Exam question 2 · Madame d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Mannikin, part 28: M…

Which measure did the King and Queen request from the Fairy upon learning of the theft?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: King · What happens: measure, do, request

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1891 «Madame d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Mannikin, part 28: Mannikin wins the joust and the Ambassador's insolent letter arrives» 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	2 measure	nsubj
2	measure	measure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 measure	ccomp
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 King	det
5	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 request	nsubj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 Queen	cc
7	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 King	conj
8	request	request	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 measure	parataxis
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 Fairy	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Fairy	det
11	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 request	obl
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 learning	case
13	learning	learning	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 Fairy	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 theft	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 theft	det
16	theft	theft	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 learning	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 measure	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	measure	present			tree rules
2	do	past			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	request	present	the King and Queen	from the Fairy upon learning of the theft	vn beg-58.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=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

the locking of the Princess's chambers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 locking	det
2	locking	locking	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 chambers	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Princess	det
5	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 chambers	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Princess	case
7	chambers	chamber	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 locking	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

the hiding of the portrait

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hiding	det
2	hiding	hiding	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 portrait	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 portrait	det
5	portrait	portrait	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hiding	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide			the portrait					nom hiding «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

the summoning of the royal physician

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 summoning	det
2	summoning	summoning	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 physician	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 physician	det
5	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 physician	amod
6	physician	physician	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 summoning	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	summon			the royal physician					nom summoning «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

the sending of the Princess's portrait abroad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sending	det
2	sending	send	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 portrait	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Princess	det
5	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 portrait	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Princess	case
7	portrait	portrait	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sending	obl
8	abroad	abroad	ADV	_	2 sending	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	gerund						of the Princess's portrait; abroad property	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent of portrait=Initial_Location
2	portray		the Princess						nom portrait «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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