Exam question 2 · Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 25: the tiny Prince…

In what manner did the Fairy ensure that the Prince was sustained during his nocturnal repose?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Prince · What happens: do, sustain, repose · To what, where: Fairy ensure, manner, Prince

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1888 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 25: the tiny Prince signs up for the Ice Mountain quest, is wrecked, and frees a crew of enchanted sailors» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ensure	det
6	Fairy	fairy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ensure	amod
7	ensure	ensure	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 sustained	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Prince	det
10	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 sustained	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 sustained	aux:pass
12	sustained	sustain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 did	advcl
13	during	during	ADP	_	16 repose	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 repose	nmod:poss
15	nocturnal	nocturnal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 repose	amod
16	repose	repose	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sustained	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	do	past		the Fairy ensure	what manner		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ensure=Eventuality
2	sustain	past · passive		the Prince		during Prince's nocturnal repose	vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Theme
3	repose		Prince				nom repose «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

She supplied him with a feast each night, and roused him gently each morning for his journey

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	2 supplied	nsubj
2	supplied	supply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 supplied	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 feast	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 feast	det
6	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 supplied	obl
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 night	det
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 supplied	obl:unmarked
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 roused	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 roused	cc
11	roused	rouse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 supplied	conj
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 roused	obj
13	gently	gently	ADV	_	11 roused	advmod
14	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	15 morning	det
15	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 roused	obl:unmarked
16	for	for	ADP	_	18 journey	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 journey	nmod:poss
18	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 roused	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	supply	past	She		him = he	night	with a feast	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with feast=Theme
2	rouse	past	She not said here	him = he		morning	for his journey; gently property	vn stimulate-59.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
3	journey		his = he					nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

She supplied him with good food every night while he slept under the great oak tree

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	2 supplied	nsubj
2	supplied	supply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 supplied	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 food	case
5	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 food	amod
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 supplied	obl
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 night	det
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 supplied	obl:unmarked
9	while	while	SCONJ	_	11 slept	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 slept	nsubj
11	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 supplied	advcl
12	under	under	ADP	_	16 tree	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 tree	det
14	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 tree	amod
15	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 tree	compound
16	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 slept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	supply	past	She		him = he		night	with good food	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with food=Theme
2	sleep	past	he			the great oak tree			vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

She placed warm bread and fruit beside his bed

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	2 placed	nsubj
2	placed	place	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bread	amod
4	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 placed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 fruit	cc
6	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bread	conj
7	beside	beside	ADP	_	9 bed	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 bed	nmod:poss
9	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 placed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	past	She	warm bread and fruit		his bed			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bread=Theme beside bed=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She supplied him with good food while he slept

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	2 supplied	nsubj
2	supplied	supply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 supplied	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 food	case
5	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 food	amod
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 supplied	obl
7	while	while	SCONJ	_	9 slept	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 slept	nsubj
9	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 supplied	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	supply	past	She		him = he			with good food	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with food=Theme
2	sleep	past	he						vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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