Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales, Fiordelisa: the kitchen-maid buys one more ni…

Which action of the page toward King Charming is recorded on the night of the second lamentation?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: page · What happens: record, act · To what, where: action

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1870 «Fairy Tales, Fiordelisa: the kitchen-maid buys one more night and wins back her husband, and Turritella becomes an owl» 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 recorded	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 page	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 page	det
5	page	page	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 action	nmod
6	toward	toward	ADP	_	8 Charming	case
7	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Charming	nmod:desc
8	Charming	Charming	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 page	nmod
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 recorded	aux:pass
10	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 night	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 night	det
13	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 recorded	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 lamentation	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 lamentation	det
16	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	17 lamentation	amod
17	lamentation	lamentation	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 night	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 recorded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	present · passive		which action of the page toward Charming King			night		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	act		the page toward Charming King						nom action «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

He substituted water for the draught

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 substituted	nsubj
2	substituted	substitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 substituted	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 draught	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 draught	det
6	draught	draught	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 substituted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	substitute	past	He	water				for the draught	vn substitute-13.6.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Theme water=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He carried the pie to the Queen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 carried	nsubj
2	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pie	det
4	pie	pie	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carried	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 Queen	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Queen	det
7	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	He	the pie	the Queen				vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pie=Theme to queen=Destination

Option 3

He hid the jewels under his cloak

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hid	nsubj
2	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 jewels	det
4	jewels	jewel	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hid	obj
5	under	under	ADP	_	7 cloak	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 cloak	nmod:poss
7	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	He	the jewels		his cloak			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent jewel=Patient under cloak=Location

Option 4

He stole the jewels

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stole	nsubj
2	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 jewels	det
4	jewels	jewel	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stole	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	past	He	the jewels					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location jewel=Theme

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