Exam question 1 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Vizier's Son, part…
State the place at which the prince first perceived the reflection of the fairy in the water.
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: prince · What happens: perceive · To what, where: reflection, State place
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1852 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Vizier's Son, part 36: the prince falls for a fairy's reflection, and the friends escape the robbers» 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 | State | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 place | compound |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 place | det |
| 3 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 which | case |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 perceived | obl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 prince | det |
| 7 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 perceived | nsubj |
| 8 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 9 perceived | advmod |
| 9 | perceived | perceive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 place | acl:relcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 reflection | det |
| 11 | reflection | reflection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 perceived | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 fairy | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 fairy | det |
| 14 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 reflection | nmod |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 water | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 water | det |
| 17 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 fairy | nmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 place | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | perceive | past | the prince | the reflection of the fairy in the water | the State place | first property | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer reflection=Stimulus |
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
At the lake, near the spot where the water of the brook first rose from the hills
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 3 lake | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 lake | det |
| 3 | lake | lake | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 spot | punct |
| 5 | near | near | ADP | _ | 7 spot | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 spot | det |
| 7 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lake | appos |
| 8 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 15 rose | advmod |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 water | det |
| 10 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 rose | nsubj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 brook | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 brook | det |
| 13 | brook | brook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 water | nmod |
| 14 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 15 rose | advmod |
| 15 | rose | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 spot | acl:relcl |
| 16 | from | from | ADP | _ | 18 hills | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 hills | det |
| 18 | hills | hill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 rose | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rise | past | the water of the brook | the hills | first property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from hill=Initial_Location |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
At the lake which formed the source of the brook
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 3 lake | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 lake | det |
| 3 | lake | lake | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 formed | nsubj |
| 5 | formed | form | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 lake | acl:relcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 source | det |
| 7 | source | source | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 formed | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 brook | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 brook | det |
| 10 | brook | brook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 source | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | form | past | the lake | the source of the brook | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location source=Theme |
Option 3
Beside the robbers' camp in the valley
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beside | beside | ADP | _ | 5 camp | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 robbers | det |
| 3 | robbers | robber | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 camp | nmod:poss |
| 4 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 3 robbers | case |
| 5 | camp | camp | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 valley | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 valley | det |
| 8 | valley | valley | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 camp | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
At the lake which formed the source of the brook, where the prince bent down to drink from his hand and saw the fairy
The tree, 24 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 3 lake | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 lake | det |
| 3 | lake | lake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 formed | obl |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 formed | nsubj |
| 5 | formed | form | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 source | det |
| 7 | source | source | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 bent | nsubj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 brook | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 brook | det |
| 10 | brook | brook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 source | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 bent | punct |
| 12 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 15 bent | advmod |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 prince | det |
| 14 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 bent | nsubj |
| 15 | bent | bend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 formed | conj |
| 16 | down | down | ADV | _ | 15 bent | advmod |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 drink | mark |
| 18 | drink | drink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 bent | advcl |
| 19 | from | from | ADP | _ | 21 hand | case |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 hand | nmod:poss |
| 21 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 drink | obl |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 saw | cc |
| 23 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 formed | conj |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 fairy | det |
| 25 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 saw | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | form | past | the lake | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at lake=Location | |||||
| 2 | bend down | past | the source of the brook | down property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | drink | to-infinitive | the source of the brook not said here | prince's hand | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from hand=Source | ||||
| 4 | see | past | the fairy | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fairy=Stimulus |
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