Exam question 2 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Raja's Son and the Princess Labam,…

Identify the property of the stone bowl as described in the narrative.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, describe · To what, where: property, narrative

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1819 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Raja's Son and the Princess Labam, part 3: magic things carry the prince to the princess» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 property	det
3	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 bowl	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bowl	det
6	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bowl	compound
7	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 property	nmod
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 described	mark
9	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Identify	advcl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 narrative	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 narrative	det
12	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 described	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the property of the stone bowl					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent property=Theme
2	describe	participle	you not said here			the narrative			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: 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

It supplied water in the quantity desired and never ran dry or grew cold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 supplied	nsubj
2	supplied	supply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 supplied	obj
4	in	in	SCONJ	_	7 desired	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 quantity	det
6	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 desired	nsubj
7	desired	desire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 supplied	advcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 ran	cc
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 ran	advmod
10	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 desired	conj
11	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 ran	xcomp
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 grew	cc
13	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 supplied	conj
14	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 grew	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	supply	past	It	water		vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Recipient
2	desire	past	the quantity			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
3	not run	past	the quantity not said here		dry property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	grow	past			cold property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It furnished water in whatever amount wished

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 furnished	nsubj
2	furnished	furnish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 furnished	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 amount	case
5	whatever	whatever	DET	PronType=Int	6 amount	det
6	amount	amount	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 furnished	obl
7	wished	wish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 amount	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	furnish	past	It	water		whatever amount			vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Recipient
2	wish	participle		whatever amount not said here					vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 3

It produced water as requested

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 produced	nsubj
2	produced	produce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 produced	obj
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	5 requested	mark
5	requested	request	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 produced	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	past	It	water					tree rules
2	request	participle							vn beg-58.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It supplied water in the quantity desired

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 supplied	nsubj
2	supplied	supply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 supplied	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 quantity	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 quantity	det
6	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 supplied	obl
7	desired	desire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 quantity	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	supply	past	It	water		the quantity			vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Recipient
2	desire	participle		the quantity not said here					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

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