Exam question 2 · Lang's Fairy Book, The Prince and the Doves: the prince es…
Which article did the third dove direct the prince to try upon his finger?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: article, third dove · What happens: do, direct, try · To what, where: prince
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1813 «Lang's Fairy Book, The Prince and the Doves: the prince escapes his father's trap, forgets his bride, and wins her back» 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 | DET | PronType=Int | 2 article | det |
| 2 | article | article | 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 dove | det |
| 5 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 dove | amod |
| 6 | dove | dove | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 direct | nsubj |
| 7 | direct | direct | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 did | ccomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 prince | det |
| 9 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 direct | obj |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 try | mark |
| 11 | try | try | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 direct | advcl |
| 12 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 14 finger | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 finger | nmod:poss |
| 14 | finger | finger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 try | obl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | which article | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | direct | present | the third dove | the prince | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent prince=Theme | ||||
| 3 | try | to-infinitive | the third dove not said here | upon dove's finger | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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
A ring
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 ring | det |
| 2 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
A scarf
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 scarf | det |
| 2 | scarf | scarf | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A feather tied with silver thread
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 feather | det |
| 2 | feather | feather | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | tied | tie | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 feather | acl |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 thread | case |
| 5 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 thread | compound |
| 6 | thread | thread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tied | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tie | participle | a feather not said here | with silver thread | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient with thread=Co-Patient |
Option 4
A golden ring set with a red stone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 set | det |
| 2 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 set | amod |
| 3 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 set | compound |
| 4 | set | set | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 stone | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 stone | det |
| 7 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 stone | amod |
| 8 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 set | nmod |
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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