Exam question 4 · Czech and Slovak Tales, Kojata and Milan, part 45: Milan m…

By what means did Hyacinthia gain entry to Prince Milan's apartment?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Hyacinthia · What happens: mean, gain · To what, where: entry

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1908 «Czech and Slovak Tales, Kojata and Milan, part 45: Milan meets a magician's daughter and is set three tasks underground» 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 gain	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 gain	aux
5	Hyacinthia	Hyacinthia	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 gain	nsubj
6	gain	gain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	entry	entry	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gain	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	12 apartment	case
9	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Milan	compound
10	Milan	Milan	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 apartment	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Milan	case
12	apartment	apartment	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 entry	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 gain	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	gain	past · do-support	Hyacinthia	entry				to Prince Milan's apartment result	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient entry=Extent to apartment=Result

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

By disguising herself as a servant and slipping through the open palace door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 disguising	mark
2	disguising	disguise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 disguising	obj
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 servant	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 servant	det
6	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disguising	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 slipping	cc
8	slipping	slip	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 disguising	conj
9	through	through	ADP	_	13 door	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 door	det
11	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 door	amod
12	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 door	compound
13	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 slipping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disguise	gerund		herself = she				as a servant	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme herself=Destination
2	slip	gerund				the open palace door			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

By transforming into a bee and tapping at the window

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 transforming	mark
2	transforming	transform	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 bee	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bee	det
5	bee	bee	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 transforming	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 tapping	cc
7	tapping	tap	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 transforming	conj
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 window	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 window	det
10	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tapping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transform	gerund						into a bee result	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into bee=Result
2	tap	gerund						at the window	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at window=Patient

Option 3

By turning herself into a tiny bee and knocking softly on the window glass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 turning	mark
2	turning	turn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 turning	obj
4	into	into	ADP	_	7 bee	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bee	det
6	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bee	amod
7	bee	bee	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turning	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 knocking	cc
9	knocking	knock	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 turning	conj
10	softly	softly	ADV	_	9 knocking	advmod
11	on	on	ADP	_	14 glass	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 glass	det
13	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 glass	compound
14	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 knocking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	gerund		herself = she				into a tiny bee result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent herself=Theme into bee=Result
2	knock	gerund				the window glass		softly property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on glass=Location

Option 4

By sneaking through a secret passage under the floor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 sneaking	mark
2	sneaking	sneak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	6 passage	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 passage	det
5	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 passage	amod
6	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sneaking	obl
7	under	under	ADP	_	9 floor	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 floor	det
9	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sneaking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sneak	gerund				a secret passage		under the floor	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through passage=Trajectory

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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