Exam question 3 · Violet Fairy Book, The Enchanted Ring, part 1: Rosimond is…

By what means does Rosimond observe the councils of the wicked Sovereign?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rosimond · What happens: mean, observe · To what, where: councils

This is exam question 3 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 observe	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 observe	aux
5	Rosimond	Rosimond	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 observe	nsubj
6	observe	observe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 councils	det
8	councils	council	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 observe	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 Sovereign	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Sovereign	det
11	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 Sovereign	amod
12	Sovereign	sovereign	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 councils	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 observe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	observe	present · do-support	Rosimond	the councils of the wicked Sovereign					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent council=Topic

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 map of the forest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

Option 2

A magic cloak

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cloak	det
2	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cloak	amod
3	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The enchanted ring he possesses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ring	det
2	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 ring	amod
3	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 possesses	nsubj
5	possesses	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 ring	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enchant	participle							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	possess	present	he	the enchanted ring not said here					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot ring=Theme

Option 4

A golden amulet he wears

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 amulet	det
2	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 amulet	amod
3	amulet	amulet	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wears	nsubj
5	wears	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 amulet	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	present	he	a golden amulet not said here					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent amulet=Theme

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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