Exam question 1 · Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin: he wins Sabella's heart…
Which gift did the King request that the Princess bestow upon Prince Mannikin?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: gift, Princess · What happens: do, bestow · To what, where: King request
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1893 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin: he wins Sabella's heart from the Ice Palace» 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 gift | det |
| 2 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 request | det |
| 5 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 request | compound |
| 6 | request | request | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 10 bestow | mark |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Princess | det |
| 9 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 bestow | nsubj |
| 10 | bestow | bestow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 request | acl |
| 11 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 13 Mannikin | case |
| 12 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Mannikin | nmod:desc |
| 13 | Mannikin | Mannikin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 bestow | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | which gift | the King request | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent request=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | bestow | present | the Princess | the King request not said here | upon Mannikin Prince | tree rules |
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
Her mantle of marten's fur and her golden crown
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mantle | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mantle | mantle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 fur | case |
| 4 | marten | marten | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fur | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 marten | case |
| 6 | fur | fur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 mantle | nmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 crown | cc |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 crown | nmod:poss |
| 9 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 crown | amod |
| 10 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 mantle | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | crown | marten | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Her cloak of sable silk
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 cloak | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cloak | cloak | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 silk | case |
| 4 | sable | sable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 silk | amod |
| 5 | silk | silk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cloak | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Her mantle of marten's fur embroidered with silver thread
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mantle | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mantle | mantle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 embroidered | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 fur | case |
| 4 | marten | marten | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fur | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 marten | case |
| 6 | fur | fur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 mantle | nmod |
| 7 | embroidered | embroider | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 thread | case |
| 9 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 thread | compound |
| 10 | thread | thread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 embroidered | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | embroider | participle | Her mantle of marten's fur | with silver thread | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with thread=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Her mantle of marten's fur
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mantle | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mantle | mantle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 fur | case |
| 4 | marten | marten | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fur | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 marten | case |
| 6 | fur | fur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 mantle | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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