Exam question 1 · Indian Fairy Tales, Punchkin, part 7: the Prince learns th…

By what means did the Prince succeed in conveying a communication to the occupant of the tower?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Prince · What happens: mean, do, succeed, convey · To what, where: communication, occupant · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1823 «Indian Fairy Tales, Punchkin, part 7: the Prince learns the Magician's secret and sets out for the parrot» 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	root	root
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Prince	det
6	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 succeed	nsubj
7	succeed	succeed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
8	in	in	SCONJ	_	9 conveying	mark
9	conveying	convey	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 succeed	advcl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 communication	det
11	communication	communication	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 conveying	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 occupant	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 occupant	det
14	occupant	occupant	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 conveying	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 tower	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 tower	det
17	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 occupant	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	past				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	succeed	present	the Prince			vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	convey	gerund	the Prince not said here	a communication	the occupant of the tower	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent communication=Topic to occupant=Recipient

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

By fastening his mother's gold ring to a large bouquet and throwing it up high

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 fastening	mark
2	fastening	fasten	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 mother	nmod:poss
4	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ring	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 mother	case
6	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ring	compound
7	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fastening	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 bouquet	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 bouquet	det
10	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 bouquet	amod
11	bouquet	bouquet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fastening	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 throwing	cc
13	throwing	throw	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 fastening	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 throwing	obj
15	up	up	ADP	_	13 throwing	compound:prt
16	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 throwing	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fasten	gerund		his mother's gold ring				to a large bouquet	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent ring=Patient to bouquet=Co-Patient
2	throw up	gerund		ring				high property	vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

By tying a silver ring to a letter and sending it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 tying	mark
2	tying	tie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 ring	det
4	silver	silver	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ring	amod
5	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tying	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 letter	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 letter	det
8	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tying	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 sending	cc
10	sending	send	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 tying	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 sending	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	gerund		a silver ring				to a letter	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent ring=Patient to letter=Co-Patient
2	send	gerund		ring					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

By fastening a gold ring to a bouquet and throwing it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 fastening	mark
2	fastening	fasten	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 ring	det
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ring	compound
5	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fastening	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 bouquet	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bouquet	det
8	bouquet	bouquet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fastening	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 throwing	cc
10	throwing	throw	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 fastening	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 throwing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fasten	gerund		a gold ring				to a bouquet	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent ring=Patient to bouquet=Co-Patient
2	throw	gerund		ring					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

By fastening a gold ring to a bouquet and throwing it up to the tower window

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 fastening	mark
2	fastening	fasten	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 ring	det
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ring	compound
5	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fastening	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 bouquet	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bouquet	det
8	bouquet	bouquet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fastening	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 throwing	cc
10	throwing	throw	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 fastening	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 throwing	obj
12	up	up	ADP	_	10 throwing	compound:prt
13	to	to	ADP	_	16 window	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 window	det
15	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 window	compound
16	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 throwing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fasten	gerund		a gold ring				to a bouquet	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent ring=Patient to bouquet=Co-Patient
2	throw up	gerund		ring				to the tower window	vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=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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