Exam question 4 · Gutenberg 641, The Enchanted Knife: a youth tames three wi…
What dowry did the bridegroom request from the emperor upon the betrothal?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dowry · What happens: do · To what, where: bridegroom request
This is exam question 4 of lesson 1784 «Gutenberg 641, The Enchanted Knife: a youth tames three wild horses and wins the princess with a magic knife.» 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 did | obj |
| 2 | dowry | dowry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 request | det |
| 5 | bridegroom | bridegroom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 request | compound |
| 6 | request | request | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 emperor | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 emperor | det |
| 9 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obl |
| 10 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 12 betrothal | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 betrothal | det |
| 12 | betrothal | betrothal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 emperor | nmod |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | dowry | the bridegroom request | from the emperor upon the betrothal | tree rules |
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
A share of the royal treasury
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 share | det |
| 2 | share | share | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 treasury | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 treasury | det |
| 5 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 treasury | amod |
| 6 | treasury | treasury | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 share | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | the royal treasury | nom share «possession transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2
A golden crown
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 crown | det |
| 2 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 crown | amod |
| 3 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The use of the enchanted knife
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 use | det |
| 2 | use | use | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 knife | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 knife | det |
| 5 | enchanted | enchant | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 knife | amod |
| 6 | knife | knife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 use | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enchant | participle | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | use | the enchanted knife | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4
Seven horses and a palace
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 horses | nummod |
| 2 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 palace | cc |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 palace | det |
| 5 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 horses | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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