Exam question 4 · Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin: he wins Sabella's heart…

For what purpose did Fairy Genesta disclose the Prince's true history to the King?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: purpose, Fairy · What happens: do, disclose · To what, where: true history, King

This is exam question 4 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	For	for	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 disclose	obl
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
5	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 disclose	nsubj
6	Genesta	Genesta	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Fairy	flat
7	disclose	disclose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Prince	det
9	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 history	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Prince	case
11	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 history	amod
12	history	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 disclose	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 King	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 King	det
15	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 disclose	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 disclose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	purpose						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	disclose	present	Fairy	the Prince's true history	the King				vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent history=Topic to king=Recipient

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

So that he might command others with suitable training and fitting honour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	5 command	advmod
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 command	mark
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 command	nsubj
4	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 command	aux
5	command	command	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 command	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 training	case
8	suitable	suitable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 training	amod
9	training	training	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 command	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 honour	cc
11	fitting	fitting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 honour	amod
12	honour	honour	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 training	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	command	might	he	others				with suitable training and fitting honour	vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent other=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

So that he might command others with suitable training

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	5 command	advmod
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 command	mark
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 command	nsubj
4	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 command	aux
5	command	command	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 command	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 training	case
8	suitable	suitable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 training	amod
9	training	training	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 command	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	command	might	he	others				with suitable training	vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent other=Eventuality

Option 3

So he could rule with proper training

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	4 rule	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 rule	nsubj
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 rule	aux
4	rule	rule	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 training	case
6	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 training	amod
7	training	training	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rule	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rule	could	he					with proper training	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

So that he might command others with suitable training in the northern court

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	5 command	advmod
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 command	mark
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 command	nsubj
4	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 command	aux
5	command	command	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 command	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 training	case
8	suitable	suitable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 training	amod
9	training	training	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 command	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 court	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 court	det
12	northern	northern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 court	amod
13	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 training	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	command	might	he	others				with suitable training in the northern court	vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent other=Eventuality

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