Exam question 1 · Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor: the bees steal the twelve ma…

By what means was Rosanella conveyed back to her mother the Queen?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Rosanella · What happens: mean, be

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1876 «Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor: the bees steal the twelve maidens, and Rosanella returns to marry the Prince» 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	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 conveyed	obj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 conveyed	cop
5	Rosanella	Rosanella	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 conveyed	nsubj
6	conveyed	convey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	back	back	ADV	_	6 conveyed	advmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 mother	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 mother	nmod:poss
10	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 conveyed	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Queen	det
12	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 mother	appos
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 conveyed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	Rosanella					to Rosanella's mother; convey property	tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

She was brought by Paridamie in a crystal chariot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 brought	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 brought	aux:pass
3	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 Paridamie	case
5	Paridamie	Paridamie	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 brought	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 chariot	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 chariot	det
8	crystal	crystal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 chariot	amod
9	chariot	chariot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	past · passive	Paridamie	She		a crystal chariot			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument subject=Destination

Option 2

Paridamie carried her on a cloud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Paridamie	Paridamie	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 carried	nsubj
2	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 carried	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 cloud	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cloud	det
6	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	Paridamie	her = she		a cloud			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 3

She was returned on foot by Paridamie, who had carried her through the forest in a basket

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 returned	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 returned	aux:pass
3	returned	return	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 foot	case
5	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 returned	obl
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 Paridamie	case
7	Paridamie	Paridamie	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 returned	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 carried	punct
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 carried	nsubj:pass
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 carried	aux
11	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 returned	conj
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 carried	obj
13	through	through	ADP	_	15 forest	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 forest	det
15	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 carried	obl
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 basket	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 basket	det
18	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	past · passive	Paridamie	She		foot			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	carry	past · perfect · passive		Paridamie		the forest		in a basket	vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary she=Value

Option 4

She was taken back by Paridamie in a chariot of polished crystal drawn by winged maidens

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 taken	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 taken	aux:pass
3	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 taken	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 Paridamie	case
6	Paridamie	Paridamie	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 taken	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 chariot	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 chariot	det
9	chariot	chariot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 taken	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 crystal	case
11	polished	polish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 crystal	amod
12	crystal	crystal	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 chariot	nmod
13	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 crystal	acl
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 maidens	case
15	winged	wing	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 maidens	amod
16	maidens	maiden	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 drawn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	take back	past · passive	Paridamie	She	a chariot of polished crystal		vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent subject=Value in chariot=Location
2	polish	participle					vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent
3	draw	participle		polished crystal not said here		by winged maidens	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	wing	participle					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

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