Exam question 1 · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Narcissus and the Princess…
Which of the following describes the object into which the Enchanter transformed his golden chariot?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Enchanter · What happens: follow, describe, transform · To what, where: object, golden chariot
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1881 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, part 18: the Enchanter's golden feast, fireworks and chariot ride to the King» 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 | 5 describes | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 5 describes | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 describes | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 describes | nsubj |
| 5 | describes | describe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 object | det |
| 7 | object | object | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 describes | obj |
| 8 | into | into | ADP | _ | 9 which | case |
| 9 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 transformed | obl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Enchanter | det |
| 11 | Enchanter | Enchanter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 transformed | nsubj |
| 12 | transformed | transform | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 object | acl:relcl |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 chariot | nmod:poss |
| 14 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 chariot | amod |
| 15 | chariot | chariot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 transformed | obj |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 describes | 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 | describe | present | the object | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme | |||||
| 3 | transform | past | the Enchanter | Enchanter's golden chariot | the object | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent chariot=Patient into which=Result |
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
a heap of silver crowns
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 heap | det |
| 2 | heap | heap | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 crowns | case |
| 4 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 crowns | compound |
| 5 | crowns | crown | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 heap | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
a mountain of gold pieces
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 mountain | det |
| 2 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 pieces | case |
| 4 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pieces | compound |
| 5 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 mountain | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
a towering mountain of gold pieces with a silver bell on top
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 mountain | det |
| 2 | towering | tower | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 mountain | amod |
| 3 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 pieces | case |
| 5 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pieces | compound |
| 6 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 mountain | nmod |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 bell | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 bell | det |
| 9 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 bell | compound |
| 10 | bell | bell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pieces | nmod |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 top | case |
| 12 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 bell | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tower | gerund | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
a river of molten gold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 river | det |
| 2 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 gold | case |
| 4 | molten | molten | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 gold | amod |
| 5 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 river | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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