Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, The Swineherd, part 1: a poor Prince is…

Which of the following constitutes the principal wonder of the pot fashioned by the Prince during his period of service?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, constitute, wonder · To what, where: principal wonder, pot

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1733 «Andersen's Tales, The Swineherd, part 1: a poor Prince is refused by the Princess and becomes a swineherd» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 constitutes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 constitutes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 constitutes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 constitutes	nsubj
5	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 wonder	det
7	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 wonder	amod
8	wonder	wonder	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 constitutes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 pot	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 pot	det
11	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wonder	nmod
12	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 constitutes	amod
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 Prince	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Prince	det
15	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 fashioned	obl
16	during	during	ADP	_	18 period	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 period	nmod:poss
18	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 constitutes	obl
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 service	case
20	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 period	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 constitutes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	constitute	present	the principal wonder of the pot	during his period of service	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wonder=Pivot
3	wonder		the pot		nom wonder «feeling transitive»: of=patient

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 · ✓ the right answer

Its capacity to disclose the dinners prepared in every hearth of the town

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 capacity	nmod:poss
2	capacity	capacity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 disclose	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 disclose	mark
4	disclose	disclose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dinners	det
6	dinners	dinner	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 disclose	obj
7	prepared	prepare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 dinners	acl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 hearth	case
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 hearth	det
10	hearth	hearth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 prepared	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 town	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 town	det
13	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hearth	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disclose	to-infinitive	Its capacity	the dinners					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot dinner=Topic
2	prepare	participle		the dinners not said here		every hearth of the town			vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Its skill at sounding bells that call the court to dine each evening

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 skill	nmod:poss
2	skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 bells	case
4	sounding	sound	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 bells	amod
5	bells	bell	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 skill	nmod
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 call	nsubj
7	call	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bells	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 court	det
9	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 call	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 dine	mark
11	dine	dine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 call	advcl
12	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	13 evening	det
13	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dine	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	sound	gerund				vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	call	present	sounding bells	the court		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent court=Recipient
3	dine	to-infinitive	sounding bells not said here		evening	vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Its capacity to reveal every dinner prepared in every hearth of the town, and to sing the tune of the King

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 capacity	nmod:poss
2	capacity	capacity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reveal	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 reveal	mark
4	reveal	reveal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 dinner	det
6	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reveal	obj
7	prepared	prepare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 dinner	acl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 hearth	case
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 hearth	det
10	hearth	hearth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 prepared	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 town	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 town	det
13	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hearth	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 sing	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 sing	cc
16	to	to	PART	_	17 sing	mark
17	sing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 reveal	conj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 tune	det
19	tune	tune	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 sing	obj
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 King	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 King	det
22	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 tune	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	reveal	to-infinitive	Its capacity	every dinner		vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Topic
2	prepare	participle		every dinner not said here	every hearth of the town	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	sing speech: express	to-infinitive	Its capacity not said here	the tune of the King		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tune=Theme

Option 4

Its power to show the gold hidden in every cellar of the castle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 power	nmod:poss
2	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 show	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 show	mark
4	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gold	det
6	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 show	obj
7	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 gold	acl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 cellar	case
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 cellar	det
10	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hidden	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 castle	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 castle	det
13	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cellar	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	to-infinitive	Its power	the gold					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent gold=Recipient
2	hide	participle		the gold not said here		every cellar of the castle			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cellar=Location

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