Exam question 3 · Fairy Book, The Glass Axe, part 1: a prince who touches th…

What is the function of the glass axe within the Fairy's stipulations?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: function, Fairy · What happens: be, stipulate

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1709 «Fairy Book, The Glass Axe, part 1: a prince who touches the ground is stolen by a Fairy and set an impossible task» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 function	det
4	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 axe	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 axe	det
7	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 axe	compound
8	axe	axe	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 function	nmod
9	within	within	ADP	_	13 stipulations	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Fairy	det
11	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 stipulations	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Fairy	case
13	stipulations	stipulation	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 axe	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the function of the glass axe within the Fairy's stipulations						tree rules
2	stipulate		the Fairy						nom stipulation «communication transitive»: 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

It is the instrument with which the Prince must fell all the trees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 instrument	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 instrument	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 instrument	det
4	instrument	instrument	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 fell	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Prince	det
8	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 fell	nsubj
9	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 fell	aux
10	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 instrument	acl:relcl
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 trees	det:predet
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 trees	det
13	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 fell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the instrument					tree rules
2	fall	must	the Prince	all trees				with the instrument	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient tree=Result

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It is a magical weapon that the Fairy will use herself to strike the Prince if he fails to complete the task on time

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 weapon	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 weapon	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 weapon	det
4	magical	magical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 weapon	amod
5	weapon	weapon	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 use	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Fairy	det
8	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 use	nsubj
9	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 use	aux
10	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 weapon	advcl
11	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	10 use	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 strike	mark
13	strike	strike	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 use	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Prince	det
15	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 strike	obj
16	if	if	SCONJ	_	18 fails	mark
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 fails	nsubj
18	fails	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 strike	advcl
19	to	to	PART	_	20 complete	mark
20	complete	complete	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 fails	xcomp
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 task	det
22	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 complete	obj
23	on	on	ADP	_	24 time	case
24	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 complete	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a magical weapon		tree rules
2	use	future	the Fairy	Fairy		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Patient
3	strike	to-infinitive	the Fairy not said here	the Prince		vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent prince=Instrument
4	fail a condition, not said to happen	present	he			vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
5	not complete	to-infinitive	he not said here	the task	time	vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent task=Eventuality

Option 3

It is the blade the Prince must use to chop every tree in the grove

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 blade	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 blade	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 blade	det
4	blade	blade	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Prince	det
6	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 use	nsubj
7	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 use	aux
8	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 blade	acl:relcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 chop	mark
10	chop	chop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 use	advcl
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 tree	det
12	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 chop	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 grove	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 grove	det
15	grove	grove	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 chop	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the blade		tree rules
2	use	must	the Prince	the blade not said here		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blade=Patient
3	chop	to-infinitive	the Prince not said here	every tree	the grove	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent tree=Patient in grove=Location

Option 4

It is the tool he must use to clear the forest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tool	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tool	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tool	det
4	tool	tool	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 use	nsubj
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 use	aux
7	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 tool	acl:relcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 clear	mark
9	clear	clear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 use	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 forest	det
11	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 clear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the tool	tree rules
2	use	must	he	the tool not said here	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tool=Patient
3	clear	to-infinitive	he not said here	the forest	vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent forest=Source

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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