Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, The Wizard King, part 1: a King turns into an…
State the reason the Queen travelled to visit her Fairy godmother in secret.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: State · What happens: travel, visit · To what, where: Fairy godmother, secret
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1701 «Fairy Tales, The Wizard King, part 1: a King turns into an eagle, steals a Princess and hides her in a magic palace» 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 | 6 travelled | nsubj |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 reason | det |
| 3 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 State | nmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Queen | det |
| 5 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 reason | appos |
| 6 | travelled | travel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 visit | mark |
| 8 | visit | visit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 travelled | xcomp |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 godmother | nmod:poss |
| 10 | Fairy | fairy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 godmother | amod |
| 11 | godmother | godmother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 visit | obj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 secret | case |
| 13 | secret | secret | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 visit | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 travelled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | travel | past | State the reason | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | visit | to-infinitive | State the reason not said here | State's Fairy godmother | secret | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent godmother=Co-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 King was a magician and might disapprove of her seeing the Fairy at all
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 King | det |
| 2 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 magician | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 magician | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 magician | det |
| 5 | magician | magician | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 disapprove | cc |
| 7 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 disapprove | aux |
| 8 | disapprove | disapprove | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 magician | conj |
| 9 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 11 seeing | mark |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 seeing | nmod:poss |
| 11 | seeing | see | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 disapprove | advcl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Fairy | det |
| 13 | Fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 seeing | obj |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 all | case |
| 15 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 seeing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the King | a magician | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | disapprove | might | the King not said here | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | see | gerund | the King not said here | the Fairy | all | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fairy=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
the King had banned all visits to her godmother
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 King | det |
| 2 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 banned | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 banned | aux |
| 4 | banned | ban | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 visits | det |
| 6 | visits | visit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 banned | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 godmother | case |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 godmother | nmod:poss |
| 9 | godmother | godmother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 visits | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ban | past · perfect · passive | the King | tree rules |
Option 3
the court forbade all visits to fairies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 court | det |
| 2 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 forbade | nsubj |
| 3 | forbade | forbid | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 visits | det |
| 5 | visits | visit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 forbade | obj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 fairies | case |
| 7 | fairies | fairy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 forbade | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forbid | past | the court | all visits | to fairies | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer visit=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
the King was a magician and might disapprove
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 King | det |
| 2 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 magician | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 magician | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 magician | det |
| 5 | magician | magician | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 disapprove | cc |
| 7 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 disapprove | aux |
| 8 | disapprove | disapprove | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 magician | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the King | a magician | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | disapprove | might | the King not said here | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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