Exam question 3 · Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Poten…
Which of the following accurately identifies the reward the Enchanter requested for his obliging conduct towards the Princess?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Enchanter · What happens: follow, identify, request, oblige, conduct · To what, where: reward
This is exam question 3 of lesson 1880 «Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, part 17: Grumedan dazzles Potentilla with flowers, frogs and pearls, and Narcissus answers with a nightingale» 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 | 6 identifies | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 6 identifies | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 identifies | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 identifies | nsubj |
| 5 | accurately | accurately | ADV | _ | 6 identifies | advmod |
| 6 | identifies | identify | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 reward | det |
| 8 | reward | reward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 identifies | obj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Enchanter | det |
| 10 | Enchanter | Enchanter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 requested | nsubj |
| 11 | requested | request | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 reward | acl:relcl |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 conduct | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 conduct | nmod:poss |
| 14 | obliging | oblige | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 15 conduct | amod |
| 15 | conduct | conduct | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 requested | obl |
| 16 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 18 Princess | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 Princess | det |
| 18 | Princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 requested | obl |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 identifies | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | identify | present | the reward | accurately property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reward=Theme | ||||
| 3 | request | past | the Enchanter | the reward not said here | for Enchanter's obliging conduct; towards the Princess | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent reward=Recipient | |||
| 4 | oblige | gerund | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 5 | conduct | Enchanter | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=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
Leave to kiss her cheek
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 kiss | mark |
| 3 | kiss | kiss | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Leave | xcomp |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 cheek | nmod:poss |
| 5 | cheek | cheek | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 kiss | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | kiss | to-infinitive | you not said here | her cheek | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheek=Co-Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Permission to kiss her hand
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Permission | permission | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 kiss | mark |
| 3 | kiss | kiss | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Permission | acl |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 hand | nmod:poss |
| 5 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 kiss | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kiss | to-infinitive | her hand | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Co-Agent |
Option 3
Permission to kiss her hand and to be named her personal guardian
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Permission | permission | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 kiss | nsubj |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 kiss | mark |
| 3 | kiss | kiss | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 hand | nmod:poss |
| 5 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 kiss | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 named | cc |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 named | mark |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 named | aux:pass |
| 9 | named | name | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 kiss | conj |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 guardian | nmod:poss |
| 11 | personal | personal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 guardian | amod |
| 12 | guardian | guardian | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 named | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kiss | to-infinitive | Permission | Permission's hand | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Co-Agent | ||||
| 2 | name | to-infinitive · passive | Permission not said here | Permission's personal guardian | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: guardian=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Right to dance with her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | ADV | _ | 3 dance | advmod |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 dance | mark |
| 3 | dance | dance | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 her | case |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 dance | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dance | to-infinitive | with her = she; right property | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «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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