Exam question 3 · Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 25: the tiny Prince…

What was the nature of the inscription which the Prince set upon the register of contenders?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nature, Prince, contenders · What happens: be, set, register · To what, where: inscription, register

This is exam question 3 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 nature	det
4	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 inscription	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 inscription	det
7	inscription	inscription	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nature	nmod
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 set	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Prince	det
10	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 set	nsubj
11	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 inscription	acl:relcl
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 register	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 register	det
14	register	register	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 set	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 contenders	case
16	contenders	contender	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 register	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	past	the nature of the inscription			tree rules
2	set	past	the Prince	the inscription	the register of contenders	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme upon register=Destination
3	register		contenders			nom register «communication intransitive»: of=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

He signed the single name Mannikin, together with the address of his distant father's castle

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 signed	nsubj
2	signed	sign	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 name	det
4	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 name	amod
5	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 signed	obj
6	Mannikin	Mannikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 name	appos
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 together	punct
8	together	together	ADV	_	2 signed	advmod
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 address	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 address	det
11	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 signed	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	17 castle	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 father	nmod:poss
14	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 father	amod
15	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 castle	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 father	case
17	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 address	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sign	past	He	the single name				with the address of Mannikin's distant father's castle; together property	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent name=Destination with address=Theme
2	address			Mannikin's distant father's castle					nom address «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

He wrote the name Mannikin only

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wrote	nsubj
2	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 name	det
4	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wrote	obj
5	Mannikin	Mannikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 name	appos
6	only	only	ADV	_	2 wrote	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	past	He	the name					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He signed the single name Mannikin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 signed	nsubj
2	signed	sign	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 name	det
4	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 name	amod
5	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 signed	obj
6	Mannikin	Mannikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 name	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sign	past	He	the single name					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent name=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He wrote out his full royal title and then added the single name Mannikin at the end of the list

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wrote	nsubj
2	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 wrote	compound:prt
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 title	nmod:poss
5	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 title	amod
6	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 title	amod
7	title	title	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wrote	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 added	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 added	advmod
10	added	add	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wrote	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 name	det
12	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 name	amod
13	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 added	obj
14	Mannikin	Mannikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 name	appos
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 end	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 end	det
17	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 added	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 list	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 list	det
20	list	list	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 end	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	write out	past	He	his full royal title		vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent title=Theme
2	add speech: assert	past	He not said here	the single name	at the end of the list; then	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient
3	title		his = he			nom title «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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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