Exam question 2 · Violet Fairy Book, Helena, : Helena's castle is built by a…

To what object did Helena direct her whispered rhyme, and what was its stated purpose?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Helena · What happens: direct, whisper, state, be, rhyme · To what, where: whispered rhyme, stated purpose

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1911 «Violet Fairy Book, Helena, : Helena's castle is built by a Fairy, and she wins back Prince Fickle at the feast» 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	To	to	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 direct	obj
3	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 what	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 direct	aux
5	Helena	Helena	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 direct	nsubj
6	direct	direct	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 rhyme	nmod:poss
8	whispered	whisper	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 rhyme	amod
9	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 direct	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 purpose	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 purpose	cc
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	16 purpose	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 purpose	cop
14	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 purpose	nmod:poss
15	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 purpose	amod
16	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 direct	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 direct	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	direct	past · do-support	Helena	Helena's whispered rhyme	tree rules
2	whisper speech: assert	participle			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	state speech: other	participle			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	is a	past		object's stated purpose	tree rules
5	rhyme		Helena		nom rhyme «communication intransitive»: 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 · ✓ the right answer

The little calf, to test whether Prince Fickle might be recalled to his former love

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 calf	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 calf	amod
3	calf	calf	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 test	punct
5	to	to	PART	_	6 test	mark
6	test	test	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 calf	acl:relcl
7	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	12 recalled	mark
8	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Fickle	nmod:desc
9	Fickle	Fickle	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 recalled	nsubj:pass
10	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 recalled	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 recalled	aux:pass
12	recalled	recall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 test	advcl
13	to	to	ADP	_	16 love	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 love	nmod:poss
15	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 love	amod
16	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 recalled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	test	to-infinitive				vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	recall	might · passive		Fickle Prince	Fickle's former love	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to love=Destination
3	love		Fickle			nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

The little horse, to bring back his former love and charm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 horse	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 horse	amod
3	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 bring	punct
5	to	to	PART	_	6 bring	mark
6	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 horse	acl:relcl
7	back	back	ADV	_	6 bring	advmod
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 love	nmod:poss
9	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 love	amod
10	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bring	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 charm	cc
12	charm	charm	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 love	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring back	to-infinitive		horse's former love and charm					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent love=Theme
2	love		horse						nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

The garden gate, to find out whether Prince Fickle still loved her dearly and would come

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 gate	det
2	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gate	compound
3	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 find	punct
5	to	to	PART	_	6 find	mark
6	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 gate	acl:relcl
7	out	out	ADP	_	6 find	compound:prt
8	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	12 loved	mark
9	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 loved	nsubj
10	Fickle	Fickle	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Prince	flat
11	still	still	ADV	_	12 loved	advmod
12	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 find	ccomp
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 dearly	nmod:poss
14	dearly	dearly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 loved	obj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 come	cc
16	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 come	aux
17	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 loved	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	find out	to-infinitive				vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	love	past	Prince	her dearly	still	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dearly=Stimulus
3	come	would	Prince not said here			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The little calf, to see if Prince Fickle could be made to remember his former promise to her and to his heart

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 calf	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 calf	amod
3	calf	calf	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 made	nsubj:pass
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 see	punct
5	to	to	PART	_	6 see	mark
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 calf	acl:relcl
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 Fickle	mark
8	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Fickle	nmod:desc
9	Fickle	Fickle	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 see	obl
10	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 made	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 made	aux:pass
12	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
13	to	to	PART	_	14 remember	mark
14	remember	remember	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 made	xcomp
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 promise	nmod:poss
16	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 promise	amod
17	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 remember	obj
18	to	to	ADP	_	19 her	case
19	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 promise	nmod
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 heart	cc
21	to	to	ADP	_	23 heart	case
22	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 heart	nmod:poss
23	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 promise	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	see	to-infinitive		Fickle Prince		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	make	could · passive		the little calf		tree rules
3	remember	to-infinitive	the little calf not said here	calf's former promise and calf's heart	to Fickle	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent promise=Theme to she=be'
4	promise		calf		to Fickle	nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent to=obl

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