Exam question 1 · fairy tales, The Prince in the Old Man's House, part 15: t…
Which instruction did the old man give the prince on his arrival, and in what manner was it delivered?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: instruction, man · What happens: give, deliver, arrive · To what, where: prince, arrival, instruction, manner
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1764 «fairy tales, The Prince in the Old Man's House, part 15: the prince is set a hay task and tricks a horse and a cow» 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 | DET | PronType=Int | 2 instruction | det |
| 2 | instruction | instruction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 give | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 give | aux |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 man | det |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 man | amod |
| 6 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 give | nsubj |
| 7 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 prince | det |
| 9 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 give | obj |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 arrival | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 arrival | nmod:poss |
| 12 | arrival | arrival | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 give | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 delivered | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 delivered | cc |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 manner | case |
| 16 | what | what | DET | PronType=Int | 17 manner | det |
| 17 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 delivered | obl |
| 18 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 delivered | aux:pass |
| 19 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 delivered | nsubj:pass |
| 20 | delivered | deliver | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 give | parataxis |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 give | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past · do-support | which instruction | the prince | man's arrival | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent prince=Theme on arrival=Asset | |||
| 2 | deliver | past · passive | instruction | what manner | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 3 | arrive | man | 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
He commanded the prince to keep silent and go away
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 commanded | nsubj |
| 2 | commanded | command | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 prince | det |
| 4 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 commanded | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 keep | mark |
| 6 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 commanded | advcl |
| 7 | silent | silent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 keep | xcomp |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 go | cc |
| 9 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 keep | conj |
| 10 | away | away | ADV | _ | 9 go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | command | past | He | the prince | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent prince=Theme | ||||
| 2 | keep | to-infinitive | He not said here | silent property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | go away | infinitive | He not said here | away property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
He demanded that the prince stay and work at once
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 demanded | nsubj |
| 2 | demanded | demand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 stay | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 prince | det |
| 5 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stay | nsubj |
| 6 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 demanded | ccomp |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 work | cc |
| 8 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 stay | conj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 once | case |
| 10 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 8 work | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | demand speech: request | past | He | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition | |||||
| 2 | stay | infinitive | the prince | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | work | infinitive | the prince not said here | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at once=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
He ordered the prince to hold his tongue and leave him in peace
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 ordered | nsubj |
| 2 | ordered | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 prince | det |
| 4 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ordered | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 hold | mark |
| 6 | hold | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 ordered | xcomp |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 tongue | nmod:poss |
| 8 | tongue | tongue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hold | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 leave | cc |
| 10 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 hold | conj |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 leave | obj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 peace | case |
| 13 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 leave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | order | past | He | the prince | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | hold not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | his tongue | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Theme | ||||
| 3 | leave | infinitive | He not said here | him = he | peace | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme in peace=Location |
Option 4
He ordered the prince to hold his tongue and leave him in peace, shouting loudly from the doorway
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 ordered | nsubj |
| 2 | ordered | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 prince | det |
| 4 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ordered | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 hold | mark |
| 6 | hold | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 ordered | xcomp |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 tongue | nmod:poss |
| 8 | tongue | tongue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hold | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 leave | cc |
| 10 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 hold | conj |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 leave | obj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 peace | case |
| 13 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 leave | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 shouting | punct |
| 15 | shouting | shout | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 ordered | advcl |
| 16 | loudly | loudly | ADV | _ | 15 shouting | advmod |
| 17 | from | from | ADP | _ | 19 doorway | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 doorway | det |
| 19 | doorway | doorway | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 shouting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | order | past | He | the prince | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | hold not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | his tongue | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Theme | ||||
| 3 | leave | infinitive | He not said here | him = he | peace | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme in peace=Location | |||
| 4 | shout speech: express | gerund | He not said here | the doorway | loudly property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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