Exam question 1 · Violet Fairy Book, The Enchanted Ring, part 1: Rosimond is…

Which vehicle conveys the foolish King and Queen to their reunion with their son?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: vehicle · What happens: convey · To what, where: foolish King, reunion

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1894 «Violet Fairy Book, The Enchanted Ring, part 1: Rosimond is cast out, gets a magic ring, and spies on the wicked King» 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 vehicle	det
2	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conveys	nsubj
3	conveys	convey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 King	det
5	foolish	foolish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 King	amod
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 conveys	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 Queen	cc
8	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 King	conj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 reunion	case
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 reunion	nmod:poss
11	reunion	reunion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conveys	obl
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 son	case
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 son	nmod:poss
14	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 reunion	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 conveys	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey	present	which vehicle	the foolish King and Queen	King's reunion with King's son				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Topic to reunion=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

A royal carriage with silver wheels pulled by six white horses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 carriage	det
2	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 carriage	amod
3	carriage	carriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 wheels	case
5	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wheels	compound
6	wheels	wheel	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 carriage	nmod
7	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 wheels	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	11 horses	case
9	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 horses	nummod
10	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 horses	amod
11	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 pulled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	participle		silver wheels not said here				by six white horses	vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A chariot drawn by eagles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 chariot	det
2	chariot	chariot	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 chariot	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 eagles	case
5	eagles	eagle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drawn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	participle		a chariot not said here				by eagles	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

A golden chariot drawn by a team of eagles from the mountains

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 chariot	det
2	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 chariot	amod
3	chariot	chariot	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 chariot	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 team	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 team	det
7	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drawn	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 eagles	case
9	eagles	eagle	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 team	nmod
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 mountains	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 mountains	det
12	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 drawn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	participle		a golden chariot not said here				by a team of eagles; from the mountains	vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from mountain=Co-Patient

Option 4

A carriage pulled by swans

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 carriage	det
2	carriage	carriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 carriage	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 swans	case
5	swans	swan	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 pulled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	participle		a carriage not said here				by swans	vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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