Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales, The Little Soldier, part 36: John rescues Lud…

What is the principal function of the magic mantle as described in the fisher-girl's account?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: principal function, fisher girl · What happens: be, describe, account · To what, where: magic mantle, account

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1899 «Fairy Tales, The Little Soldier, part 36: John rescues Ludovine from the goblins, sleeps through his chances, and is carried off to the Low Countries.» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 function	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 function	amod
5	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 mantle	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 mantle	det
8	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 mantle	amod
9	mantle	mantle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 function	nmod
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 described	mark
11	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 mantle	acl
12	in	in	ADP	_	18 account	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 girl	det
14	fisher	fisher	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 girl	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 fisher	punct
16	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 account	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 girl	case
18	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 described	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present	the principal function of the magic mantle			tree rules
2	describe	participle		the magic mantle not said here	the fisher girl's account	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	account		the fisher girl			nom account «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 · ← Mova's choice

It lets its wearer fly over the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lets	nsubj
2	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 fly	nmod:poss
4	wearer	wearer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fly	compound
5	fly	fly	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lets	obj
6	over	over	ADP	_	8 sea	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sea	det
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lets	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	present	It	its wearer fly		the sea			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fly=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It enables its bearer to transport himself at will

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 enables	nsubj
2	enables	enable	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 bearer	nmod:poss
4	bearer	bearer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 enables	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 transport	mark
6	transport	transport	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 enables	advcl
7	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	6 transport	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 will	case
9	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 transport	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enable	present	It	its bearer					tree rules
2	transport	to-infinitive		himself = he					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus himself=Experiencer

Option 3

It keeps its bearer warm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 bearer	nmod:poss
4	bearer	bearer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	obj
5	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 keeps	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	It	its bearer				warm property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bearer=Theme

Option 4

It makes its wearer a king of the seas

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 wearer	nmod:poss
4	wearer	wearer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 seas	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 seas	det
9	seas	sea	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 king	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	its wearer					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset wearer=Beneficiary king=Product

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