Exam question 4 · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, part 22: the…
Who was the third son of the Queen of the Elements?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: third son
This is exam question 4 of lesson 1698 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, part 22: the Prince escapes the giant, then Rosalie is snatched back» 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 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 son | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 son | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 son | det |
| 4 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 son | amod |
| 5 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Queen | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Queen | det |
| 8 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 son | nmod |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 Elements | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Elements | det |
| 11 | Elements | element | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 Queen | nmod |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 son | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the third son | of the Queen of the Elements | tree rules |
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 mighty giant who had commanded the storms and rocks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 giant | det |
| 2 | mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 giant | amod |
| 3 | giant | giant | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 commanded | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 commanded | aux |
| 6 | commanded | command | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 giant | acl:relcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 storms | det |
| 8 | storms | storm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 commanded | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 rocks | cc |
| 10 | rocks | rock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 storms | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | command | past · perfect | the mighty giant | the storms and rocks | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent storm=Eventuality |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
The Prince of the Air who ruled over the spirits
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Prince | det |
| 2 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 ruled | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Air | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Air | det |
| 5 | Air | Air | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Prince | nmod |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 ruled | nsubj |
| 7 | ruled | rule | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | over | over | ADP | _ | 10 spirits | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 spirits | det |
| 10 | spirits | spirit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 ruled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rule | past | the Prince of the Air | the spirits | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
The Prince of the Air
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Prince | det |
| 2 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Air | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Air | det |
| 5 | Air | Air | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Prince | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The Lord of the Sea
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Lord | det |
| 2 | Lord | Lord | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Sea | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Sea | det |
| 5 | Sea | Sea | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Lord | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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