Exam question 3 · pg641 fairy tales, The Maiden and the Magic Ball: the runa…

Which of the following statements regarding the prince's father is accurate according to the text?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, regard, be, accord · To what, where: father

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1766 «pg641 fairy tales, The Maiden and the Magic Ball: the runaways escape the goblins with the magic ball and reach the world again» 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	12 accurate	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 accurate	obl
6	regarding	regard	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 accurate	csubj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 prince	det
8	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 father	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 prince	case
10	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 regarding	obj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 accurate	cop
12	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
13	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 text	case
14	to	to	ADP	_	13 according	fixed
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 text	det
16	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 accurate	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 accurate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	regard	gerund	the prince's father		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Theme
3	is	present		of the following statements; accord the text; accurate property	tree rules
4	accord	gerund			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=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 lived long and died of old age in his bed

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 lived	nsubj
2	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lived	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 died	cc
5	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 lived	conj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 age	case
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 age	amod
8	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 died	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 bed	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 bed	nmod:poss
11	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 died	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	He					long property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	die	past	He not said here				of old age	in his bed	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in bed=Attribute

Option 2

He died of grief after his son had been lost for many years and the crown was left empty

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 died	nsubj
2	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 grief	case
4	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 died	obl
5	after	after	SCONJ	_	10 lost	mark
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 son	nmod:poss
7	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lost	nsubj:pass
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 lost	aux
9	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 lost	aux:pass
10	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 died	advcl
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 years	case
12	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 years	amod
13	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 lost	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 left	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 crown	det
16	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 left	nsubj:pass
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 left	aux:pass
18	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 died	conj
19	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 left	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	die	past	He			of grief	vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of grief=Causer
2	lose	past · perfect · passive		his son	year		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
3	leave	past · passive		the crown		empty property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He fell ill after a long war with the wizard's men

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 fell	nsubj
2	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 fell	xcomp
4	after	after	ADP	_	7 war	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 war	det
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 war	amod
7	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fell	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	12 men	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wizard	det
10	wizard	wizard	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 men	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 wizard	case
12	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	He				after a long war	with the wizard's men; ill property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He died of grief after his son had been lost for many years

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 died	nsubj
2	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 grief	case
4	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 died	obl
5	after	after	SCONJ	_	10 lost	mark
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 son	nmod:poss
7	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lost	nsubj:pass
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 lost	aux
9	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 lost	aux:pass
10	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 died	advcl
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 years	case
12	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 years	amod
13	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	past	He					of grief	vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of grief=Causer
2	lose	past · perfect · passive		his son			year		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1766-pg641-part17/e3/