Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales (pg640), The Flower Queen's Daughter, part 45:…

By what means did the Prince ultimately recover the mare on the third day of his task?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Prince · What happens: mean, recover, task · To what, where: mare · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1721 «Fairy Tales (pg640), The Flower Queen's Daughter, part 45: the Prince serves the Mother Dragon and calls three animal kings» 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	By	by	SCONJ	_	3 means	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 recover	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Prince	det
6	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 recover	nsubj
7	ultimately	ultimately	ADV	_	8 recover	advmod
8	recover	recover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mare	det
10	mare	mare	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 recover	obj
11	on	on	ADP	_	14 day	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 day	det
13	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	14 day	amod
14	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 recover	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 task	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 task	nmod:poss
17	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 day	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	recover	past · do-support	the Prince	the mare	day	ultimately property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mare=Theme
3	task		Prince				nom task «act 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

By summoning the King of the Fishes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 summoning	mark
2	summoning	summon	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 King	det
4	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 summoning	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 Fishes	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Fishes	det
7	Fishes	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 King	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	summon	gerund			the King of the Fishes				vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Recipient

Option 2

By finally summoning the mighty King of the Fishes from the river deep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	3 summoning	mark
2	finally	finally	ADV	_	3 summoning	advmod
3	summoning	summon	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 King	det
5	mighty	mighty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 King	amod
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 summoning	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 Fishes	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Fishes	det
9	Fishes	Fish	PROPN	Number=Plur	6 King	nmod
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 river	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 river	det
12	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 summoning	obl
13	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 river	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	summon	gerund			the mighty King of the Fishes	the river		finally property	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Recipient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

By summoning the King of the Fishes with the little bell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 summoning	mark
2	summoning	summon	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 King	det
4	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 summoning	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 Fishes	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Fishes	det
7	Fishes	Fish	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 King	nmod
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 bell	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bell	det
10	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 bell	amod
11	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 summoning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	summon	gerund			the King of the Fishes			with the little bell	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Recipient

Option 4

By calling the King of the Eagles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 calling	mark
2	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 King	det
4	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 calling	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 Eagles	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Eagles	det
7	Eagles	Eagle	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 King	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	gerund			the King of the Eagles				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient

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