Exam question 3 · Madame d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Mannikin, part 28: M…
Which dignitary's letter, delivered to Farda-Kinbras, caused the court to deliberate in secrecy?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: letter, dignitary · What happens: deliver, cause, letter · To what, where: letter, Farda, court, secrecy
This is exam question 3 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 | DET | PronType=Int | 2 dignitary | det |
| 2 | dignitary | dignitary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 letter | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 dignitary | case |
| 4 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 caused | nsubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 delivered | punct |
| 6 | delivered | deliver | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 letter | acl |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 Farda | case |
| 8 | Farda | Farda | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 delivered | obl |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 Kinbras | punct |
| 10 | Kinbras | Kinbras | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Farda | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 letter | punct |
| 12 | caused | cause | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 court | det |
| 14 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 caused | iobj |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 deliberate | case |
| 16 | deliberate | deliberate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 caused | obl |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 secrecy | case |
| 18 | secrecy | secrecy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 caused | obl |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 12 caused | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deliver | participle | which dignitary's letter not said here | Farda and Kinbras | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to farda=Destination | ||||
| 2 | cause | past | which dignitary's letter | the court | secrecy | to deliberate | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition court=Patient | ||
| 3 | letter | which dignitary | nom letter «communication transitive»: 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
the Ambassador Brandatimor's sealed letter from the East
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Brandatimor | det |
| 2 | Ambassador | Ambassador | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Brandatimor | compound |
| 3 | Brandatimor | Brandatimor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 letter | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 Brandatimor | case |
| 5 | sealed | seal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 letter | amod |
| 6 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 East | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 East | det |
| 9 | East | East | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 letter | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seal | participle | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | letter | the Ambassador Brandatimor | the East | nom letter «communication transitive»: poss=agent from=place |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
the Ambassador Brandatimor's
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Brandatimor | det |
| 2 | Ambassador | Ambassador | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Brandatimor | compound |
| 3 | Brandatimor | Brandatimor | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 Brandatimor | case |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
the Queen's chamberlain's
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Queen | det |
| 2 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 chamberlain | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Queen | case |
| 4 | chamberlain | chamberlain | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 chamberlain | case |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
the letter of the Ambassador Brandatimor's chancellor
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 letter | det |
| 2 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 chancellor | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Brandatimor | det |
| 5 | Ambassador | Ambassador | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Brandatimor | compound |
| 6 | Brandatimor | Brandatimor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 chancellor | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Brandatimor | case |
| 8 | chancellor | chancellor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 letter | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | letter | the Ambassador Brandatimor's chancellor | nom letter «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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