Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, Puddocky, part 49: the three princes fight ov…

In the tale, which of the following describes the first task set by the King to his three sons?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: tale · What happens: follow, be, set · To what, where: first task

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1912 «Fairy Tales, Puddocky, part 49: the three princes fight over Parsley, a witch turns her into a toad, and the youngest prince wins the first two tasks with the toad's help» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 tale	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 tale	det
3	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 task	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 task	nsubj
6	of	of	ADP	_	12 task	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 task	det
8	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 task	case
9	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 task	cop
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 task	det
11	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 task	amod
12	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tale	appos
13	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 task	acl
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 King	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 King	det
16	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 set	obl
17	to	to	ADP	_	20 sons	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 sons	nmod:poss
19	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	20 sons	nummod
20	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 set	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 tale	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	the tale		of the first task	tree rules
3	set	participle		the first task not said here	by the King; to King's three sons	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by king=Destination

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

To bring a piece of silk one hundred yards long, able to pass through a silver ring

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 bring	mark
2	bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 piece	det
4	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bring	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 silk	case
6	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 piece	nmod
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 hundred	compound
8	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 yards	nummod
9	yards	yard	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 long	obl:unmarked
10	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bring	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 able	punct
12	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bring	advcl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 pass	mark
14	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 able	xcomp
15	through	through	ADP	_	18 ring	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 ring	det
17	silver	silver	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 ring	amod
18	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 pass	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	to-infinitive		a piece of silk					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent piece=Theme
2	pass	to-infinitive				a silver ring			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through ring=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Fetch linen for the King

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fetch	fetch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	linen	linen	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Fetch	obj
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 King	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 King	det
5	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Fetch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fetch	imperative	you not said here	linen				for the King	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent linen=Theme for king=Beneficiary

Option 3

To deliver a bolt of cloth fifty yards long, passing through a small gold band in the hall

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 deliver	mark
2	deliver	deliver	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bolt	det
4	bolt	bolt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 deliver	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 cloth	case
6	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bolt	nmod
7	fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 yards	nummod
8	yards	yard	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 long	obl:unmarked
9	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 deliver	xcomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 passing	punct
11	passing	pass	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 deliver	advcl
12	through	through	ADP	_	16 band	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 band	det
14	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 band	amod
15	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 band	compound
16	band	band	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 passing	obl
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 hall	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 hall	det
19	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 passing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	deliver	to-infinitive		a bolt of cloth		long property	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bolt=Patient
2	pass	gerund			a small gold band	in the hall	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through band=Location
3	bolt		cloth				nom bolt «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

To bring a piece of linen one hundred yards long, able to pass through a gold ring

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 bring	mark
2	bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 piece	det
4	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bring	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 linen	case
6	linen	linen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 piece	nmod
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 hundred	compound
8	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 yards	nummod
9	yards	yard	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 long	obl:unmarked
10	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bring	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 able	punct
12	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bring	advcl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 pass	mark
14	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 able	xcomp
15	through	through	ADP	_	18 ring	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 ring	det
17	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 ring	compound
18	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 pass	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	to-infinitive		a piece of linen					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent piece=Theme
2	pass	to-infinitive				a gold ring			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through ring=Location

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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1912-pg7277-part49/e1/