Exam question 1 · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, part 21: the…
Which object did the Prince use to conceal himself from the two dragons guarding the wood?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object, Prince, two dragons · What happens: do, use, conceal, guard · To what, where: Prince, wood
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1697 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, part 21: the Prince is wrecked and finds a land of doomed lovers» 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 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 object | det |
| 2 | object | object | 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 | 6 use | nsubj |
| 6 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 did | ccomp |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 conceal | mark |
| 8 | conceal | conceal | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 use | advcl |
| 9 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 8 conceal | obj |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 dragons | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 dragons | det |
| 12 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 dragons | nummod |
| 13 | dragons | dragon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 conceal | obl |
| 14 | guarding | guard | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 13 dragons | acl |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 wood | det |
| 16 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 guarding | obj |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | which object | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | use | present | the Prince | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | conceal | to-infinitive | the Prince not said here | Prince | from the two dragons | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent himself=Patient from dragon=Beneficiary | |||
| 4 | guard | gerund | the two dragons not said here | the wood | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=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
A small enchanted stone that he kept hidden in a pouch around his neck
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 stone | det |
| 2 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 stone | amod |
| 3 | enchanted | enchant | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 stone | amod |
| 4 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 hidden | mark |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 hidden | nsubj |
| 7 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 hidden | aux:pass |
| 8 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 stone | advcl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 pouch | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 pouch | det |
| 11 | pouch | pouch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hidden | obl |
| 12 | around | around | ADP | _ | 14 neck | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 neck | nmod:poss |
| 14 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 pouch | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enchant | participle | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | hide | past · passive | he | a pouch around his neck | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient in pouch=Location |
Option 2
A magic pebble he held in his mouth, given to him by the Fairy
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 pebble | det |
| 2 | magic | magic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 pebble | amod |
| 3 | pebble | pebble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 held | nsubj |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 held | nsubj |
| 5 | held | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 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 held | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 given | punct |
| 10 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 mouth | acl |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 him | case |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 given | obl |
| 13 | by | by | ADP | _ | 15 Fairy | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Fairy | det |
| 15 | Fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 given | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | past | a magic pebble | pebble's mouth | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mouth=Location | ||||
| 2 | give | participle | pebble's mouth not said here | pebble | by the Fairy | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
A magic pebble held in his mouth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 pebble | det |
| 2 | magic | magic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 pebble | amod |
| 3 | pebble | pebble | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | held | hold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 pebble | acl |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 mouth | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 mouth | nmod:poss |
| 7 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 held | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | participle | a magic pebble not said here | his mouth | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mouth=Location |
Option 4
A golden ring on his finger
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 ring | det |
| 2 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 ring | amod |
| 3 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 finger | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 finger | nmod:poss |
| 6 | finger | finger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ring | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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