Exam question 2 · Fairy Book, The Nine Pea-Hens and the Golden Apples, part…

With reference to the text, identify the precise action by which the youngest son first secured the golden apples for his father.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, youngest son · What happens: identify, secure · To what, where: precise action, golden apples

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1759 «Fairy Book, The Nine Pea-Hens and the Golden Apples, part 10: the prince finds a voice begging for water in the twelfth cellar» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 identify	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 text	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 text	det
5	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 reference	punct
7	identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 action	det
9	precise	precise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 action	amod
10	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 identify	obj
11	by	by	ADP	_	12 which	case
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 secured	obl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 son	det
14	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	15 son	amod
15	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 secured	nsubj
16	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	17 secured	advmod
17	secured	secure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 identify	advcl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 apples	det
19	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 apples	amod
20	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 secured	obj
21	for	for	ADP	_	23 father	case
22	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 father	nmod:poss
23	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 secured	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the precise action				with reference to the text	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent action=Theme
2	secure	past	the youngest son	the golden apples				for son's father; first property	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Precondition apple=Theme for father=Beneficiary

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

He hid beneath the tree and bribed the witch to bring him two apples for his brothers

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hid	nsubj
2	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	5 tree	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tree	det
5	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hid	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 bribed	cc
7	bribed	bribe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 hid	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 witch	det
9	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bribed	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 bring	mark
11	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 bribed	advcl
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 bring	obj
13	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 apples	nummod
14	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 bring	obj
15	for	for	ADP	_	17 brothers	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 brothers	nmod:poss
17	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 bring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	hide	past	He			the tree		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beneath tree=Location
2	bribe	past	He not said here	the witch				vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witch=Patient
3	bring	to-infinitive	He not said here	two apples	him = he		for his brothers	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination apple=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He accepted two apples from the maiden, one for himself and one for his father

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 accepted	nsubj
2	accepted	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 apples	nummod
4	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 accepted	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 maiden	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 maiden	det
7	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accepted	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 one	punct
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 maiden	appos
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 himself	case
11	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	9 one	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 one	cc
13	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 one	conj
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 father	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 father	nmod:poss
16	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accepted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept	past	He	two apples		the maiden		for his father	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent apple=Theme from maiden=Source

Option 3

He climbed the tree at night and took one apple from the maiden's basket for his father

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 climbed	nsubj
2	climbed	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tree	det
4	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climbed	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 night	case
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climbed	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 took	cc
8	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 climbed	conj
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 apple	nummod
10	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 took	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	15 basket	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 maiden	det
13	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 basket	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 maiden	case
15	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 took	obl
16	for	for	ADP	_	18 father	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 father	nmod:poss
18	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 took	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	past	He	the tree			night		vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location tree=Theme
2	take	past	He not said here	one apple		the maiden's basket		for his father	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent apple=Theme from basket=Source for father=Asset

Option 4

He took two apples from the maiden

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 apples	nummod
4	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 took	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 maiden	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 maiden	det
7	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	He	two apples		the maiden			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent apple=Theme from maiden=Initial_Location

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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