Exam question 4 · Roumanian Fairy Tales, Petru and the Fairy of the Dawn, pa…

Explain the purpose for which Florea proposed to carry the magic water on Petru's behalf.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Florea · What happens: explain, propose, carry · To what, where: purpose, magic water, behalf

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1783 «Roumanian Fairy Tales, Petru and the Fairy of the Dawn, part 34: Petru beats the giant, takes the magic water, and meets his brothers.» 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	Explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 purpose	det
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 proposed	obl
6	Florea	Florea	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 proposed	nsubj
7	proposed	propose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Explain	parataxis
8	to	to	PART	_	9 carry	mark
9	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 proposed	xcomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 water	det
11	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 water	compound
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 carry	obj
13	on	on	ADP	_	16 behalf	case
14	Petru	Petru	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 behalf	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 Petru	case
16	behalf	behalf	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 carry	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the purpose		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purpose=Topic
2	propose	past	Florea			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	carry	to-infinitive	Florea not said here	the magic water	Petru's behalf	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme

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

To prevent Petru from being robbed of the water on the road by his jealous brothers and the wicked giant

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 prevent	mark
2	prevent	prevent	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Petru	Petru	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 prevent	obj
4	from	from	SCONJ	_	6 robbed	mark
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 robbed	aux:pass
6	robbed	rob	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 prevent	advcl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 water	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 water	det
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 robbed	obl
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 road	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 road	det
12	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prevent	obl
13	by	by	ADP	_	16 brothers	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 brothers	nmod:poss
15	jealous	jealous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 brothers	amod
16	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 prevent	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 giant	cc
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 giant	det
19	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 giant	amod
20	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 brothers	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prevent	to-infinitive		Petru		the road		by Petru's jealous brothers and the wicked giant	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer petru=Theme
2	rob	gerund · passive						of the water	vn rob-10.6.4 «NP V NP PP.source»: of water=Source

Option 2

To prevent Petru from being robbed of the water on the long dusty road that runs past the castle walls

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 prevent	mark
2	prevent	prevent	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Petru	Petru	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 prevent	obj
4	from	from	SCONJ	_	6 robbed	mark
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 robbed	aux:pass
6	robbed	rob	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 prevent	advcl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 water	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 water	det
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 robbed	obl
10	on	on	ADP	_	14 road	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 road	det
12	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 road	amod
13	dusty	dusty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 road	amod
14	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 robbed	obl
15	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 runs	nsubj
16	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 road	acl:relcl
17	past	past	ADP	_	20 walls	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 walls	det
19	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 walls	compound
20	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 runs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	prevent	to-infinitive		Petru			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer petru=Theme
2	rob	gerund · passive			the long dusty road	of the water	vn rob-10.6.4 «NP V NP PP.source»: of water=Source
3	run	present	the long dusty road		the castle walls		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past wall=Trajectory

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To prevent Petru from being robbed of the water on the road

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 prevent	mark
2	prevent	prevent	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Petru	Petru	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 prevent	obj
4	from	from	SCONJ	_	6 robbed	mark
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 robbed	aux:pass
6	robbed	rob	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 prevent	advcl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 water	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 water	det
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 robbed	obl
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 road	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 road	det
12	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 robbed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prevent	to-infinitive		Petru					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer petru=Theme
2	rob	gerund · passive				the road		of the water	vn rob-10.6.4 «NP V NP PP.source»: of water=Source

Option 4

To make sure the brothers got the water first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 got	advcl
3	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 make	xcomp
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 brothers	det
5	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 got	nsubj
6	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 water	det
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 got	obj
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 got	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive	the brothers not said here					sure property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	get	past	the brothers	the water				first property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer water=Stimulus

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