Exam question 4 · Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 25: the tiny Prince…

What was the outcome of the vessel's encounter with the tempest?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: vessel · What happens: be, encounter · To what, where: outcome

This is exam question 4 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	4 outcome	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 outcome	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 outcome	det
4	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 encounter	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 vessel	det
7	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 encounter	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 vessel	case
9	encounter	encounter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 outcome	nmod
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 tempest	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 tempest	det
12	tempest	tempest	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 encounter	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 outcome	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the outcome				of the vessel's encounter with the tempest	tree rules
2	encounter		the vessel					with the tempest	nom encounter «act transitive»: poss=agent with=obl

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 ship was tossed about for days before being wrecked, and the Prince swam ashore with his bow

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ship	det
2	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tossed	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 tossed	aux:pass
4	tossed	toss	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	about	about	ADV	_	4 tossed	advmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 days	case
7	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tossed	obl
8	before	before	SCONJ	_	10 wrecked	mark
9	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 wrecked	aux:pass
10	wrecked	wreck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 tossed	advcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 swam	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 swam	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Prince	det
14	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 swam	nsubj
15	swam	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 tossed	conj
16	ashore	ashore	ADV	_	15 swam	advmod
17	with	with	ADP	_	19 bow	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 bow	nmod:poss
19	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 swam	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	toss	past · passive		the ship	day	about property	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	wreck	gerund · passive					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»
3	swim	past	the Prince			with Prince's bow; ashore property	vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «PP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with bow=Theme

Option 2

The ship struck rocks and the crew were lost

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ship	det
2	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 struck	nsubj
3	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 struck	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 crew	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 crew	det
7	crew	crew	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rocks	conj
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 lost	aux:pass
9	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 rocks	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past	the ship	rocks and the crew					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rock=Patient
2	lose	past · passive		rocks and the crew not said here					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The ship was wrecked and the Prince swam ashore

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ship	det
2	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wrecked	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 wrecked	aux:pass
4	wrecked	wreck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 swam	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Prince	det
7	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 swam	nsubj
8	swam	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 wrecked	conj
9	ashore	ashore	ADV	_	8 swam	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wreck	past · passive		the ship					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	swim	past	the Prince					ashore property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The ship was wrecked on a reef and the Prince swam ashore alone after a long night at sea

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ship	det
2	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wrecked	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 wrecked	aux:pass
4	wrecked	wreck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 reef	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 reef	det
7	reef	reef	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wrecked	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 swam	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Prince	det
10	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 swam	nsubj
11	swam	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 wrecked	conj
12	ashore	ashore	ADV	_	11 swam	advmod
13	alone	alone	ADV	_	11 swam	advmod
14	after	after	ADP	_	17 night	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 night	det
16	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 night	amod
17	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 swam	obl
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 sea	case
19	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 swam	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wreck	past · passive		the ship		a reef			vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	swim	past	the Prince			sea	night	alone, ashore property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at sea=Trajectory

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