Exam question 3 · fairy tales, The Prince in the Old Man's House, part 15: t…

By what method did the prince succeed in preventing the white horse from consuming its fodder?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: method, prince · What happens: do, succeed, prevent, consume · To what, where: white horse, fodder

This is exam question 3 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	obj
3	method	method	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 prince	det
6	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 succeed	nsubj
7	succeed	succeed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	ccomp
8	in	in	SCONJ	_	9 preventing	mark
9	preventing	prevent	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 succeed	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 horse	det
11	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 horse	amod
12	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 preventing	obj
13	from	from	SCONJ	_	14 consuming	mark
14	consuming	consume	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 preventing	advcl
15	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 fodder	nmod:poss
16	fodder	fodder	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 consuming	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past	method		tree rules
2	succeed	present	the prince		vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	prevent	gerund	the prince not said here	the white horse	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer horse=Theme
4	consume	gerund	the prince not said here	method's fodder	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fodder=Asset

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

He wove a plait of rushes and prepared a peg of wood

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 wove	nsubj
2	wove	weave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 plait	det
4	plait	plait	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wove	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 rushes	case
6	rushes	rush	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 plait	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 prepared	cc
8	prepared	prepare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wove	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 peg	det
10	peg	peg	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 prepared	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 wood	case
12	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 peg	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weave	past	He	a plait of rushes					vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plait=Product
2	prepare	past	He not said here	a peg of wood					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peg=Patient

Option 2

He wove a plait of rushes and drove a thick peg of wood into the floor beside the manger

The tree, 19 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 wove	nsubj
2	wove	weave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 plait	det
4	plait	plait	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wove	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 rushes	case
6	rushes	rush	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 plait	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 drove	cc
8	drove	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wove	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 peg	det
10	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 peg	amod
11	peg	peg	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 drove	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 wood	case
13	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 peg	nmod
14	into	into	ADP	_	16 floor	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 floor	det
16	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 drove	obl
17	beside	beside	ADP	_	19 manger	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 manger	det
19	manger	manger	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 drove	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weave	past	He	a plait of rushes					vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plait=Product
2	drive	past	He not said here	a thick peg of wood		the floor		beside the manger	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent peg=Theme into floor=Destination beside manger=Initial_Location

Option 3

He wove a plait of rushes, soaked it in the trough, and prepared a peg of wood for the horse's jaws

The tree, 22 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 wove	nsubj
2	wove	weave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 plait	det
4	plait	plait	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wove	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 rushes	case
6	rushes	rush	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 plait	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 soaked	punct
8	soaked	soak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 plait	acl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 soaked	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 trough	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 trough	det
12	trough	trough	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 soaked	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 prepared	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 prepared	cc
15	prepared	prepare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wove	parataxis
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 peg	det
17	peg	peg	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 prepared	obj
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 wood	case
19	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 peg	nmod
20	for	for	ADP	_	24 jaws	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 horse	det
22	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 jaws	nmod:poss
23	's	's	PART	_	22 horse	case
24	jaws	jaw	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 prepared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	weave	past	He	a plait of rushes		vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plait=Product
2	soak	participle	a plait of rushes not said here	plait	in the trough	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination in trough=Theme
3	prepare	past		a peg of wood	for the horse's jaws	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent peg=Product for jaw=Beneficiary

Option 4

He wove a rope and carved a peg

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 wove	nsubj
2	wove	weave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 rope	det
4	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wove	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 carved	cc
6	carved	carve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wove	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 peg	det
8	peg	peg	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 carved	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weave	past	He	a rope					vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Product
2	carve	past	He not said here	a peg					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peg=Theme

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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