Exam question 3 · Russian Fairy Tales, The Emperor's Youngest Daughter, part…

By what means did the genius's mother ascertain the true identity of the princess?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mother · What happens: mean, ascertain · To what, where: true identity

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1806 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Emperor's Youngest Daughter, part 57: the princess beats three monsters and swaps the genius's flowers» 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	SCONJ	_	3 means	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 ascertain	advcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 ascertain	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 genius	det
6	genius	genius	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 mother	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 genius	case
8	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ascertain	nsubj
9	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 identity	det
11	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 identity	amod
12	identity	identity	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ascertain	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 princess	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 princess	det
15	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 identity	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	ascertain	past · do-support	the genius's mother	the true identity of the princess					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent identity=Topic

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

She guessed from her voice and manners

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 guessed	nsubj
2	guessed	guess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 voice	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 voice	nmod:poss
5	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 guessed	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 manners	cc
7	manners	manners	NOUN	Number=Ptan	5 voice	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guess	past	She			her voice and manners			vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

She watched her closely at dinner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 watched	nsubj
2	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 closely	nmod:poss
4	closely	closely	ADV	_	2 watched	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 dinner	case
6	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 watched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	past	She			dinner		closely property	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at dinner=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She suspected her from the outset and tested her with enchanted flowers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 suspected	nsubj
2	suspected	suspect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 suspected	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 outset	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 outset	det
6	outset	outset	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 suspected	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 tested	cc
8	tested	test	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 suspected	conj
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 tested	obj
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 flowers	case
11	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 flowers	amod
12	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 tested	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	suspect	past	She	her = she	the outset		vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent she=Attribute
2	test	past	She not said here	her = she		with enchanted flowers	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
3	enchant	participle					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

She tested her with flowers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tested	nsubj
2	tested	test	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tested	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 flowers	case
5	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tested	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	test	past	She	her = she				with flowers	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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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