Exam question 4 · Fairy Book, Prince Vivien, part 53: a hungry prince, a pat…

Which object did the Prince find impossible to move at the banquet table?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object · What happens: find, move · To what, where: banquet table

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1916 «Fairy Book, Prince Vivien, part 53: a hungry prince, a patient old woman, and a bell at the castle» 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 object	det
2	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 find	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 find	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Prince	det
5	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 find	nsubj
6	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	impossible	impossible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 find	xcomp
8	to	to	PART	_	9 move	mark
9	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 impossible	xcomp
10	at	at	ADP	_	13 table	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 table	det
12	banquet	banquet	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 table	compound
13	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 move	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 find	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past · do-support	which object					impossible property	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	move	to-infinitive	which object not said here			the banquet table			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at table=Trajectory

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 · ✓ the right answer

The dish that was fixed firmly in its place

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dish	det
2	dish	dish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 fixed	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fixed	aux:pass
5	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 dish	acl:relcl
6	firmly	firmly	ADV	_	5 fixed	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 place	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 place	nmod:poss
9	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fixed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	past · passive		the dish		dish's place		firmly property	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: subject=Patient

Option 2

The chair that was bolted to the floor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 chair	det
2	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 bolted	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 bolted	aux:pass
5	bolted	bolt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 chair	acl:relcl
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 floor	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 floor	det
8	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bolted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bolt	past · passive		the chair				to the floor	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to floor=Co-Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The bowl that was filled with peas

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bowl	det
2	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 filled	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 filled	aux:pass
5	filled	fill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 bowl	acl:relcl
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 peas	case
7	peas	pea	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 filled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fill	past · passive		the bowl				with peas	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with pea=Instrument

Option 4

The goblet that was carved from jet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 goblet	det
2	goblet	goblet	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 carved	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 carved	aux:pass
5	carved	carve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 goblet	acl:relcl
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 jet	case
7	jet	jet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carve	past · passive		the goblet		jet			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from jet=Material

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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