Exam question 3 · Fairy Book, The Prince and the Fairy's Daughter: the bird-…

State the reason the old King received the Prince and his Bride with joy and gladness upon their arrival.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: State, joy · What happens: receive, arrive · To what, where: Prince

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1711 «Fairy Book, The Prince and the Fairy's Daughter: the bird-girl is freed and the wicked Fairy drowns» 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	7 received	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	6 King	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 King	amod
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 reason	appos
7	received	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Prince	det
9	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 received	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 Bride	cc
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 Bride	nmod:poss
12	Bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Prince	conj
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 joy	case
14	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 Bride	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 gladness	cc
16	gladness	gladness	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 joy	conj
17	upon	upon	ADP	_	19 arrival	case
18	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 arrival	nmod:poss
19	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 joy	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 received	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	past	State the reason	the Prince and State's Bride with joy upon joy's arrival and gladness					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Theme
2	arrive		joy						nom arrival «act intransitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice

Because the old King had been told in a dream that the Prince would bring him great treasure

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	7 told	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 King	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 King	amod
4	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 told	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 told	aux
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 told	aux:pass
7	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 dream	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 dream	det
10	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 told	obl
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 bring	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Prince	det
13	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 bring	nsubj
14	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 bring	aux
15	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 told	xcomp
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 bring	obj
17	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 treasure	amod
18	treasure	treasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 bring	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past · perfect · passive		the old King		a dream			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	bring not said to happen	would	the Prince	great treasure	King				vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination treasure=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Because the lovers had been freed and were safe after their ordeal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	6 freed	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lovers	det
3	lovers	lover	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 freed	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 freed	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 freed	aux:pass
6	freed	free	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 safe	cc
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 safe	cop
9	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 freed	conj
10	after	after	ADP	_	12 ordeal	case
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 ordeal	nmod:poss
12	ordeal	ordeal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 freed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	free	past · perfect · passive		the lovers			after lovers's ordeal		vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source
2	is	past						safe property	tree rules

Option 3

Because the lovers had been freed and were safe after their long ordeal in the forest

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	6 freed	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lovers	det
3	lovers	lover	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 freed	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 freed	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 freed	aux:pass
6	freed	free	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 safe	cc
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 safe	cop
9	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 freed	conj
10	after	after	ADP	_	13 ordeal	case
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 ordeal	nmod:poss
12	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 ordeal	amod
13	ordeal	ordeal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 freed	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 forest	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 forest	det
16	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 freed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	free	past · perfect · passive		the lovers		the forest	after lovers's long ordeal		vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source
2	is	past						safe property	tree rules

Option 4

Because the Fairy had been captured by the guards

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	6 captured	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Fairy	det
3	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 captured	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 captured	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 captured	aux:pass
6	captured	capture	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 guards	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 guards	det
9	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 captured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	capture	past · perfect · passive	the guards	the Fairy					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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