Exam question 4 · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Fiordelisa, part 2: Fiordelisa is…
What was the motto inscribed upon the ruby heart sent to King Charming?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: motto · What happens: be, inscribe, send · To what, where: motto, ruby heart, Charming
This is exam question 4 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 motto | det |
| 4 | motto | motto | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | inscribed | inscribe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 motto | acl |
| 6 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 9 heart | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 heart | det |
| 8 | ruby | ruby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 heart | compound |
| 9 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 inscribed | obl |
| 10 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 heart | acl |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 Charming | case |
| 12 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Charming | nmod:desc |
| 13 | Charming | Charming | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 sent | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the motto | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | inscribe | participle | the motto not said here | the ruby heart | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon heart=Destination | ||||
| 3 | send | participle | the ruby heart not said here | Charming King | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to charming=Destination |
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 · ← Mova's choice
Whoever holds me, holds my heart for ever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whoever | whoever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 holds | nsubj |
| 2 | holds | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 holds | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 holds | punct |
| 5 | holds | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 holds | advcl |
| 6 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 heart | nmod:poss |
| 7 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 holds | obj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 ever | case |
| 9 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 5 holds | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | present | Whoever | me | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | ||||
| 2 | hold | present | Whoever not said here | my heart | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Theme |
Option 2
Touch me not
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Touch | touch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 1 Touch | obj |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 1 Touch | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not touch | imperative | you not said here | me | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme i=Co-Theme |
Option 3
Wound me
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wound | wound | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 1 Wound | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wound | imperative | you not said here | me | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
But one can wound me
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 4 wound | cc |
| 2 | one | one | PRON | Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wound | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 wound | aux |
| 4 | wound | wound | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 wound | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wound | can | one | me | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer |
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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