Exam question 4 · Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor, part 12: the watch fall…
What was the principal objective of Paridamie in the wonder she intended to display?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: principal objective, Paridamie · What happens: be, intend, display · To what, where: wonder
This is exam question 4 of lesson 1875 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor, part 12: the watch falls into the sea and the fairies choose a new Queen» 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 | 5 objective | det |
| 4 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 objective | amod |
| 5 | objective | objective | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 Paridamie | case |
| 7 | Paridamie | Paridamie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 objective | nmod |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 wonder | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 wonder | det |
| 10 | wonder | wonder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 objective | nmod |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 intended | nsubj |
| 12 | intended | intend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 wonder | acl:relcl |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 display | mark |
| 14 | display | display | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 intended | xcomp |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the principal objective of Paridamie in the wonder | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | intend | past | Paridamie | the wonder not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | display not said to happen | to-infinitive | Paridamie not said here | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice
To show a dress of gold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 show | mark |
| 2 | show | show | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 dress | det |
| 4 | dress | dress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 show | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 gold | case |
| 6 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dress | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | to-infinitive | a dress of gold | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dress=Recipient |
Option 2
To exhibit a palace under the sea that would swallow the rival fairies whole
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 exhibit | mark |
| 2 | exhibit | exhibit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 swallow | advcl |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 palace | det |
| 4 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 exhibit | obj |
| 5 | under | under | ADP | _ | 7 sea | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sea | det |
| 7 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 swallow | obl |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 swallow | nsubj |
| 9 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 swallow | aux |
| 10 | swallow | swallow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 fairies | det |
| 12 | rival | rival | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 fairies | amod |
| 13 | fairies | fairy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 swallow | obj |
| 14 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 swallow | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | exhibit | to-infinitive | that not said here | a palace | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Theme | ||||
| 2 | swallow | would | that | the rival fairies | the sea | whole property | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fairy=Patient |
Option 3
To exhibit a Princess who would captivate all beholders and win the crown
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 exhibit | mark |
| 2 | exhibit | exhibit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 Princess | det |
| 4 | Princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 exhibit | obj |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 captivate | nsubj |
| 6 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 captivate | aux |
| 7 | captivate | captivate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 Princess | acl:relcl |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 beholders | det |
| 9 | beholders | beholder | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 captivate | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 win | cc |
| 11 | win | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 exhibit | conj |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 crown | det |
| 13 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 win | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | exhibit | to-infinitive | a Princess | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme | |||||
| 2 | captivate | would | a Princess | all beholders | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus beholder=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | win | present | the crown | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crown=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
To exhibit a Princess who would captivate all beholders
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 exhibit | mark |
| 2 | exhibit | exhibit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 Princess | det |
| 4 | Princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 exhibit | obj |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 captivate | nsubj |
| 6 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 captivate | aux |
| 7 | captivate | captivate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 Princess | acl:relcl |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 beholders | det |
| 9 | beholders | beholder | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 captivate | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | exhibit | to-infinitive | a Princess | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme | |||||
| 2 | captivate | would | a Princess | all beholders | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus beholder=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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