Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Watch, part 11: a magic watch m…

Which of the following describes the choice offered by the Caliph to the son of the Grand Vizier?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, be, offer · To what, where: choice, son

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1874 «Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Watch, part 11: a magic watch makes Jenik rich, then his wife steals it and leaves him alone» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 choice	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	7 choice	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 choice	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 choice	case
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 choice	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 choice	det
7	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	offered	offer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 choice	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 Caliph	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Caliph	det
11	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 offered	obl
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 son	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 son	det
14	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 offered	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 Vizier	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Vizier	det
17	Grand	Grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 Vizier	amod
18	Vizier	Vizier	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 son	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 choice	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			of the choice	tree rules
3	offer	participle	the choice not said here	the son of the Grand Vizier	by the Caliph	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to son=Goal

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

Either a public execution in the square or the swallowing of a pinch of the magic snuff at once

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Either	either	CCONJ	_	4 execution	cc:preconj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 execution	det
3	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 execution	amod
4	execution	execution	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 square	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 square	det
7	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 execution	nmod
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 swallowing	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 swallowing	det
10	swallowing	swallow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 execution	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 pinch	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 pinch	det
13	pinch	pinch	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 swallowing	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 snuff	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 snuff	det
16	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 snuff	amod
17	snuff	snuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 pinch	nmod
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 once	case
19	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	10 swallowing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swallow	gerund						of a pinch of the magic snuff	vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	pinch			the magic snuff					nom pinch «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Death or the taking of a pinch of the magic snuff

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 taking	cc
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 taking	det
4	taking	taking	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Death	conj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 pinch	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 pinch	det
7	pinch	pinch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 taking	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 snuff	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 snuff	det
10	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 snuff	amod
11	snuff	snuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pinch	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take			a pinch of the magic snuff					nom taking «act transitive»: of=patient
2	pinch			the magic snuff					nom pinch «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

Death by the palace guards or a pinch of the magic snuff that would turn him into a bird for life

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	by	by	ADP	_	5 guards	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 guards	det
4	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 guards	compound
5	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Death	nmod
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 pinch	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pinch	det
8	pinch	pinch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 guards	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 snuff	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 snuff	det
11	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 snuff	amod
12	snuff	snuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pinch	nmod
13	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 turn	nsubj
14	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 turn	aux
15	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 snuff	acl:relcl
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 turn	obj
17	into	into	ADP	_	19 bird	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 bird	det
19	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 turn	obl
20	for	for	ADP	_	21 life	case
21	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 bird	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	turn	would	the magic snuff	him = he	into a bird for life result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent he=Theme into bird=Result
2	die		the palace guards or a pinch of the magic snuff			nom death «event intransitive»: by=agent
3	pinch			the magic snuff		nom pinch «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Imprisonment or a bath in the royal fountain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Imprisonment	imprisonment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 bath	cc
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bath	det
4	bath	bath	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Imprisonment	conj
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 fountain	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fountain	det
7	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 fountain	amod
8	fountain	fountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Imprisonment	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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