Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales, The Swineherd: the Prince shows his true self…

By what means did the Swineherd reveal his true rank to the Princess?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Swineherd · What happens: mean, reveal · To what, where: true rank, Princess

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1734 «Fairy Tales, The Swineherd: the Prince shows his true self and the Princess is sent away to sing outside» 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	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 reveal	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 reveal	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Swineherd	det
6	Swineherd	swineherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reveal	nsubj
7	reveal	reveal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 rank	nmod:poss
9	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 rank	amod
10	rank	rank	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reveal	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 Princess	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Princess	det
13	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reveal	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 reveal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	reveal	past · do-support	the Swineherd	Swineherd's true rank	the Princess				vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent rank=Topic to princess=Recipient

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

by washing his face and changing into a splendid dress for the feast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 washing	mark
2	washing	wash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 face	nmod:poss
4	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 washing	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 changing	cc
6	changing	change	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 washing	conj
7	into	into	ADP	_	10 dress	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 dress	det
9	splendid	splendid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 dress	amod
10	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 changing	obl
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 feast	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 feast	det
13	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 changing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	gerund		his face					vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient
2	change	gerund						into a splendid dress result; for the feast	vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into dress=Result

Option 2

by washing and changing into splendid dress and speaking in a royal voice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 washing	mark
2	washing	wash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 changing	cc
4	changing	change	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 washing	conj
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 dress	case
6	splendid	splendid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 dress	amod
7	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 changing	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 speaking	cc
9	speaking	speak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 washing	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 voice	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 voice	det
12	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 voice	amod
13	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 speaking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	where	other	roles by
1	wash	gerund			vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	change	gerund		into splendid dress result	vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into dress=Result
3	speak speech: other	gerund	a royal voice		vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

by changing into a fine coat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 changing	mark
2	changing	change	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	6 coat	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 coat	det
5	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 coat	amod
6	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 changing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	gerund						into a fine coat result	vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into coat=Result

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

by washing and changing into splendid dress

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 washing	mark
2	washing	wash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 changing	cc
4	changing	change	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 washing	conj
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 dress	case
6	splendid	splendid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 dress	amod
7	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 changing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	gerund							vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	change	gerund						into splendid dress result	vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into dress=Result

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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