Exam question 1 · Pink Fairy Book, Prince Ficklé and Fair Helena, part 1: a…

Which of the following best describes the action by which Prince Milan forfeited his memory of Hyacinthia?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Prince Milan · What happens: follow, describe, forfeit · To what, where: action, memory

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1910 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Ficklé and Fair Helena, part 1: a kind Fairy helps Helena sort the feathers and empty the pond, and her cruel stepmother plans something worse» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 action	det
8	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 forfeited	obl
11	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Milan	compound
12	Milan	Milan	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 forfeited	nsubj
13	forfeited	forfeit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 action	acl:relcl
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 memory	nmod:poss
15	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 forfeited	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 Hyacinthia	case
17	Hyacinthia	Hyacinthia	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 memory	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the action	of the best	tree rules
3	forfeit	past	Prince Milan	Milan's memory of Hyacinthia	by the action	vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent memory=Theme

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

He bowed and kissed the hand of the lady who was introduced to him by the royal family

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bowed	nsubj
2	bowed	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 kissed	cc
4	kissed	kiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 bowed	conj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hand	det
6	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kissed	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 lady	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lady	det
9	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hand	nmod
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 introduced	nsubj:pass
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 introduced	aux:pass
12	introduced	introduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 lady	acl:relcl
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 him	case
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 introduced	obl
15	by	by	ADP	_	18 family	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 family	det
17	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 family	amod
18	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 introduced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	bow	past	He			vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	kiss	past	He not said here	the hand of the lady		vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Co-Agent
3	introduce	past · passive	the royal family	the lady	him = he	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient to he=Co-Patient

Option 2

He kissed the royal cook

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 kissed	nsubj
2	kissed	kiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cook	det
4	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cook	amod
5	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kissed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kiss	past	He	the royal cook					vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cook=Co-Agent

Option 3

He wed the bride who was brought to him by the royal couple in the great hall

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wed	nsubj
2	wed	w	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bride	det
4	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wed	obj
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 brought	nsubj:pass
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 brought	aux:pass
7	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 bride	acl:relcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 brought	obl
10	by	by	ADP	_	13 couple	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 couple	det
12	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 couple	amod
13	couple	couple	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 brought	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 hall	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 hall	det
16	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 hall	amod
17	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 brought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	w	past	He	the bride					tree rules
2	bring	past · passive	the royal couple	the bride	him = he	the great hall			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to he=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He kissed the child who was presented to him by the royal couple

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 kissed	nsubj
2	kissed	kiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 child	det
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kissed	obj
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 presented	nsubj:pass
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 presented	aux:pass
7	presented	present	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 child	acl:relcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 presented	obl
10	by	by	ADP	_	13 couple	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 couple	det
12	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 couple	amod
13	couple	couple	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 presented	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kiss	past	He	the child					vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Co-Agent
2	present	past · passive	the royal couple	the child	child				vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to he=Recipient

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