Exam question 4 · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Narcissus and the Princess…
Which of the following identifies the person who was responsible for rescuing Prince Narcissus from the Enchanter's blow?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: person, Enchanter · What happens: follow, identify, be, rescue, blow · To what, where: person, Narcissus, blow
This is exam question 4 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 identifies | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 5 identifies | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 identifies | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 identifies | nsubj |
| 5 | identifies | identify | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 person | det |
| 7 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 identifies | obj |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 responsible | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 responsible | cop |
| 10 | responsible | responsible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 person | acl:relcl |
| 11 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 12 rescuing | mark |
| 12 | rescuing | rescue | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 responsible | advcl |
| 13 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Narcissus | nmod:desc |
| 14 | Narcissus | Narcissus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 rescuing | obj |
| 15 | from | from | ADP | _ | 19 blow | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Enchanter | det |
| 17 | Enchanter | Enchanter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 blow | nmod:poss |
| 18 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 17 Enchanter | case |
| 19 | blow | blow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 rescuing | obl |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 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 person | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent person=Theme | |||||
| 3 | is | past | the person | responsible property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | rescue | gerund | the person not said here | Narcissus Prince | the Enchanter's blow | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent narcissus=Theme from blow=Source | |||
| 5 | blow | the Enchanter | nom blow «act intransitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
the Fairy Melinette
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Melinette | det |
| 2 | Fairy | Fairy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Melinette | compound |
| 3 | Melinette | Melinette | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
the Fairy Melinette who carried him off to her castle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Melinette | det |
| 2 | Fairy | Fairy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Melinette | compound |
| 3 | Melinette | Melinette | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 carried | nsubj |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 carried | nsubj |
| 5 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 carried | obj |
| 7 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 carried | compound:prt |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 castle | case |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 castle | nmod:poss |
| 10 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 carried | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry off | past | the Fairy Melinette | him = he | Melinette's castle | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to castle=Destination |
Option 3
the Enchanter's nephew
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Enchanter | det |
| 2 | Enchanter | Enchanter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 nephew | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Enchanter | case |
| 4 | nephew | nephew | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
the Fairy Frivola
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Frivola | det |
| 2 | Fairy | Fairy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Frivola | compound |
| 3 | Frivola | Frivola | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
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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