Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales, Princess Rosette, part 56: the Princess runs…

Which description accurately identifies the object the Princess pulled that produced melodious sound?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: description, Princess, that · What happens: identify, pull, produce · To what, where: object, melodious sound

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1919 «Fairy Tales, Princess Rosette, part 56: the Princess runs off in the King's boat and meets the stately lady of the birds» 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 description	det
2	description	description	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 identifies	nsubj
3	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	4 identifies	advmod
4	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 object	det
6	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 identifies	obj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Princess	det
8	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 pulled	nsubj
9	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 identifies	advcl
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 produced	nsubj
11	produced	produce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 pulled	ccomp
12	melodious	melodious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 sound	amod
13	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 produced	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	present	which description	the object	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme
2	pull	past	the Princess			tree rules
3	produce	past	that	melodious sound		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Result

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 silken thread that made a soft hum

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 thread	det
2	silken	silken	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 thread	amod
3	thread	thread	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 made	nsubj
5	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 thread	acl:relcl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 hum	det
7	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hum	amod
8	hum	hum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	the silken thread	a soft hum					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset hum=Product

Option 2

The golden rope that rang a little bell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rope	det
2	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rope	amod
3	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 rang	nsubj
5	rang	ring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 rope	acl:relcl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bell	det
7	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bell	amod
8	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rang	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ring	past	the golden rope	a little bell					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bell=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The silk cord which chimed out loud bells

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cord	det
2	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cord	compound
3	cord	cord	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 chimed	nsubj
5	chimed	chime	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cord	acl:relcl
6	out	out	ADV	_	5 chimed	advmod
7	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bells	amod
8	bells	bell	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 chimed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chime out	past	the silk cord	loud bells				out property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bell=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The silken cord which rang a peal of silver bells

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cord	det
2	silken	silken	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cord	amod
3	cord	cord	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rang	nsubj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 rang	nsubj
5	rang	ring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 peal	det
7	peal	peal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rang	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 bells	case
9	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bells	compound
10	bells	bell	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 peal	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ring	past	the silken cord	a peal of silver bells					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location peal=Theme
2	peal		silver bells						nom peal «event intransitive»: of=agent

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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