Exam question 3 · Violet Fairy Book, Helena, : Helena's castle is built by a…

Which garment did Helena wear on the third evening, and what ornament adorned her waist?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: garment, ornament · What happens: wear, adorn · To what, where: waist

This is exam question 3 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 garment	det
2	garment	garment	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wear	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 wear	aux
4	Helena	Helena	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 wear	nsubj
5	wear	wear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 evening	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 evening	det
8	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 evening	amod
9	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wear	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 adorned	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 adorned	cc
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 adorned	obj
13	ornament	ornament	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 adorned	nsubj
14	adorned	adorn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 wear	parataxis
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 waist	nmod:poss
16	waist	waist	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 adorned	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 wear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past · do-support	which garment				evening		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent
2	adorn	past	ornament	ornament's waist					tree rules

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

A dress covered with gold and silver stars, with a girdle of stars

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dress	det
2	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 dress	acl
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 gold	case
5	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 covered	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 stars	cc
7	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stars	compound
8	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 gold	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 girdle	punct
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 girdle	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 girdle	det
12	girdle	girdle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dress	conj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 stars	case
14	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 girdle	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	participle		a dress and a girdle of stars not said here				with gold and silver stars	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with gold=Theme

Option 2

A dress of red silk with embroidered flowers, and a golden belt of leaves

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dress	det
2	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 silk	case
4	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 silk	amod
5	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dress	nmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 flowers	case
7	embroidered	embroider	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 flowers	amod
8	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 silk	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 belt	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 belt	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 belt	det
12	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 belt	amod
13	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dress	conj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 leaves	case
15	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 belt	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	embroider	participle							vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

A dress covered with gold suns and silver stars, with a girdle of stars and a golden ring at the waist and hem

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dress	det
2	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 dress	acl
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 suns	case
5	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 suns	compound
6	suns	sun	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 covered	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 stars	cc
8	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stars	compound
9	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 suns	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 girdle	punct
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 girdle	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 girdle	det
13	girdle	girdle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 suns	conj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 stars	case
15	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 girdle	nmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 ring	cc
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 ring	det
18	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 ring	amod
19	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 suns	conj
20	at	at	ADP	_	22 waist	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 waist	det
22	waist	waist	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 covered	obl
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 hem	cc
24	hem	hem	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 waist	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	participle		a dress not said here		the waist and hem		with gold suns and silver stars and a girdle of stars and a golden ring	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with sun=Theme

Option 4

A dress covered with gold and silver stars and sewn with pearls, with a girdle of bright silver stars around her waist

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dress	det
2	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 dress	acl
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 gold	case
5	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 covered	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 stars	cc
7	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stars	compound
8	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 gold	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 sewn	cc
10	sewn	sew	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 covered	conj
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 pearls	case
12	pearls	pearl	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 sewn	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 girdle	punct
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 girdle	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 girdle	det
16	girdle	girdle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sewn	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	20 stars	case
18	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 stars	amod
19	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 stars	compound
20	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 girdle	nmod
21	around	around	ADP	_	23 waist	case
22	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 waist	nmod:poss
23	waist	waist	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 stars	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	participle		a dress not said here				with gold and silver stars	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with gold=Theme
2	sew	participle						with pearls; with a girdle of bright silver stars around her waist	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent with pearl=Co-Patient

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