Exam question 2 · Yellow Fairy Book, The Black Bird, part 54: Vivien's bath,…

What oracular pronouncement did the Black Bird deliver to the Prince?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: oracular pronouncement, Black Bird · What happens: do, deliver · To what, where: Prince

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1917 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Black Bird, part 54: Vivien's bath, the Black Bird's words, and a paper ship» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	obj
2	oracular	oracular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pronouncement	amod
3	pronouncement	pronouncement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Bird	det
6	Black	Black	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Bird	compound
7	Bird	Bird	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 deliver	nsubj
8	deliver	deliver	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	ccomp
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 Prince	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Prince	det
11	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 deliver	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	oracular pronouncement						tree rules
2	deliver	present	the Black Bird		the Prince				vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to prince=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 · ← Mova's choice

An order to depart at the dawn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 order	det
2	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 depart	mark
4	depart	depart	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 order	acl
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 dawn	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dawn	det
7	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 depart	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depart	to-infinitive					dawn		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

A riddle concerning a white ship

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 riddle	det
2	riddle	riddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 riddle	acl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 ship	det
5	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ship	amod
6	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 concerning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	concern	gerund	a riddle not said here	a white ship					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus ship=Experiencer

Option 3

A prophecy concerning a golden throne

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 prophecy	det
2	prophecy	prophecy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 prophecy	acl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 throne	det
5	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 throne	amod
6	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 concerning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	concern	gerund	a prophecy not said here	a golden throne					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus throne=Experiencer

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A statement concerning opposition to his own nature

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 statement	acl
4	opposition	opposition	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 concerning	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 nature	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 nature	nmod:poss
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 nature	amod
8	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 concerning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	concern	gerund	a statement not said here	opposition				to his own nature	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus opposition=Experiencer

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