Exam question 4 · Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor: the bees steal the twelve ma…

Which of the following accurately describes the vehicle in which Paridamie approached the palace?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Paridamie · What happens: follow, describe, approach · To what, where: palace, vehicle

This is exam question 4 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 vehicle	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	8 vehicle	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 vehicle	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 vehicle	csubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 vehicle	det
8	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 approached	obl
11	Paridamie	Paridamie	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 approached	nsubj
12	approached	approach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 vehicle	acl:relcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 palace	det
14	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 approached	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 vehicle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present				accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	approach	past	Paridamie	the palace	the vehicle		vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Theme

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

A chariot of gold with bees

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	of	of	ADP	_	4 gold	case
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chariot	nmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 bees	case
6	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 chariot	nmod

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

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A chariot of crystal drawn by six winged maidens

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	8 winged	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 crystal	case
4	crystal	crystal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chariot	nmod
5	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 chariot	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 six	case
7	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 drawn	obl
8	winged	wing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	maidens	maiden	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 winged	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	participle		a chariot of crystal not said here				by six	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wing	past	a chariot of crystal	maidens					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme maiden=Trajectory

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

A chariot of clear crystal pulled by rose ribbons and flying maidens from the garden

The tree, 15 words

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	of	of	ADP	_	5 crystal	case
4	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 crystal	amod
5	crystal	crystal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chariot	nmod
6	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 crystal	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 ribbons	case
8	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ribbons	compound
9	ribbons	ribbon	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 pulled	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 flying	cc
11	flying	fly	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 pulled	conj
12	maidens	maiden	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 flying	obj
13	from	from	ADP	_	15 garden	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 garden	det
15	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 flying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	participle		clear crystal not said here				by rose ribbons	vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	fly	gerund		maidens		the garden			vn drive-11.5-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent maiden=Theme from garden=Initial_Location

Option 4

A sled of silver pulled by ponies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sled	det
2	sled	sled	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 silver	case
4	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sled	nmod
5	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 sled	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 ponies	case
7	ponies	pony	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pulled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	participle		a sled of silver not said here				by ponies	vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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