Exam question 3 · The Blue Bird, King Charming, part 3: the King is tricked,…

By which conveyance did the King and Turritella travel to the castle of the Fairy Mazilla?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do · To what, where: King travel

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1866 «The Blue Bird, King Charming, part 3: the King is tricked, then turned into a Blue Bird» 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	ADP	_	3 conveyance	case
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 conveyance	det
3	conveyance	conveyance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 travel	det
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 travel	compound
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 Turritella	cc
8	Turritella	Turritella	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 King	conj
9	travel	travel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 castle	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 castle	det
12	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 travel	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 Mazilla	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Mazilla	det
15	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Mazilla	compound
16	Mazilla	Mazilla	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 castle	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the King travel				by which conveyance; to the castle of the Fairy Mazilla	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent travel=Eventuality

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

A royal chariot pulled by many flying frogs and lit with the lamps of the Fairy

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 chariot	det
2	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 chariot	amod
3	chariot	chariot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pulled	nsubj:pass
4	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 frogs	case
6	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 frogs	amod
7	flying	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 frogs	amod
8	frogs	frog	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 pulled	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 lit	cc
10	lit	lit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 pulled	conj
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 lamps	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 lamps	det
13	lamps	lamp	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 lit	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 Fairy	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Fairy	det
16	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 lamps	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pull	participle · passive	many flying frogs	a royal chariot		vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	fly	gerund				vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	lit	participle	many flying frogs not said here		with the lamps of the Fairy	tree rules

Option 2

A silver sledge drawn by swans

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 sledge	det
2	silver	silver	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sledge	amod
3	sledge	sledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 sledge	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 swans	case
6	swans	swan	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 drawn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	participle		a silver sledge not said here				by swans	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

A large golden chariot drawn by a team of flying frogs with silver harnesses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 chariot	det
2	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 chariot	amod
3	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 chariot	amod
4	chariot	chariot	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 chariot	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 team	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 team	det
8	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drawn	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 frogs	case
10	flying	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 frogs	amod
11	frogs	frog	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 team	nmod
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 harnesses	case
13	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 harnesses	compound
14	harnesses	harness	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 frogs	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	participle		a large golden chariot not said here				by a team of flying frogs with silver harnesses	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	fly	gerund							vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A chariot drawn by flying frogs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 chariot	det
2	chariot	chariot	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 chariot	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 frogs	case
5	flying	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 frogs	amod
6	frogs	frog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drawn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	participle		a chariot not said here				by flying frogs	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	fly	gerund							vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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