Exam question 2 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Vizier's Son, part…

Identify the means by which the vizier's son effected the escape of the horses from the enclosure.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, the, son, horses · What happens: identify, mean, affect, escape · To what, where: escape · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	ccomp
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 effected	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 vizier	det
7	vizier	vizier	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 son	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 vizier	case
9	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 effected	nsubj
10	effected	affect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 escape	det
12	escape	escape	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 effected	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 horses	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 horses	det
15	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 escape	nmod
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 enclosure	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 enclosure	det
18	enclosure	enclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 horses	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	mean	present	the		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	affect	past	the vizier's son	the escape of the horses from the enclosure	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus escape=Experiencer
4	escape		the horses from the enclosure		nom escape «act intransitive»: of=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 · ✓ the right answer

By repeating a charm that reduced their bulk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 repeating	mark
2	repeating	repeat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 charm	det
4	charm	charm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 repeating	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 reduced	nsubj
6	reduced	reduce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 charm	acl:relcl
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 bulk	nmod:poss
8	bulk	bulk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reduced	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat	gerund		a charm					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charm=Eventuality
2	reduce	past	a charm	their bulk					vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer bulk=Patient

Option 2

By repeating a charm that reduced their bulk until they could pass through the narrow door

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 repeating	mark
2	repeating	repeat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 charm	det
4	charm	charm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 repeating	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 reduced	nsubj
6	reduced	reduce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 charm	acl:relcl
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 bulk	nmod:poss
8	bulk	bulk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reduced	obj
9	until	until	SCONJ	_	12 pass	mark
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 pass	nsubj
11	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 pass	aux
12	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 reduced	advcl
13	through	through	ADP	_	16 door	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 door	det
15	narrow	narrow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 door	amod
16	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pass	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	repeat	gerund		a charm		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charm=Eventuality
2	reduce	past	a charm	their bulk		vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer bulk=Patient
3	pass	could	they		the narrow door	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through door=Location

Option 3

By driving them out through the broken gate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 driving	mark
2	driving	drive	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 driving	obj
4	out	out	ADP	_	2 driving	compound:prt
5	through	through	ADP	_	8 gate	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gate	det
7	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 gate	amod
8	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 driving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drive out	gerund		them = they		the broken gate			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme through gate=Trajectory
2	break	participle							vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

By cutting the ropes that held them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 cutting	mark
2	cutting	cut	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ropes	det
4	ropes	rope	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cutting	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 held	nsubj
6	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 ropes	acl:relcl
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 held	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	gerund		the ropes					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rope=Product
2	hold	past	the ropes	ropes = rope					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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