
Option 3
He apprehended being found out in front of her father and all the court
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 apprehended | nsubj |
| 2 | apprehended | apprehend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 found | aux:pass |
| 4 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 apprehended | xcomp |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 found | compound:prt |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 front | case |
| 7 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 found | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 father | case |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 father | nmod:poss |
| 10 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 front | nmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 court | cc |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 court | det:predet |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 court | det |
| 14 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 father | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | apprehend | past | He | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | find out | gerund · passive | He not said here | front of her father and all court | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic» |
Option 4
He wished to avoid the crowd's gaze
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 wished | nsubj |
| 2 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 avoid | mark |
| 4 | avoid | avoid | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wished | advcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 crowd | det |
| 6 | crowd | crowd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 gaze | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 crowd | case |
| 8 | gaze | gaze | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 avoid | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wish | past | He | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 2 | avoid | to-infinitive | He not said here | the crowd's gaze | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent gaze=Location | ||||
| 3 | gaze | the crowd | nom gaze «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
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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