Exam question 2 · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Fiordelisa, part 2: Fiordelisa is…
In which place was the Princess Fiordelisa confined while the visiting Prince remained at court?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Princess Fiordelisa, visiting · What happens: be, remain · To what, where: place, court
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1865 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Fiordelisa, part 2: Fiordelisa is hidden away in a tower while the Prince visits» 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 place | case |
| 2 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 3 place | det |
| 3 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 confined | obl |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 confined | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Fiordelisa | det |
| 6 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Fiordelisa | compound |
| 7 | Fiordelisa | Fiordelisa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 confined | nsubj |
| 8 | confined | confine | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 13 remained | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 visiting | det |
| 11 | visiting | visiting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 remained | nsubj |
| 12 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 visiting | appos |
| 13 | remained | remain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 confined | advcl |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 court | case |
| 15 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 remained | obl |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 confined | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the Princess Fiordelisa | which place | confine property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | remain | past | the visiting | court | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at court=Location |
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
in the cellar
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 cellar | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 cellar | det |
| 3 | cellar | cellar | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
in the highest room of the keep
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 room | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 room | det |
| 3 | highest | high | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 room | amod |
| 4 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 keep | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 keep | det |
| 7 | keep | keep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 room | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
in the chapel of the old castle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 chapel | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 chapel | det |
| 3 | chapel | chapel | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 castle | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 castle | det |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 castle | amod |
| 7 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 chapel | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
in the topmost room of a tower
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 room | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 room | det |
| 3 | topmost | topmost | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 room | amod |
| 4 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 tower | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 tower | det |
| 7 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 room | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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