Exam question 2 · Fairy Book, The Invisible Prince: Gnome learns his rival's…

State the means by which the Invisible Prince was enabled to survive beneath the water.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: State, Invisible Prince · What happens: mean, enable, survive · To what, where: Invisible Prince, water · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1699 «Fairy Book, The Invisible Prince: Gnome learns his rival's name, and Rosalie reaches the Golden Isle» 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 means	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 enabled	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Prince	det
7	Invisible	Invisible	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Prince	compound
8	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 enabled	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 enabled	aux:pass
10	enabled	enable	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 means	ccomp
11	to	to	PART	_	12 survive	mark
12	survive	survive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 enabled	xcomp
13	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	15 water	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 water	det
15	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 survive	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	mean	present	State			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	enable	past · passive		the Invisible Prince		tree rules
3	survive	to-infinitive	the Invisible Prince not said here		the water	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beneath water=Location

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

By means of an enchanted pearl, a shell and the Giant's silver ring

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	2 means	case
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 pearl	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pearl	det
5	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 pearl	amod
6	pearl	pearl	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 shell	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 shell	det
9	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pearl	appos
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 ring	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 ring	det
12	Giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 ring	amod
13	's	's	PART	_	12 Giant	case
14	silver	silver	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 ring	amod
15	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pearl	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present						of a enchanted pearl and the Giant silver ring	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	enchant	participle							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Because of a magic lantern

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	5 lantern	case
2	of	of	ADP	_	1 Because	fixed
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lantern	det
4	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lantern	amod
5	lantern	lantern	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Through the magic ring that the old Giant had placed upon his finger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	4 ring	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ring	det
3	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ring	amod
4	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 placed	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Giant	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Giant	amod
8	Giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 placed	nsubj:pass
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 placed	aux
10	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 ring	acl
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 finger	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 finger	nmod:poss
13	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 placed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	past · perfect · passive	the magic ring not said here	the old Giant		his finger			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme upon finger=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Through the Giant's ring

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	5 ring	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ring	det
3	Giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ring	amod
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Giant	case
5	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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